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If a grocery store tells you they're shooting a commercial, |
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Posts: 7783 (10/06/2008 12:04 AM) JJBer of the Year '04
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They might actually be shooting an episode of The Pickup Artist and you might end up in their season 2 trailer which has now been taken down from the site or
whatever.
http://blog.vh1.com/2008-...nd-of-the-pick-up-artist/ 
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Posts: 15189 (10/06/2008 12:06 AM) |
Dude, I loved this show.
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Posts: 7784 (10/06/2008 12:09 AM) JJBer of the Year '04
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I am about ready to stab somebody. I read the waiver line by line and it said nothing about this show. I should have known better but this is ridiculous.
Basically we're in this grocery store (my roommate and I) and this nerdy guy tries to hit on my roommate. She has a boyfriend (so do I) and she doesn't like giving out her number so she asked if I would give the guy MY number thinking we could just ignore him when he calls. I'm just mad because I don't want to be like... degraded on this show, which I probably will be. |
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Posts: 8692 (10/06/2008 12:14 AM) |
That sucks. I'm sorry
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Posts: 7785 (10/06/2008 12:15 AM) JJBer of the Year '04
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Dylishis |
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Posts: 32822 (10/06/2008 12:26 AM) Most Outspoken '08 |
WHOA!
Why do you think you'll be degraded? That's so fucked up though.
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Dylishis |
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Posts: 32823 (10/06/2008 12:27 AM) Most Outspoken '08 |
That sounds dumb though, the thing I hated about that show it just reinforces all of the dumb things that men do. Not all women like being approached by random
men in the streets like that. I know I HATE IT. A lot.
Some guys are really cool but even the cool ones get shot down sometimes. Hello? That shit is annoying to some women. |
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Posts: 7787 (10/06/2008 12:37 AM) JJBer of the Year '04
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I just don't want them to say anything mean about me! I'm a sensitive flower or some shit. I can handle myself on the internet but I don't need
broadcast television putting words out there that I can't defend!
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Posts: 1150 (10/06/2008 12:37 AM) |
HUH?
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Posts: 7788 (10/06/2008 12:42 AM) JJBer of the Year '04
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Yeah. This grocery store near us told us they were shooting a commercial. The waiver only had information of the production company for the show (the
production company who we were told was shooting the commercial), not the words VH1 or anything like that!
I'm annoyed but I should have known better... I've had to have people sign those before and you basically give them carte blanche to do whatever they want with the footage but that's standard for these kind of agreements. |
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Posts: 3751 (10/06/2008 12:46 AM) |
Can you get them in trouble for that? I'm sure they worded it in a way that they can't get in trouble, but eh... they purposely misled you which in a
way makes the contract null and void. At least in scientific research it works that way.
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Posts: 8903 (10/06/2008 12:50 AM) |
But wouldn't it somewhat defeat the purpose of the show if you were aware that VH1 was there filming? I mean, obviously you wouldn't know exactly what
was going on, but I think that show depends on people not knowing what's going on behind the curtains so that they get their true honest response.
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Posts: 7789 (10/06/2008 1:02 AM) JJBer of the Year '04
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Oh well. I know I messed up, and I guess I'll just chalk this one up to a lesson learned. Hopefully they just show when he was talking to my roommate.
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Dylishis |
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Posts: 32835 (10/06/2008 1:07 AM) Most Outspoken '08 |
It's crazy that they can lie to people and do that. Did you have to sign the waiver as soon as you walked into the store?
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Posts: 17706 (10/06/2008 1:29 AM) JJB Angel '07 |
Which guy was it?
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Posts: 3510 (10/06/2008 1:32 AM) |
Not to degrade you in any way but I'm curious how someone asking for your number would fit into a commercial for a grocery store. How did they ask you or
film it so you didn't get suspicious.
That totally sucks though. I'd be pissed off too. |
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Posts: 1371 (10/06/2008 1:34 AM) |
didn't it come out that the show was fake?
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Posts: 7790 (10/06/2008 2:46 AM) JJBer of the Year '04
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boots on pointe wrote: Before we went into the store, we had to sign waivers saying that we knew there was filming (for a commercial) going on for the grocery
store. When we actually went in, there were no cameras around. Randomly some guy comes up while we're looking at pineapples for a stir fry and he hits on
my roommate and invites us to a barbecue the next day. My roommate says her phone is broken and asks if I'll give him my number. I give him my number.
He was, to us, some random guy in a grocery store hitting on my roommate. There weren't any cameras that we could see.
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Posts: 7791 (10/06/2008 2:48 AM) JJBer of the Year '04
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JenN I don't remember which guy it was exactly but I remember he was a white guy and short, like maybe 5' 5" or something. He said his name was
Ryan.
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Posts: 6158 (10/06/2008 2:52 AM) |
rachaelhatesbees wrote:Ohhh, sneaky!! Once while I was about to go into this store I see a group of people standing out front of it being all 'serious business here' and one of the
employees before walking in, told me they were shooting a commercial. I quickly left.
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Posts: 4 (10/06/2008 4:14 AM) |
That was sneaky of them, but the few times that I watched that show, the guys were degraded more than the people they were hitting on. I would be pissed though
too and confused about the situation.
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