Comments on: Friend for Hire: $150/hr

By: J. Baxter Graf

J. Baxter Graf — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:09 +0000

If I had the money,I might hire somebody to help me pick out clothes, since I’m really bad at that stuff. I would not ever in a million years hire that Biondo guy with his horrible facial hair.

By: Soccer9040

Soccer9040 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:44:59 +0000

I dont think I would ever hire a friend, but I would love having an assistant some times. For example, I need my dry cleaning picked up and my ink recycling (Staples and Office Max) dropped of. I wish I could just snap my fingers and my errands would be done.

By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:25:36 +0000

No, I wouldn’t hire a professional friend. I would hire a professional advisor for any number of things. The difference is pretty straightforward. When I hire an advisor, I have specific goals in mind. I want answers to some questions, I want a task accomplished. Friendship is open-ended and much less specific. Of course, I’m not offended when my friends can’t help me with specific problems.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:25:16 +0000

While I don’t watch “Queer Eye” myself, I do know that it’s a spin on another one of those life-renovation shows where each of the five guys is an expert on something – like fashion, or interior decorating, or grooming, etc. According to the article, the guy doesn’t really provide much of a direct financial return and is more of a life consultant – ask him what shirt matches which pants and to help organize your closet. It’s something the wealthy (some of them anyway) use so they can spend their money.

By: Matt (different one)

Matt (different one) — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:06:04 +0000

Since I don’t watch “Queer Eye” and have no idea what value a fake “friend” could possibly provide, I’m a bit unclear on what the $150/hr buys. But for that kind of financial investment, I’d expect to get either a direct financial return of some kind (which is pretty doubtful) or at least some _lasting_ noneconomic value (which probably is what he’s selling…but I have trouble visualizing what’d be worth it).

By: perry

perry — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:48:30 +0000

I had Bob Thompson for a professor at syracuse and he is the guy the media turns to for all things pop culture. You can see him talk about pop culture on cnn every week. Go Cuse