Sketchiest CL ad ever?

[moominmolly]

I'm willing to be dissuaded, with evidence, but I think that this is a pretty good candidate.


servalence photographer needed
servalence photographer needed
Reply to: gigs-473604350@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-11-09, 1:37PM EST


Short term servalence needed for photograps. call for details. 919-559-5750




* Location: jamaica plain
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: no pay


PostingID: 473604350

Comments

[aerynne.livejournal.com]

I had to stare at it from several angles to determine what the heck a "servalence" was. Some kind of lens? A certain king of photographer? Developing chemicals?

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Do they mean "surveillance"??

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Took me awhile to figure out what "servalence" was.

[bluepapercup]

Y'know, I'm not even sure WHAT they want! Do they need you to come and take photographs of someone? (creepy) Do they need to come and surviell [not a word!] you so they can take pictures of you? (even more creepy!)

Highly sketchy, I agree.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

You may want to copy the ad to this post, as I suspect that'll get flagged for removal soon. (Most CL pointers I see are already gone by the time I look)

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

This looks so sketchy, it's meta-sketchy.

[ratatosk.livejournal.com]

If they have so much trouble with English, it wouldn't surprise me if they had trouble with the Craigslist site. So the "no pay" might just be the result of screwing up a web form, not anything deliberate.

As to sketchy, there are lots of reasons to hire private detectives.


My vote for sketchy goes to men who try to entice attractive young roommates with offers of low rent.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I find the stuff listed in their personals and under "erotic services" far scarier:

massage
ladies over 34 need not apply
meet me in my hotel, married
He'll rake your leaves in exchange for sex
swm wants it bareback

...but then, perhaps that's the nature of it. I also see stuff for "photographers" looking for nude models pretty regularly, though not currently. And the ongoing drama on the personals about some really sketchy guy named Brian and his hapless victim Megan... Yeesh. Much twitching.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Craigslist missed connections, via my friend eirias, ftw:

"We met for a drink and you caught me making out with a man - m4w - 25 (Upper East Side)
I'm sorry. You were taking so long in the bathroom and this guy was looking at me. Next thing I knew we were making out and you came back and stormed out of the bar. I just want you to know that I really liked you and I'm not gay, I just have gay experiences sometimes. You are a beautiful girl and I'm glad that you came on date with me. I would like very much to try again. This time I will give all my love to you."

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

My guess is that it's just poor command of the English language. My take on the ad is "I can't afford a private detective or to take the time off work, so I need someone to shoot photos of the person who shows up at my apartment/house to proove that my spouse is cheating on me."