1 00:00:00,660 --> 00:00:02,649 Last weekend my single friend Tom 2 00:00:02,649 --> 00:00:05,039 challenged himself to find his next date - 3 00:00:05,039 --> 00:00:07,229 OFFLINE. 4 00:00:07,229 --> 00:00:11,298 I'm weirdly feeling quite nervous. 5 00:00:11,298 --> 00:00:13,078 It's quite nerve-wracking. 6 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:15,984 I mean, when you ask a girl out on a date 7 00:00:15,984 --> 00:00:16,744 can you imagine... 8 00:00:16,744 --> 00:00:17,784 as soon as you see someone you like 9 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:19,294 just kind of saying it straight away. 10 00:00:19,294 --> 00:00:21,204 I don't know. I can't do it face to face though. 11 00:00:21,204 --> 00:00:23,151 Requires a lot of this, innit? 12 00:00:23,151 --> 00:00:24,571 I'm not that kind of guy. 13 00:00:24,571 --> 00:00:26,121 I don't know if I am either. 14 00:00:28,790 --> 00:00:30,820 Would you like to go for a drink with me? 15 00:00:31,262 --> 00:00:33,002 No, I'm alright, thanks. 16 00:00:33,002 --> 00:00:34,792 I was gonna ask, if you wanted 17 00:00:34,792 --> 00:00:35,847 to go on a date...? 18 00:00:35,847 --> 00:00:37,675 Well, I've got a boyfriend, so... 19 00:00:37,675 --> 00:00:38,355 Oh okay. 20 00:00:38,553 --> 00:00:40,033 Would you like to go for a drink with me? 21 00:00:40,033 --> 00:00:40,893 Right now? 22 00:00:40,897 --> 00:00:41,687 Yeah? 23 00:00:41,956 --> 00:00:42,956 Would you like to - 24 00:00:42,956 --> 00:00:43,956 I'm in a rush. 25 00:00:44,613 --> 00:00:45,363 Would either of you like to go 26 00:00:45,363 --> 00:00:46,463 on a date with me now? 27 00:00:47,551 --> 00:00:48,811 No thanks. 28 00:00:49,095 --> 00:00:50,505 Can I ask, are you single? 29 00:00:50,580 --> 00:00:52,690 No, I'm sorry, I got a boyfriend. 30 00:00:52,987 --> 00:00:53,737 Hello. 31 00:00:53,802 --> 00:00:54,892 What are you up to? 32 00:00:54,898 --> 00:00:55,928 Just about to get breakfast. 33 00:00:55,928 --> 00:00:56,828 Sorry, what's your name? 34 00:00:56,828 --> 00:00:57,518 Sorry - Tom. 35 00:00:57,518 --> 00:00:58,648 Nice to meet you, I'm Mandy. 36 00:00:58,648 --> 00:00:59,358 Nice to meet you. 37 00:00:59,358 --> 00:00:59,818 Jade. 38 00:00:59,818 --> 00:01:00,538 Hi Jade. 39 00:01:00,538 --> 00:01:01,448 Are you single? 40 00:01:01,448 --> 00:01:02,024 No. 41 00:01:02,024 --> 00:01:03,834 No, okay, you have a boyfriend... 42 00:01:03,834 --> 00:01:04,929 are you single? 43 00:01:04,929 --> 00:01:07,409 Uh, yeah. But - into girls. 44 00:01:07,409 --> 00:01:08,199 Into girls!? 45 00:01:08,199 --> 00:01:09,599 It was bad 'cause I asked 46 00:01:09,599 --> 00:01:11,229 her friend first anyway. 47 00:01:11,229 --> 00:01:12,772 How would you feel if I was to ask you out 48 00:01:12,772 --> 00:01:13,632 on a date? 49 00:01:13,632 --> 00:01:14,665 What kind of date, though? 50 00:01:14,665 --> 00:01:15,785 I don't like the word 'date'. 51 00:01:15,785 --> 00:01:18,288 I'm kind of, basically, trying to find 52 00:01:18,288 --> 00:01:20,528 someone to go on a date with me 53 00:01:20,908 --> 00:01:23,788 and I didn't want to do it the online way. 54 00:01:24,341 --> 00:01:25,329 Really? 55 00:01:25,479 --> 00:01:26,529 What, you're just going around 56 00:01:26,529 --> 00:01:27,749 chatting people up all day? 57 00:01:28,112 --> 00:01:29,052 Nice lamp. 58 00:01:29,141 --> 00:01:30,831 Would you like to go on a date with me? 59 00:01:31,696 --> 00:01:32,566 Sorry. 60 00:01:33,145 --> 00:01:34,155 No! 61 00:01:40,261 --> 00:01:40,981 Hey... 62 00:01:40,981 --> 00:01:42,299 Are you single? 63 00:01:42,299 --> 00:01:44,405 Me? Uh - yeah. 64 00:01:44,405 --> 00:01:46,165 I mean, she's never completely single! 65 00:01:46,165 --> 00:01:47,325 How long have you been single for? 66 00:01:47,325 --> 00:01:48,465 Oh, fuck me, ages! 67 00:01:48,530 --> 00:01:49,331 Was that your girlfriend? 