Lunchdate At Center Of Dating Controversy
Tuesday, 15. November 2005 - 9:45 am
STORY 1 — YAHOO NEWS — Nov 3 — Too busy to meet new people and tired of the bar scene, Traynor, 39, turned to LunchDates.comto meet someone. A personal chef by profession, Traynor, 5 ft 5 tall,
checked off medium under "build" in the Web site's membership survey.
She said she told a LunchDates counselor in a phone interview she
weighed a little less than 200 pounds. She got a call from Lunchdate,
and the representative said, 'I'm sorry. We can't help you because
you're overweight.' Sack, Lunchdates co-founder said, "I just don't
have the people for everybody. Whether it's age or body type, religion,
hobbies, if someone asked us for something we can't do we try to be
honest about it," Sack said. Body type can be an issue with dating. I
have no control over it. I can only be as honest, as courteous and as
sincere with people as I possibly can. And I'm certainly going to spend
more time with my staff about it," Sack said. FULL ARTICLE @ YAHOO
STORY 2 — YAHOO NEWS — Nov 4 — Helen Long was
feeling good about herself after finishing her first Ironman triathlon
three years ago at the age of 40. A busy personal trainer looking to
meet someone, long turned to LunchDates because of their claim to
provide a personal touch. She indicated she would be interested
in dating men between 33 and 48. LunchDates called her back and told
her she was being unrealistic about the age range. "There's no
way I would have anyone in their 30s interested in meeting you." FULL ARTICLE @ YAHOO
Mark Brooks:
Real world matchmaking services are extremely limited in their
selection. They usually have membership bases of a few hundred
members to draw on for their matchmaking. On the one hand, it's
good these services are honest about the services they think they can
provide before extracting
thousands of dollars from hopefuls.
On the other hand, this example is wholly discriminatory and
outrageous? Your comments please…