So in The Aviator, Leo noticed some waitress or something in a restaurant or bar or club or something* and he proceeded to attempt a pick up.
He said to her something like… “Can I ask you a question? What gives you pleasure. I want to know what gives you pleasure. Will you let me try to find out?”
Was I the only one totally creeped out by this? I mean, I am a guy and I haven’t really had too much success just picking up strange women, but this was really really creepy, right? Anybody here think his lines would have actually worked?
*I might have some of the facts of the movie a bit off, but that’s neither here nor there. If you saw the movie, you understand what I’m talking about.
The guy didn’t cut his fingernails, stored his piss in jars, shuffled around with tissue boxes on his feet, and you’re worried that his pick-up lines were a bit iffy?
Being an eccentric billionaire, you can use whatever pick-up lines you please. “I’m an eccentric billionaire.” probably works quite well on a lot of women.
If someone used that line on me, I’d be icked out, yeah. I mean, if we’ve already met, and we’ve had a great date, and you’re using it as a way to get a little further, that’s one thing. But on first sight? Nah.
He wasn’t weird yet, CS - he was young, handsome, and filthy rich - and had been since he was a teenager. He simply was used to being able to get any woman he wanted without having to work for it. He could play the game in a way few males would even think of - and it *was * just a game for him.
Consider, too, that he had little parental influence on his personality. He spent most of his childhood years at boarding school, and lost both parents when he was still discovering females. His relationships with others, of both sexes in fact, were erratic and often inconsiderate.
So, tell us, if you were that waitress, and were propositioned by a handsome young zillionaire, would you have turned him down?
Well no. And certainly not in the middle of the Depression. But I would probably think “I guess I’ll go out with this really creepy guy because he’s a zillionaire”.
(Not that I’m normally the gold digging type :D)