If youâve attended E3, chances are youâve probably had some interaction with booth babes. Thereâs simply no avoiding them, even if they are one of the tackier aspects of gamingâs biggest convention.
But not everyone feels uncomfortable around booth babes. Some guys love âem, and some guys even fall for them. A quick perusal of Craigslist Los Angelesâ âMissed Connectionsâ section reveals a couple such lovelorn individuals, each hoping that the girl who disinterestedly showed him a video game product will wind up⌠looking through the missed connections site on Craigslist⌠hoping to find him there?
Hmm. That doesnât seem likely. But hey, itâs worth a shot for love!
The first poster is up-front about who heâs looking for: âbooth babe. â m4w â 32â
You were chatting me up about a product. I said I was impressedâŚabout a certain something. I wanted to ask you for more than your name but I didnât want to get you into trouble. Iâm sure every nerd there wishes the same. If there is a chance for something more let me know what the product was that you were showcasing.
My friend, I wish you love in all things, but I think that if youâre going to find the specific booth babe youâre looking for, among the hundreds of booth babes who were at E3, youâre going to have to be more specific than âYou were chatting me up about a product.â
I can just picture the lovelorn booth babe perusing missed connections, seeing this post and thinking, âChatting him up about a product? He must be talking about me!!â
The second missed connection is much more specific. This gentleman is looking for a âJaneâ from the Ubisoft booth. Jane was demonstrating ZombiUâs augmented reality âzombificationâ app (and I will take the opportunity to remind you that ZombiU looks really freakin cool), when she approached our lonely craigslister.
The poster explains that he returned on Wednesday to see her again, wearing a black t-shirt with the logo of the website he writes for. He took a picture and learned that her name was Jane. From the tone of this post, he is clearly quite smitten with her, to the point that he wanders a bit into creepytownâŚ
Now I realize you must get hit on ALL. THE. TIME in your line of work, and I realize you probably werenât any more or less friendly and accommodating toward me as any other attendee, but out of all the hundreds of beautiful women at the show, youâre the only one whoâs truly stuck in my head, and I canât put my finger on any one reason. Maybe itâs your dark, flowing hair, your ready smile, your toned, tan little body, the aforementioned sparkling eyes, your playful laugh, your personable demeanor or some combination of those things (or something that simply canât be quantified)âŚI donât know!
All I do know is that I enjoyed being around you, I enjoyed looking at you (and, Iâll admit it, enjoyed not seeing a ring on your left hand), and would be honored if you deem me worthy of a chance to get know you better. Even if you never see this â and none of your fellow Ubisoft, uh, âbrand ambassadorsâ see this and forward it to you â at least this will (hopefully) put my mind at ease. Thanks for reading.
Sounds like Jane made quite an impression. I, for one, hope these kids find a way to turn this missed connection into a regular olâ connection. It takes all kinds, after all.
Booth Babe â M4W [Craigslist]
Jane from the Ubisoft booth at E3 [Craigslist via Chris Kohler]
(Photo via Flickr)
