CES Booth Babes: Look But Don't Touch

[Ocelot GT]

some ppl are just pervs and do that crap all the time. like on....the internets!

u know who u are.... and u r unpleasant!

 

[Garaw]

AAAAAaaaaaaaand this is why people are stupid.
Oh booth babes/strippers, now I know why you feel dead inside!

E3 is always better when the booth babe is crying.

 

[stone0042]

Yeah, some men are idiots around women. Makes the rest of us look bad

 

[Wicky_42]

haha oh how desperate some can be xD

Yeah, I mean, it's not like they would EXPECT to get guys fawning over them, what with them wearing very little, being hired out by modelling agencies and standing around in nerd central, is it? lol...

 

[paragon1]

Is it okay for ANYONE to touch someone else without their permission? No.
Do these women deserve to be respected just like every other human being? Yes.
Should they have seen these situations coming when they took this job? Yes (at least for the ones hired through an agency)?
Sadly, unless they start getting some intimidating security nearby, then I'm afraid there's not much anyone else can do. They'll just have to put up with it or get a different job (or invest in some pepper spray/taser).

 

[jamesworkshop]

haha oh how desperate some can be xD

I know most Booth babes are far too skinny for my tastes

 

[LordSphinx]

To all those saying "what did they expect?": I've watched the actual video footage from the source, and never did the girls say it was unexpected, they were just asked what were the most socially awkward situation they had to live with. These girls know what it's like to be around perfect losers like those.

And to those saying that they had it coming, I disagree: there is a difference between attracting attention from males and asking for disrespect. Men that can't respect girls for arousing them (or just trying to) are mentally ill and are in dire need of a psychologist.

There was an article here on Escapist last week about "Vaginophobia" and thought it was a little far fetched, but seeing some of the comments here makes me think that it's not, after all.

 

[samsonguy920]

.....They have it easier. The REAL abuse would have to be female waiters. That has to be a shitty job.

Spoiler: Why it'd be a shitty job

For the waiters in general you get blamed if the food's bad, or if the food takes a while. You're mainly the blame person. Then throw in the female body, and you have potential for people who've had too much to drink flirting, or acting sexually towards you. All the while you have to smile, ignore cramps brought on by standing all day and carrying heavy stuff. If you act reasonably angered back to the person, you don't get tipped, and the manager would be pissy.(That being said, guys still have it rough it's just they don't have to worry about the sexual part. That's my take on it anyways.

Don't forget the ongoing drama behind the counter. When you do go out of your way for people and they don't tip. Managers being pissy anyway, probably because they got dumped the day before. It's a lot of grief to deal with, and many states let restaurants rip you off blind because "half your wage is gratuity."

It's a freakin' video game convention! Seriously, what do they expect? I'd venture to guess there are plenty of guys who attend those sort of things and have had limited exposure to the opposite sex, let alone girls that are very attractive.

Plus, the bad experiences always outshine the good ones. I don't know how many people attend CES or other conventions, but I can only assume there were at least several hundred (possibly thousand?) guys who respected the ladies' privacy, job, body, etc. and didn't bother them beyond a picture, compared to the few who do what the article describes.

So... You DIDN'T expect this kind of shit when you took the job? Where are you from, Belgium?

Ah boo hoo. You knew the job when you took it. Good money to stand around looking pretty and occasionally having someone grope you? Seems a good deal, plenty of worse jobs in the world. Send one of these lasses on a bomb disposal course and they'd be begging to work at CES and be groped :/

Whelp, thats what they should expect, since theyre standing around, scantily clad, and that theyre, most of the time, at a show for nerds. And if not nerds, probably either horny adrenaline-pumped car people, or people who watch porn (see: Adult Expo).

Jobs that deal with service, be it booth babe or server or the like, are guaranteed to come with crap. But the alternative is not as pleasant to think about. Just because you have to endure it, doesn't mean you can't vent about it.

 

[Zac_Dai]

Wish I could get work as a booth babe, piece of piss job that.

 

[Adamsusskind]

It angers me to see this. You wonder why gamers have a terrible rap, but you have to look at the many ways that gaming fans objectify women. Sure other people who love other mediums do it, but we could stand to act a little more mature while the industry is trying to earn the respect that I hope it deserves.

 

[Gh0st1y_H]

All I hear are complaints that people are being stupid and offensive.

Name a job in which the people you deal with aren't stupid and offensive.

 

[robrob]

I'll think I'll take what's behind her instead.

[small]That's a GTR right? kindah hard to tell from that angle.[/small]

Going by the rounded shape and the headlights (yes, I know how bad that sounds considering the context of the thread), I'm guessing a 350z.

And while it's to be somewhat expected, the women are fully in the right to complain, it's not like sexual harassment is legal. They're being paid to be pretty, not groped, and a standard of "do something wrong and security will have a word with you" would be a far better standard to have.

 

[docbox1567]

Every comment is pretty bloody depressing. It?s either a statement on how horrible people can be or a confirmation that people are shit and women shouldn?t expect anything less than douche bag men with zero social skills.

 

[Wakefield]

I don't care if they're not wearing much, or if they're paid to stand there and look pretty you just do NOT do that to women. (Unless they're your girlfriend, etc)

 

[kementari]

Poor booth babes. Trust me, this article doesn't even come close to covering the worst.

Spoiler

I boothbabed at E3 once, for a company that decided to hire (attractive) cosplayers to portray their games' characters and speak intelligently and excitedly about the upcoming games, rather than models who admittedly look pretty but can be kinda depressing when you realize they think your hobby is stupid/immature.

I never had to bear the uber-skimpy outfits, since the character I was portraying was in a tight but not very revealing costume, but the girls from other booths I talked to while I was there told me some stories that still keep me up at night. The depths to which socially inept men can sink...

 

[qbanknight]

and so there still hopeless men who can't keep their hands to themselves. just check em out and if you are a good flirt (as in not any of the above idiots) then woo them to your bed for sexy time. if you can't flirt, don't for christ's sake don't do it all, you just look like an ass

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I'm confused as to what the point of this article was. Yes, booth babes are hot. No, we should not bother them. Yes, some idiots do it anyway either out of moronic overconfidence or a crippled sense of reality.

I'm somehow fairly certain booth babes can even EXPECT to have to deal with problem members of the public. But they want the money for standing there and being a less explicit version of a stripper. As far as I'm concerned, they don't get to complain.

No, I don't go around groping booth babes.

Of course, if the point is just to hear the weird funny stories of the crazy people, I'm all for it

 

[Low Key]

snip

I never said nor implied they couldn't vent. I just don't think this story is newsworthy, so that's why I wrote what I did. I'd imagine the same thing would happen if someone interviewed me about the bullshit I have to put up with at my job.