Finance guy makes incredibly detailed dating spreadsheet

Probably didn't even need a mouse

Incredibly Detailed, Incredibly Creepy Spreadsheet Of His Match.com Prospects
Let's call this guy, oh, "Dave." Dave is a financial services employee in New York. Dave goes on Match.com, and meets women, and sometimes goes on dates with them. Then Dave goes home and enters all sorts of information into an Excel sheet, to keep track of everyone.

On April 4, Dave went on a date with Arielle. She was "very pretty," "sweet and down to earth," and had "a great personality." He hopes to see her again soon. We know this, because he entered it in his spreadsheet, along with the dates of their various Match.com interactions, her contact info, and even a little photo of her.

http://deadspin.com/5902760/finance-guy-keeps-incredibly-detailed-incre…

Moderator addition:

Apparently "Dave" gave Jezebel an interview (yeah, that always works out in your favor as a man). Anyway, according to Dave:

"I work with spreadsheets a lot," he told us. "It's a great additional tool. I work long days, go to the gym, go out on a couple of midweek dates or what not, get home late...how am I going to remember them? I'm not. So I made the spreadsheets. My comments aren't malicious or mean. This was an honest attempt to stay organized."

More here: http://jezebel.com/5902718/creepy-finance-guy-with-spreadsheet-of-match…

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Best Response

Ok first of all, this guy is a friend of a friend of a friend of mine, and he works at FactSet. Hardly a "financier". It really pisses me off how whenever anyone who even remotely works for, near, or sells hot dogs on Wall Street steps slightly out of line, it becomes an "Investment Banker does X" headline.

All that aside, is this really so bad? The comments about the girls aren't overly harsh, he's just trying to keep everything straight. How is that "incredibly creepy"??? This is absolutely no different than the proverbial "little black book" that guys have been keeping since the beginning of time. Why are people so aghast at this? Do you guys seriously not keep track of this shit somehow, if not in a spreadsheet specifically?

- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 
CaptK:
Ok first of all, this guy is a friend of a friend of a friend of mine, and he works at FactSet. Hardly a "financier". It really pisses me off how whenever anyone who even remotely works for, near, or sells hot dogs on Wall Street steps slightly out of line, it becomes an "Investment Banker does X" headline.

All that aside, is this really so bad? The comments about the girls aren't overly harsh, he's just trying to keep everything straight. How is that "incredibly creepy"??? This is absolutely no different than the proverbial "little black book" that guys have been keeping since the beginning of time. Why are people so aghast at this? Do you guys seriously not keep track of this shit somehow, if not in a spreadsheet specifically?

The guy is a massive tool for sending that out to a girl - just use some common sense.

 
JeremyLinMVP:
CaptK:
Ok first of all, this guy is a friend of a friend of a friend of mine, and he works at FactSet. Hardly a "financier". It really pisses me off how whenever anyone who even remotely works for, near, or sells hot dogs on Wall Street steps slightly out of line, it becomes an "Investment Banker does X" headline.

All that aside, is this really so bad? The comments about the girls aren't overly harsh, he's just trying to keep everything straight. How is that "incredibly creepy"??? This is absolutely no different than the proverbial "little black book" that guys have been keeping since the beginning of time. Why are people so aghast at this? Do you guys seriously not keep track of this shit somehow, if not in a spreadsheet specifically?

The guy is a massive tool for sending that out to a girl - just use some common sense.

Totally agreed there, no idea why you would ever share this. Can't possibly be in your best interests, from any angle, even if she didn't share it with all her friends.
- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 

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