How NOT to Pick Up (Part 2)

You can read Part 1 here.
Now, this is more than a book review. If you want an extended, non-biased description you can go to Wikipedia.

I was at an Indigo/Chapters bookstore one day and I overheard some guys raving on about what a great book this was. I was curious and I decided to see what all the fuss was about. I picked it up, read a couple pages and was instantly mortified.

Mortified because I cannot believe this was a topseller book and mortified because I cannot believe that people would regard this as something that would enable a man to "pick-up".

Now, this book takes the form of a Christian Bible. You know, the leather (pleather) cover, with gold-edged pages and the red ribbon bookmark ... as to insinuate to guys that this is your go-to guide to pick up.

The author talks of supposed personal experiences and then gives a step by step on how to be the best pick-up artist.

There are so many things wrong with this picture.

1. You don't need to refer to a book to pick up. That's so ingenuine.
2. More often than not, they don't work for everyone. Maybe Neil Strauss just got lucky or he's imagining things.
3. If everyone followed the stages listed, all men would be the same - all pig-like robots.
   

If you want to know how NOT to pick up, the first thing to do is NOT think that this book could actually be for real.

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