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Company Takes Stand Against Booth Babes

Posted by Zonk on from the who-would-answer-a-casting-call-for-ugly-people? dept.

Swank1 writes "At this year's E3 (May 17-20) Agetec will launch its Anti Booth Babe campaign. Believing that booth babes take attention away from the games, Agetec wants to change the focus back to where it should be. They plan on doing this not by refusing to have booth babes, but instead by hiring ten unattractive women to work their booth. Agetec, a producer of video games and hardware for console systems, has launched AntiBoothBabes.com to get their idea going. Right now the site is just a splash page and a sign-up form for a free T-shirt, but the real fun will come at the Expo. In Los Angeles, during the convention, Agetec's anti-babes will be handing out 'Granny Panties' with Agetec's logo on it. An article discribes the initiative at XYZ Computing."

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  1. Degrading. by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is just as degrading to women as Booth Babes. At least the Booth Babes can go back to their jobs stripping or doing BangBros videos when the expo is over. These "ugly" women get hired for being "ugly" and doesn't that just boost the old self esteem?

    This is crap. And by saying things like this, I can hopefully score some points with these "ugly" ladies. I'm desperate. And lonely. Somebody call me? Please?

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    1. Re:Degrading. by Jemima's+Witness · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sometimes you just got to work with what you got. Some women got a whole lot of ugly on em.

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  2. Being paid the highest complement by Frodo+Crockett · · Score: 4, Funny

    They plan on doing this not by refusing to have booth babes, but instead by hiring ten unattractive woman to work their booth.

    And I'm sure those ten women were flattered when they said, "We want to hire you because you're ugly."

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  3. Your premise is wrong. by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hillary Rosen.

    I rest my case.

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  4. Kind of cruel... by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...considering that a "booth babe" is the closest most game geeks will ever come to having an actual date!

  5. Won't someone think of the booth babes? by general_re · · Score: 4, Funny
    Imagine if this sort of thing catches on? There could be hordes of attractive women, suddenly unemployed, mostly unemployable, and in desperate need of help. Who will help the booth babes?

    Well, I will. I know it's a huge sacrifice, but dammit, someone's gotta step up to the plate here. If there are any former booth babes out there who need someone to talk to, or a shoulder to cry on, or a bed to sleep in, I'm completely available.

    That is, I will be - as soon as my wife reads this post. :-/

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    1. Re:Won't someone think of the booth babes? by Filiks · · Score: 2, Funny

      Shhh, I'm looking forward to cheaper prices at "hotels" in Nevada.