Yes, extremely common and a technique only used by people within Islington.
Common Islingtonian mating ritual
Goddamn creeps everywhere.
Dating apps such as Bumble and Tinder don’t operate in Islington due to the effectiveness of these posters
Jesus Christ! How mortifying
Kate Bush?
Terrifying! I did see some weirdos leave the tube at this stop yesterday
Next poster with that pic will be saying, “HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN? last seen on a date with a man she met on the tube…”
im going to call this number
She probably smiled politely in the hopes it’d stop him staring. Poor woman.
Cringe
I feel it’s a great move if you want a future Netflix mini series drama to have a character named after you.
this is creepy asf
Uncommon dating technique. Common serial killer technique.
That’s fucking creepy
Thank god it’s not me.
This is unintentionally terrifying
Edit: Oh this reminded me of one time a guy drew me on the tube. I was sitting across from him and he was very obviously drawing me and making a big show of looking at me and then back to the paper and titling it at times so I could clearly see what he was doing. It was extremely creepy, I get the idea of someone sketching Londoners but I was like 25 and he was like late 30s and making me really uncomfortable. I’ve been catcalled plenty but something about this annoyed me so much more, it was like he purposely forced me to be his muse nonconsensually and thought he would be charming me. Maybe I’m a miserable bastard but I hated it so much lol I wish I said something at the time but I just got off the tube.
Erm. Bit creepy.
He drew her from memory? Lmao
Old bounty hunter trick.
This is absolutely terrifying wtf. I hope this doesnt take off!
It was a smile and a hair twirl, not even a conversation and hes gone and made posters 😂 Note to self stop smiling at strangers, people are taking a left turn these days.
Looks like something from a horror film
And he needs a new number in 3, 2, 1…
Well it is an entirely new answer to “why don’t people in London smile at strangers.” – In case of this bullshit.
I wonder how many of these posters were put up?
Borderline harassment/stalking offence regardless of motivation. Any more than one poster would likely be viewed as a course of conduct. If the guy was innocently trying to find out who she was during the chance encounter then it shows a lack of judgment, if he thought this was genuinely acceptable then it’s a deeply concerning insight into his attitude and a huge red flag.
Next up- I was smiling at your Hinge profile photo, which was smiling back at me. Here is a screenshot as proof- if this is you, please write me back at fubar_at_hingemail
Might as well pre-emptively arrest this weirdo, women in London would be a lot safer. Fucking hell 😂
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Yes, extremely common and a technique only used by people within Islington.
Common Islingtonian mating ritual
Goddamn creeps everywhere.
Dating apps such as Bumble and Tinder don’t operate in Islington due to the effectiveness of these posters
Jesus Christ! How mortifying
Kate Bush?
Terrifying! I did see some weirdos leave the tube at this stop yesterday
Next poster with that pic will be saying, “HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN? last seen on a date with a man she met on the tube…”
im going to call this number
She probably smiled politely in the hopes it’d stop him staring. Poor woman.
Cringe
I feel it’s a great move if you want a future Netflix mini series drama to have a character named after you.
this is creepy asf
Uncommon dating technique. Common serial killer technique.
That’s fucking creepy
Thank god it’s not me.
This is unintentionally terrifying
Edit: Oh this reminded me of one time a guy drew me on the tube. I was sitting across from him and he was very obviously drawing me and making a big show of looking at me and then back to the paper and titling it at times so I could clearly see what he was doing. It was extremely creepy, I get the idea of someone sketching Londoners but I was like 25 and he was like late 30s and making me really uncomfortable. I’ve been catcalled plenty but something about this annoyed me so much more, it was like he purposely forced me to be his muse nonconsensually and thought he would be charming me. Maybe I’m a miserable bastard but I hated it so much lol I wish I said something at the time but I just got off the tube.
Erm. Bit creepy.
He drew her from memory? Lmao
Old bounty hunter trick.
This is absolutely terrifying wtf. I hope this doesnt take off!
It was a smile and a hair twirl, not even a conversation and hes gone and made posters 😂 Note to self stop smiling at strangers, people are taking a left turn these days.
Looks like something from a horror film
And he needs a new number in 3, 2, 1…
Well it is an entirely new answer to “why don’t people in London smile at strangers.” – In case of this bullshit.
I wonder how many of these posters were put up?
Borderline harassment/stalking offence regardless of motivation. Any more than one poster would likely be viewed as a course of conduct. If the guy was innocently trying to find out who she was during the chance encounter then it shows a lack of judgment, if he thought this was genuinely acceptable then it’s a deeply concerning insight into his attitude and a huge red flag.
Next up- I was smiling at your Hinge profile photo, which was smiling back at me. Here is a screenshot as proof- if this is you, please write me back at fubar_at_hingemail
Might as well pre-emptively arrest this weirdo, women in London would be a lot safer. Fucking hell 😂
It’s a very common technique for serial killers.
Send him a dick pick, then block his number