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Saturday night/Sunday morning Ad dissection

July 10, 2005 By pia

I need someone from 9pm-6am
I am a stripper and i have 2 kids, i need a sitter to babysit from the times listed above.
Need to know cpr, i want references. I make lots of$ so i can pay well.

This was an ad I came across. Obviously I was left with many questions.
Male or female stripper?
Why list job?
To entice?
So that nobody would answer who is morally repulsed by stripping?
Is he/she really soliciting business?
Does he/she work in a club?
Work for a service such as stripagram?
Work for him/herself?
Lap dance type stripper?
Pole dance stripper?
Strip on the bar, in a club, next to people’s drinks?
Is stripping the only service provided?
Why are some capital letters small?
Why isn’t there a price range for babysitting?
Is it because stripping and perhaps more comes along with it?
Why aren’t the kids ages and sex(es) listed?
Most importantly:
Do the kids choke often?

Actually I do have one more question but it’s kind of picky:
Shouldn’t “i want references,” be “please provide references?”
Or something a little less jarring than the above?
Like okay I got it. You’re a stripper, and make lots of $, but does that give you the right to sound as if you’re ordering people around before they even begin to work for you?
Or are you trying to say that you’re a demanding boss?
Okay I had many questions, and I probably read too much into language.
But, darn it, an ad like that just begs for questions to be asked.
I could probably think of even more questions to ask but it’s two AM and I’m putting off going to sleep because I had a strange couple of days.
But if it wasn’t two AM, I wouldn’t be asking these questions at all.
Actually I can think of more questions but they’re all dumb sexual puns, and I’m in a “g” rated mood.
If you want to ask some feel free.
Have to say that this ad makes me feel soooooooooooooo intellectual and superior.
But I’m probably jealous because of lots of $
Or maybe I’m compensating; maybe I’m getting ready to join all the Bible humpers, ugh, I mean thumpers.
Have to stop before my mind goes to depths (or lows) never before seen on these pages.
Yes I am capable of deep deep thought, and if this post isn’t evidence of that I don’t know what will convince people.

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Comments

  1. Lauren says

    July 10, 2005 at 9:47 pm

    In my opinion, if she includes “I am a stripper”, then she is welcome to say “I want references”. At this point, no one expects her to be highly educated (sorry for the stereotype)… Saying “Please provide references” would be like saying “Dear sir or madam,”. 🙂

  2. trine says

    July 10, 2005 at 10:18 pm

    I think anyone should be allowed to require references for anyone looking after their children.
    question of coruse is why point out she’s a stripper? To explain “odd” times? To avoid questions later?

    oh i dunno, it’s hot today and I am grumpy… sorry..

  3. Pia says

    July 10, 2005 at 10:43 pm

    This is the kind of thing that I find very funny at two AM which is why I generally don’t let myself near a computer then

    Didn’t even have the drink or substance use excuse.

  4. cooper says

    July 10, 2005 at 10:43 pm

    To me it is obviously an education issue and I guess the option for the person answering the add to seek answers to other questions later is open.

  5. Diseuse says

    July 10, 2005 at 10:56 pm

    Journalists learn that when you are paying for ad space in a newspaper, you really need to be as consise as possible, which is obviously NOT what this person was trying to accomplish. A better ad would read, “Stripper needs babysitter for two kids from 9p.m. to 6a.m. Must know CPR and have references. Can pay well.” There, same information, less space.

  6. Jen says

    July 11, 2005 at 12:13 am

    Maybe the “I am a stripper” part *IS* just to keep people from answering if they would have a problem with it. It would be hard to find a perfect old grandmotherly type and have her quit 2 weeks later because she thinks you’re a nasty whore or something. Maybe it happened before?

    Still though, I think I’d be more worried about the people it would encourage to apply. All you want is some freaky fetishist who’s watching your kids but just because they’re HOPING you’re a nasty whore. Shudder.

  7. The Cranky Liberal says

    July 11, 2005 at 5:26 am

    Pia – did they leave an address – I might be interested 😉

  8. Deb says

    July 11, 2005 at 10:04 am

    Just from that ad I wouldn’t even apply for the job.

    I can see nothing but trouble and choking.

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