Comments on: Wanking for coins

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:31:59 +0000

Re-reading this post, I just noticed something quite horrible.

> Barcode18.tv is looking for adults aged 18+ for immediate start either from home or from employer site in Mitcham, Surrey.

From home, OK. It’s not for me, but OK. But from the employer’s site? I just have an image of this sort of weird call centre. I can just imagine an employee switching off the cam and shouting over the cubicle partition, “I’m going to get a cuppa. Want anything?”

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:36:08 +0000

Which ad had howard dressed as a lapdancer? I think I’m glad I missed that one.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:14:51 +0000

That’s ’cause they’re all auditioning for Halifax ads.

By: tm

tm — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:01:09 +0000

>Ah, but do your going out clothes make you look like a lapdancer?

Ignoring your advice, not to answer:

Mine don’t, no – but that’s more out of consideration for others ;-)

In my experience a surprising amount of (female) bank tellers going out clothes come close enough…

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:41:57 +0000

> Hey, we’ve all ended up on a train full of commuters feeling like shit and wearing yesterdays going out clothes at least once in our lives, haven’t we?

Ah, but do your going out clothes make you look like a lapdancer? Actually, don’t answer that.

By: tm

tm — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:48:15 +0000

>@heather: you’re right, that’s really weird.

Not really, I used to work next door to a huge bank branch, and the same transformation used to happen in reverse at about 4:55 PM every Friday night – it just wasn’t actually on the train. Hey, we’ve all ended up on a train full of commuters feeling like shit and wearing yesterdays going out clothes at least once in our lives, haven’t we? ;-)

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:41:15 +0000

Hey, Andy, I’d hire you.

Oh, hang on, no. I’m thinking of Jessica Alba.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:35:39 +0000

> It’s mentioned in the article that the advert says so.

Still depressing, though.

@heather: you’re right, that’s really weird. Proof that some people do unspeakable things for money, and also moonlight as strippers…

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:02:43 +0000

Thanks, Andy. I’m speechless at the rest of your comment :)

By: Andy Fraser

Andy Fraser — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:51:34 +0000

I once applied for a job as a stripper while in the throes of student poverty. A woman phoned me up and I told her I was of ‘athletic build’ and ‘a great dancer’.

I can’t think of any two phrases that less accurately describe me.

And Gary, I didn’t know you’re a dad – congratulations.

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:53:59 +0000

>>..unless they’ve changed the rules…

They haven’t. It’s mentioned in the article that the advert says so.

@Heather – maybe there is a niche market for bank teller themed strippers for when the policewoman is too scary.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:14:37 +0000

Most bizarre thing I ever saw on the train from Glasgow Central to home was a woman dressed in a way which suggested that, shall we say, she had responded to one of those ads. She sat down opposite me and with military precision proceeded to towel off her layers of makeup, then tied her hair in a frumpy bun, then put a frumpy pair of pleated polyester trousers on, then removed her leather miniskirt over the trousers. She then covered her fragment of a top with a certain Scottish bank’s standard issue blouse, blazer, and name tag. Her transformation from stripper to bank teller complete, the last thing she did was fish out her wedding ring from her purse and put it on.