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> which made about as much sense to me as the idea of going into business as a dinner-party guest, or a book club participant I lol'd and now would like to see
by catlover76 3y ago
> which made about as much sense to me as the idea of going into business as a dinner-party guest, or a book club participant
I lol'd and now would like to see these work somehow
"Uber for dinner guests" if your social circle isn't sufficiently cool and there are people you are inviting you want to impress.
- kej 3y agoI recently finished reading Chesterton's "The Club of Queer Trades", and one of the jobs in there was a paid dinner guest who even set up the conversation so the client could make witty remarks.
- TylerE 3y ago"token white person as a service" is a thing in China. It's apparently a very big deal in business circles that you have SOMEONE non-Asian in your party.
- RedCondor 3y ago[flagged]
- Cerium 3y agoAs a white person who has spent some time in China. It definitely is a thing. I have not been paid (also not interested), but have definitely been invited places for no reason other than to add a foreigner.
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoVery curious. Ive never seen this in Japan. I have to ask, what were your primary incentives and what did you hope to get our of it? Helping a close friend? Bored? Finding a SO? Networking? All/None of the above?
- Cerium 3y agoOne time I ended up at a lunch with some manager people from the local tv station. One of my friends was trying to sell him some tea and he asked that I attend his lunch event as a favor. It was interesting. Another example more recently - I wanted to visit a tea factory and while I was there they asked if I could put on a uniform and pose for some photos for them.
- onetokeoverthe 3y ago[dead]
- Zambyte 3y agoSource?
- elSidCampeador 3y agohttps://www.cnbc.com/id/37759560 https://www.cnbc.com/id/37759560
- alpaca128 3y ago> The page is blocked because of your cookie settings. To continue, please allow all cookies. How is this legal?
- TylerE 3y agoHow would it not be? "I refuse cookies" is not a protected class, thus a private business may discriminate it at will. Same way a business could refuse to admit patrons not wearing shoes or carrying a firearm.
- jowea 3y agoIs that true under the GDPR?
- TylerE 3y agoUS companies aren't bound by the GDPR. European courts have no jurisdiction here.
- alpaca128 3y agoEuropean courts have jurisdiction in the EU, and CNBC is accessible in the EU unlike some other US websites, so they have to follow GDPR at least for EU visitors. And as far as I know cookie rejection must not influence the basic functionality of the site.
- pjc50 3y agoThis sort of thing exists at various times and places that value appearances a lot. A description of an "uncle from Rome" as a professional mourner in mid-20th century Naples: https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/a-zio-di-roma-an-uncle-from-rome-highly-desirable-at-neapolitan-funerals/ https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/a-zio-di-rom... (fascinating book, Naples 44)
- jowea 3y agoHow far is "professional dinner-party guest" from socialite?
- malfist 3y agoI don't think a socialite is paid
- mikhailfranco 3y agoCloser to escort ?
- pjc50 3y ago"After dinner speaker" is a very viable business: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/28/barack-obama-public-speaking-politicians https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/28/barack-obam... ; nearest thing to earning money from being a "dinner party guest". Just like blogging, it relies on already having an audience and an air of being an authority on something.