When asking a buddy what they did on the weekend and they tell you they got down and dirty clubbing, the follow up question is usually ‘did you hook up?’. Chatting up a sizzling hot number in the club is an integral and exciting part of the experience, but why is it so common out on a Friday night at a bar or on a dance floor and not at a local footy match or supermarket?
Booze. Without booze, picking up at clubs wouldn’t be as prevalent; in fact, without booze clubs probably wouldn’t work at all. Alcohol is a social lubricant and makes us feel cool, calm and confident. After a few bevos or a couple of ‘little helpers’, the average reveler will feel as smooth as Casanova or as seductive as Catwoman with the bad pick up lines and luring lip bites sure to ensue. Face it, even Bond relied on a vodka martini, shaken not stirred.
Dressed To Impress. Guys and gals usually want to look their best in the club. Everyone knows the lengths girls go to get guys to notice them and these days dudes are almost just as likely to spend a fair bit of time in front of the mirror making sure they look the part before heading out. With everyone looking so good, it’d be weird if no one was being hit on.
Location. It’s socially acceptable to lay on the moves when out partying. We are only human and as such we need places like clubs to let us have a go at getting lucky. Otherwise we’d be giving it a crack at work, or at the supermarket, or in the dentist waiting room or any number of other random places. Thank God we have clubs to get our urges out of our systems or we wouldn’t get anywhere.
Music. Music does things to people. It gets the heart pumping and the moves flowing and with the rhythmic thumping of the bass, we’re almost entranced into looking for another kind of rhythmic thumping else where (if you catch my drift).
Conditioning. Clubs work because we remember the good and not so much the bad. Most of us remember when we did successfully hit on someone and we associate that with the act of clubbing and partying. Also, most of our picking up occurs out partying and clubbing, so we’re willing to keep our efforts within this context. If most of our picking up occurred in a… a ahhh, um… a toilet store or something, we’d probably find it more appropriate to try and pick up there too.
So let the good times roll and keep the hit ons to the confines of where the party is at, and not the office. After all, this isn’t a porno.
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