Comments on: May I take your picture? https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/may-i-take-your-picture thoughts and family activities in an industrial suburb Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/may-i-take-your-picture#comment-1568 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:01:29 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=125#comment-1568 You could, easily, and plus, you’re blond with wavy hair. ka-CHING! But I’m not surprised you’re not enticed by the job and please don’t understand me as seriously suggesting it. (Your typo made me think perhaps they should be called “hospitillation girls,” but that wouldn’t be kind.)

]]> By: steph https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/may-i-take-your-picture#comment-1567 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:55:54 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=125#comment-1567 If African studies didn’t work out, and if I didn’t have too much pride to take a job where the whole point is to come off as cute and bubbly and brainless. On the upside though, in the States and in Switzerland, I’m too short for most “hospitatlity girl” jobs, but in Asia I could probably make the bar.

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/may-i-take-your-picture#comment-1562 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:48:23 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=125#comment-1562 Yesterday actually seemed to be dress-down day for the booth girls. They were out of their uniforms and in jeans with sparkles and silver wedge sneakers and other stuff. I’m not surprised heels come with the job – after all, they’re hired to look good by lowest common denominator standards and heels are part of that.

You’re right, though, that it was hard to distinguish between the Hong Kong employees of the event managers and the local talent on cuteness alone, except perhaps that the city girls got fancier with hair styles. I’ll be careful with designating females at a booth as booth girls (though I anticipate no problems spotting which are which at the nano tech in Tokyo).

Speaking of which, you’re still young and cheerful and good-looking enough that if you learned Japanese, you could make a killing there as a booth babe (if you don’t mind abasingly short skirts and sci-fi-fantasy-inspired uniforms). Just in case your African Studies don’t work out… 😉

]]> By: steph https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/may-i-take-your-picture#comment-1560 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:25:12 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=125#comment-1560 Interesting thing about booth girls…you have no idea how annoying it is to be working a trade show and constantly mistaken for one of the hired booth babes! I worked a trade show in Las Vegas last April and it was serious work to convince anyone that I did, in fact, work on a project team and knew a good bit about my product (I wrote the user manual, for heaven’s sake!). I was exactly the right age to be a booth girl, and about 15 years too young and way to cheerful to be a real employee by most people’s estimation. I got a lot of surprised faces, and “Oh! you work for us!!??” grrr. Talk about irritating. And to make it worse, the real booth babes weren’t very friendly. But I figured that might just be cuz they had to wear heels all day (yep–that’s a job requirement). So be nice to booth babes, and by all means, don’t call refer to them as such cuz they just might be a real employee!

]]> By: IrishOboe https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2008/may-i-take-your-picture#comment-1557 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:24:52 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=125#comment-1557 Hm, I liked to take pictures of people taking pictures in Asia, too. It’s somehow so entertaining.

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