{"id":173,"date":"2008-11-24T06:17:43","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T13:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/?p=173"},"modified":"2011-01-13T17:11:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T00:11:16","slug":"social-currency-and-the-herd-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/attractwomenanywhere.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/24\/social-currency-and-the-herd-of-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Currency and The Herd of People…"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Human Beings are Traded As Social Currency<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Continuing to examine social currency from the last post, we find ourselves at a trendy Nightspot in a major metropolitan city. Every city has such places and the ones in L.A and N.Y. exemplify this dynamic the best.<\/p>\n

In Los Angeles, for example, one such place would be the hotspot known as \u201cLes Deux\u201d where they even make attractive women wait in line. The \u201cSuper hot ones\u201d get in first and the merely hot sometimes have to wait a while since their social currency has just been devalued just a bit. Of course, as nightclubs are a revolving door business, and thus, Les Deux may not be the hot spot a year or even 6 months from now. That\u2019s a post for a different time, however.<\/p>\n

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If you do live in a\u00a0major metropolitan\u00a0city, you probably should go to such a place one night just to watch the interactions. Instead of being caught up in the moment and finding a way to schmooze your way in, step back and look at from a bird\u2019s eye view. Just observe it. It\u2019s like discovery channel. It really is like watching animals, or herds of cows competing to get inside a grassy field so they could graze\u2026. \u201cFor all the advancements in science, technology, and expressions of art, it\u2019s come down to this? People elbowing each other like herded animals at the trough trying to get the attention of a promoter to let them in?\u201d That\u2019s the prevalent thought that goes through the mind. (or at least my mind.)<\/p>\n

Step back, even further to get a better overall picture. Yet, look closely at the details from afar and you\u2019ll see: The very attractive women who walk right in, the normally attractive women who have to wait 20 minutes in line, and the average women who latch to the better looking ones so that they have a chance to even get in.<\/p>\n

There is the affluent guy walking right in and having the red velvet rope lifted for him, there is bouncer trying to make extra cash on the side taking bribes to let the non-affluent in, there is the main promoter in charge who cannot wait to get off work to snort a line of blow the length of a football field, there are his cronies working under him hoping to one day have his position, there is the drug-dealer who provides the promoter with his cocaine, (sometimes the promoter is the actual dealer too,) there are guys on the guest list waiting their 20 minutes to get in, there are the guys who have who have a friend on the guest list trying to finagle their way, and then there are a whole lot of guys standing around for hours hoping to get in.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the nature of the game. 100,000 of years of evolution and still too many cave people trying to get inside the special cave. It\u2019s interesting to watch form a social-psychology perspective. I can\u2019t say that I am so much above this, I\u2019ve been to these places. They can even be fun for a while if nothing else but to observe the human dynamics.<\/p>\n

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In fact, if you ever meet people who work in these environments outside of their work, you\u2019ll note that they have intriguing stories to tell. I remember one top \u201cDoorman\u201d telling me about how he\u2019d make 3 to 4 thousand dollars on a good night, just from taking bribes to let people in, and how he has none of that money because he blew it all, (mostly on drugs.) (ps. Don\u2019t ever call it a \u201cBribe\u201d when talking to people who work these jobs.)<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s a game. And if you hang around and have a bit of social intelligence, you learn the system, you learn the loopholes and find your way in; IF That\u2019s what you want. Yet, it doesn\u2019t change the fact that you get a feeling you\u2019re watching animals being herded. However, there is a system in place and from a sociological perspective, there is a function for the place. (note: we are talking high end nightspots, not the type of place where a 1000 Euro-trash fill the place drugged out of their mind on ecstasy while listening to techno. Let\u2019s maintain some class here.)<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s do a recap of the players and the venue:<\/p>\n