From: annie (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Aug 04 2010 - 21:45:00 CDT
> Have any of you ladies overheard remarks about us.
The first one I remember was during either DLV 1998 or DLV
1999, I forget which. I was eating breakfast solo at the
Riviera buffet and I overheard a conversation among some
who had seen the Frank Marino show the last night, at which
DLV was present and quite obvious.
The more interesting tidbits I remember from that one were
the remarks to the effect of "I think about half of them
were real girls" and "I wonder if the Riviera pays them to
do that?" :)
> Let's some of us make a point of doing that next year.
> We could share our experiences.
It's often very difficult to do this in a planned manner.
You almost have to do it on the fly without any advance
warning.
One exercise we used to do during the early years of DLV,
somewhat related, is to have a "subject" walk around a
place like a casino, shopping mall, on the strip, etc.,
and have a discreet observer follow and observe the
public's reaction. We would look specifically for what
mannerisms evoked a direct response, a double-take, and
things like that. Of course you need a subject who truly
wishes to blend.
What is very eye-opening is to note the difference in
reaction of 20-something guys to the image of a 40-ish
CD and that of an attractive GG twentybopper.
You sometines hear things without actively trying to
do anything. I recall just a few years ago taking the
escalator up to the buffet at the Sahara for LWG and
hearing one civilian lady (riding down) remark to
another (riding up) "Gawwwd, there's a whole bunch of
men dressed as women up there!"
A few years ago we had a group at FSE and a couple of
our people decided to do an impromptu "outreach mission"
for the normals out on the street. I observed a nudge,
pointing, chuckling, and some "WTF?" chit-chat between
two maybe 30-ish guys.
The conversation is often fleeting and the subject will
usually change quickly.
I overheard part of a conversation between two Paris
security guards this last year. Their conclusion seemed
to be that the presence of the group was NBD. However,
one of our others overheard a not-so-nice exchange
between two security guards at the San Remo a number
of years ago.
> Of course you would have to dress discreetly so as not
> to be noticed. But it would be an eye opener.
Very true. It's also something that can't be done as a
group activity at all.
One scenario I've found that gives opportunities to
overhear civilians is to sit at the bar as our people
begin to arrive and observe the reaction of the normals
as they realize what's going on. I've observed this at
places such as BB (the bar to the right as you enter),
the Charles Bar, and the bar at Trevi.
The one place where the civilians are not fazed at all
is the old Hard Rock on Harmon. I was also pleasantly
surprised by the low level of attention that our group
got at the brewpub at the Flamingo at this year's DLV.
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