getting a little tired of the door-to-door kissing booth solicitors

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Khanstant

i know times r tough and a lot of business are struggling to stay afloat and workers struggle to find good work but kissing booths switching to the door-to-door model has been nothing but an annoyance, it's the worst of both worlds. most times they're just interrupting your day off or evenings to have this awkward exchange of trying to politely decline, while they try every psychological tactic into guilting you into at least listening to their full speal even if you've heard it all before. First it was just a few times a month, then multiple a week, and since 2023 lucky to get a day without one or more stopping by. You'd think business was booming with how many different ones seem to have all day to go round knocking and knocking. Most absurd thing is, even when you do want a kiss, they aren't there! Before, you'd make an appointment or do a walk-in if the line wasn't too long, it was on you to choose. Now it's just whenever they happen to be by, the booths are gone because rent too high, and they won't make an app since it's such an old-fashioned industry.

# ? Jan 15, 2023 21:58

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# ? May 3, 2024 09:28

Khanstant

thinking about getting one of those nest door kissers, guess it's kind of mean since they'll waste some time on the speal and give out the sample kiss at least before realizing not real lips, but honestly still faster than you having to say no yourself without being rude. plus the camera in the lips has a feed for your phone so you can still look and see if you wanted to bother with that kisser or not.

# ? Jan 15, 2023 22:00

baka of lathspell

*ooc* I haven�t seen a kissing booth in years. a total pandemic is v unfortunate to their model i suppose

*ic* the worst is when you give them a bad kiss review and then they call u after to tell you they were fired

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# ? Jan 15, 2023 22:01

baka of lathspell

I�m the person that keeps ordering the kissing service then hiding in my room

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# ? Jan 16, 2023 01:07

Shifty Nipples

baka fwocka fwame posted:

I�m the person that keeps ordering the kissing service then hiding in my room

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# ? Jan 16, 2023 02:40

Shifty Nipples

kissing booths sound like a really weird idea now

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# ? Jan 16, 2023 02:41

alexandriao

ohhhh. *kissing* booth. Well I'm lucky they were into that,

Too much is always not enough!

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# ? Jan 16, 2023 10:21

Buttchocks: No, I like my hat, thanks.

ACAB. Oh wait, you said booth, not boot.

# ? Jan 16, 2023 13:05

Sherbert Hoover: Working hard, thank you!

i feel bad but i mostly just get my kisses off amazon now. oh well, no ethical kissing under capitalism :shrug:

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# ? Jan 17, 2023 22:02

Shifty Nipples

alexandriao posted:

ohhhh. *kissing* booth. Well I'm lucky they were into that,

I've been wondering for a while what is the deal with the picture in your sig with the maid and the booze and the ak (I think)

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# ? Jan 17, 2023 22:15

RepeatingMeme: this place is not a place of honor

no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here

nothing valued is here

what is here was dangerous and repulsive to us

this place is best shunned and left uninhabited

Sherbert Hoover posted:

i feel bad but i mostly just get my kisses off amazon now. oh well, no ethical kissing under capitalism

I stopped doing this after getting burned too many times with knock-off kisses containing chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer. Sourcing your kisses from a locally-owned kissing booth is a little bit pricier, but you cant argue with quality

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# ? Jan 17, 2023 22:24

Buttchocks: No, I like my hat, thanks.

I know it's terrible, but I grew up with processed industrial kisses, and I just can't enjoy any other kind. After the climate apocalypse, you'll be glad they have a near-infinite shelf life.

# ? Jan 17, 2023 22:59

Khanstant

i grew up across the street from a huge field of kissing trees so i always default to fresh if i ever live close enough to town

# ? Jan 18, 2023 04:47

Sherbert Hoover: Working hard, thank you!

I just get kisses from all my gfs 1x/day

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# ? Jan 18, 2023 06:03

Ass-penny

Kiss Wilkes Booth

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# ? Jan 18, 2023 21:39

Simsmagic: im beautiful

seeking venture funding for a new startup called "Kyss", a new mobile app where people can pay independent contractors to deliver kisses directly to them wherever they are

thank you dumb sex-parrot for the wonderful sig!

# ? Jan 18, 2023 23:23

Simsmagic: im beautiful

Latest mobile startup "Kyss" under some hot water online today for the name they've chosen as their brand, which some see as embracing an unfortunate acronym and promoting spread of herpes simplex. The startup is set to issue a press release regarding the controversy later this evening.

thank you dumb sex-parrot for the wonderful sig!

