| 09.18.2008 – There are so many things to celebrate with the success of Jaymee Joaquin’s Playboy cover, and signing event. It has been given that she deserves all the accolades in her current endeavor making it. But behind the scenes, it wasn’t all that fun, to be honest. While everyone has been getting all the necessary enjoyment, the behind-the-scenes is quite a turn-off.
Playboy Magazine Philippines has partnered with Driven Manila, which owns the Warehouse 135 Club in Yakal just outside the Makati CBD. It recently opened a couple of years ago and it has been getting quite an attention. Not because of the place. But the neighboring residential area is having mixed reactions to the way noise pollution brings to the vicinity. (Please CLICK on the title for the full article) |
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to be able to visit the Playboy offices at their Tektite location in Pasig City and was nothing but grateful for their warm welcome. The staff who entertained us during our visit made a tour of their sanctuary and at the same time gave us a look at what to expect from the Philippine publication of the most famous Adult Magazine in the world.
They (Playboy) did not restrict us from taking photos of their cover girls when a future signing event happens. This was months ago when we asked if they have restrictions about using any particular camera. We have taken their word about what they have advised us about going to their events.
Warehouse 135’s Outdated Policies
In the age of the ever-growing popularity of social media that means there will be cameras everywhere big or small. We get it, there are “House Rules” but they did not obligate in writing to let their patrons know they have this type of restriction when using what type of camera.
It’s appalling that to get their point across they would send out their bouncers to abuse, bully, and harass their visitors just to let them know they have house rules concerning the use of what type of camera a ‘regular’ person should bring, while they let an actual media bring their high-end DSLR cameras is a blunt discrimination.
The bouncers are just doing what their bosses have told them. But honestly, this is way too much crap to let your customers know they mean business. It’s like a cult that wants to impose their will for control on everyone because they can.
Playboy Debut Bombed
It was honestly an underwhelming moment for this event to even call it a success despite the way people are enjoying themselves in these images. It is unsatisfactory to even give it a “thumbs up” that the event organizers did not give any consistent information on do’s and don’ts in attending this event.
Would I recommend it? Certainly a big NO. The way the organizers of the venue treated the people who came to support Jaymee Joaquin and Playboy Magazine was a huge disappointment. I’d stay away from Warehouse 135 like a plague. It’s not worth spending time at this event when the club owners behave like a bunch of elites looking down on the people who would spend their money at their place.
This is not a good place to have the signing event as the venue to go. If Playboy needs to stand out they should not just reach the ones who would be interested. But the ones who will be there to support the magazine as they’re a new publication in the country.
With Warehouse 135, that place would not last long enough to end up as just some warehouse that sells dead meat. The way they treat their customers and bully them because they did not put a policy about not being allowed to bring cameras to the event is just an outdated and discriminating way to step on people.
It’s a disgusting way to limit their perspective on who should or should not be allowed inside their club when the organizers of Playboy themselves was the one who advised us that we’re allowed to bring our digital cameras for this specific type of event.
In the end, it’s contradicting to even fathom, which one is right. Is it Playboy or Warehouse 135, you know the magazine publishers’ hands are tied up with all this nonsense and it is the club that has the problem after all.
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WASAK !!!!
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