When Persistence Becomes Stalking
If you’ve read my previous blog entry entitled ‘The Ultimate What NOT to Do’, you’ll be interested in this entry. I didn’t think things good get much worst with these two brothers since I terminated their representation 2 weeks ago, but I was wrong.
This afternoon, I was sitting in my office answering some emails. It was a pretty quiet, uneventful day… until my phone rang. It was a booking director from Armani Exchange in New York. He told me he was calling about these two brothers whom he thought I represent. Right away, I thought to myself, ‘Uh oh… What now…??!’
Apparently, these two have been emailing this booking director for the past three years. They even had the audacity to email the President of the company, asking him to book them for a photo shoot.
Armani Exchange, being a professional company, had replied to them in the past in a very nice way stating that they are not right for the brand. If you’ve read ‘Decoding the Agent’s Word’, you would know what that phrase means. Well, these two guys obviously don’t know what it means, and continued to bombard the booking director to the point where he had to contact me, thinking that I still represent them, to ask them to stop.
Now, while I admire persistence and ambition, I also know that there is a clear line between persistence and stalking. Not only are their looks not right for the brand, but if a booking agent has your information and hasn’t booked you in three years time, they’re not interested. There’s no need to further pursue the matter.
It’s these types of models that make it difficult for everyone else. Not only did they embarrassed me by association, but they’d also made an ass of themselves and models in general. In addition, their behaviors are the reasons why most agents and clients are so blunt with models. Being nice sometimes, doesn’t work. If a model can’t take a hint, then they need to take the truth. So, when I say to these guys, ‘You’re too old and too short for high fashion’, I’m not being mean. I’m just trying to get it through to them, so that I don’t get embarrassing calls, such as the one from this afternoon, from clients.
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