# ? Jan 18, 2023 23:25

Scuba Trooper

i like ur idea but i accidentally venmo'd my life savings to Kyuss instead :rock:

# ? Jan 19, 2023 00:48

baka of lathspell

Scuba Trooper posted:

i like ur idea but i accidentally venmo'd my life savings to Kyuss instead

i was waiting for a post like this

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# ? Jan 19, 2023 01:03

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN: I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.

Whatever happened to a good old fashioned Kicking Booth?

# ? Jan 19, 2023 08:26

Shadow0: If to live in this style is to be eccentric, it must be confessed that there is something good in eccentricity.

This has all been really disruptive for the hugging booth industry. People are getting tired of booths, and that's hurting us as well.

It may also because we give them out for free.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 11:59

Twenty Four

The door to door glory hole just isn't the same. All the excitement and mystery is gone when the other person is just holding up a one foot square divider with a hole in it between the two of you.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 23:20

The Hello Machine: I'm not a real machine, but I am a real Hello-sayer.

My great grandpappy used to work down at the towns kiss factory for a dime an hour before the poorly maintained safety equipment resulted in a factory explosion. I'm glad today's kissing Union exists to help maintain safe working conditions

# ? Jan 20, 2023 06:18

Khanstant

Twenty Four posted:

The door to door glory hole just isn't the same. All the excitement and mystery is gone when the other person is just holding up a one foot square divider with a hole in it between the two of you.

Big Gloryhole practically drove the mom & pop glory-hole-drilleries out of business and then just stopped offering the service entirely to drive up divider sales since the CEO's brother owned the manufacturer for them

# ? Jan 21, 2023 03:50

Sherbert Hoover: Working hard, thank you!

when my dad was a glory holer my mom didn't even have to work. try that these days

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 04:15

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

Sherbert Hoover posted:

when my dad was a glory holer my mom didn't even have to work. try that these days

lol

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 04:23

Twenty Four

Khanstant posted:

Big Gloryhole practically drove the mom & pop glory-hole-drilleries out of business and then just stopped offering the service entirely to drive up divider sales since the CEO's brother owned the manufacturer for them

An old timer in a little town goes down to the ol' local glory hole that's been there since he was a youngin, and looks forlornly with a single tear running down his cheek as he finds it all boarded up.

# ? Jan 21, 2023 04:25

biosterous

Twenty Four posted:

An old timer in a little town goes down to the ol' local glory hole that's been there since he was a youngin, and looks forlornly with a single tear running down his cheek as he finds it all boarded up.

yet another local business put down by the dick sucking factories

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# ? Jan 21, 2023 16:21

Khanstant

goddamnit, got home and there was a huge package at the door, couldnt remember ordering anything tho

i drag it inside and there's a drat kissin boothsman packed in there popped out asking for cash on delivery like its 1998 or something

# ? Jan 22, 2023 06:33

Shifty Nipples

Khanstant posted:

goddamnit, got home and there was a huge package at the door, couldnt remember ordering anything tho

i drag it inside and there's a drat kissin boothsman packed in there popped out asking for cash on delivery like its 1998 or something

lol

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# ? Jan 23, 2023 00:37

baka of lathspell

Shifty Nipples posted:

lol

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# ? Jan 25, 2023 08:29

Manifisto

these new fangled kiss-sharing services started out sounding great, I admit. I can even handle the peak surcharges, but last Saturday when I found myself sharing the same kiss with a tourist family of 6, two grumpy businessmen, a sanitation worker, and a Finnish au pair--for the third weekend in a row--I started to wonder, is this really progress?

# ? Jan 25, 2023 09:56

Buttchocks: No, I like my hat, thanks.

I don't mind door-to-door kissing booths, but I refuse to take their literature.

# ? Jan 25, 2023 11:31

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# ? May 3, 2024 09:28

Khanstant

Manifisto posted:

these new fangled kiss-sharing services started out sounding great, I admit. I can even handle the peak surcharges, but last Saturday when I found myself sharing the same kiss with a tourist family of 6, two grumpy businessmen, a sanitation worker, and a Finnish au pair--for the third weekend in a row--I started to wonder, is this really progress?

Consider yourself lucky, last time I pooled 3 of the people were just there to try and slip me something in the group kiss to advertise wonder cleaner or whatever

# ? Jan 27, 2023 02:45

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