68 00:01:49,331 --> 00:01:51,101 No, who was the girl? What was her name? 69 00:01:51,329 --> 00:01:52,537 Um - Gemma? 70 00:01:52,537 --> 00:01:54,137 This is Hastings, and she's single 71 00:01:54,137 --> 00:01:55,646 and this is Nikki and she's single 72 00:01:55,646 --> 00:01:58,046 so why should either of them date you? 73 00:01:58,131 --> 00:01:59,761 Well why don't I give you both my number 74 00:01:59,761 --> 00:02:00,911 and then you can decide? 75 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,260 I can't see why you're single. 76 00:02:02,283 --> 00:02:04,663 But if I was to ask you, to come on a date 77 00:02:04,663 --> 00:02:06,653 with me tonight. I'll take you out for 78 00:02:06,653 --> 00:02:08,743 some food. Or we could have a pizza 79 00:02:08,743 --> 00:02:10,223 or something? 80 00:02:10,223 --> 00:02:11,333 What like now!? 81 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:12,168 Yeah, now. 82 00:02:12,168 --> 00:02:15,078 Oh shit. Um... Oh... 83 00:02:15,597 --> 00:02:16,807 Don't fuck about with me mate! 84 00:02:16,807 --> 00:02:17,647 I just asked if she - 85 00:02:17,647 --> 00:02:18,952 Seriously, don't fuck about. 86 00:02:18,952 --> 00:02:20,222 Now turn the fuck around and fuck off! 87 00:02:20,223 --> 00:02:21,153 Fucking prick. 88 00:02:23,805 --> 00:02:26,180 A week ago in Porto, someone threw at me 89 00:02:26,180 --> 00:02:27,900 like a plane, with their number on. 90 00:02:27,904 --> 00:02:29,839 People in London are afraid of 91 00:02:29,839 --> 00:02:30,887 actual contact. 92 00:02:30,887 --> 00:02:31,917 You want my number? 93 00:02:31,917 --> 00:02:33,312 Yeah, to go for a drink sometime. 94 00:02:33,312 --> 00:02:34,902 Thank you, but no thank you. 95 00:02:36,942 --> 00:02:38,972 The typical male approach to women 96 00:02:38,972 --> 00:02:41,242 is so boring, you know. 97 00:02:41,242 --> 00:02:42,983 When they're like, straight away, "yo... 98 00:02:42,983 --> 00:02:44,363 alright, can I have your number?" 99 00:02:44,363 --> 00:02:45,303 It's a bit like - whoa! 100 00:02:45,303 --> 00:02:47,873 Why not kind of meet someone like this? 101 00:02:47,873 --> 00:02:49,663 Yeah, no, I totally agree. 102 00:02:49,663 --> 00:02:51,872 My aunty does online dating and I quite 103 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:53,762 like that because it's fair enough... 104 00:02:53,762 --> 00:02:55,502 because we do everything else online. 105 00:02:55,502 --> 00:02:57,942 I tried online dating, for a very short time, 106 00:02:57,942 --> 00:03:00,232 but I just thought it didn't work because 107 00:03:00,232 --> 00:03:02,092 you can't really see in a picture 108 00:03:02,095 --> 00:03:03,395 if you connect or not. 109 00:03:03,395 --> 00:03:04,855 I find that on Tinder, Facebook, 110 00:03:04,855 --> 00:03:05,635 and all that... 111 00:03:05,635 --> 00:03:06,855 profile pictures can be deceiving 112 00:03:06,855 --> 00:03:08,175 with the filters these days. 113 00:03:08,413 --> 00:03:10,163 Are you on a Tinder date now!? 114 00:03:10,166 --> 00:03:10,636 Yes. 115 00:03:10,636 --> 00:03:11,656 Oh my god. 116 00:03:11,769 --> 00:03:12,729 If you'd come up and said, 117 00:03:12,729 --> 00:03:14,209 "hey how are you? What's your book like? 118 00:03:14,209 --> 00:03:16,769 How you doing? How's your day?" 119 00:03:16,769 --> 00:03:18,379 I don't know, you just have to be a bit 120 00:03:18,379 --> 00:03:19,939 more, like, realistic. 121 00:03:19,939 --> 00:03:21,499 It's good to have a reality check, 122 00:03:21,499 --> 00:03:22,279 you know? 123 00:03:22,279 --> 00:03:23,089 Hi guys. 124 00:03:23,661 --> 00:03:24,681 You having a good day? 125 00:03:24,681 --> 00:03:25,711 Yeah. And you? 126 00:03:25,711 --> 00:03:26,371 Yeah, I'm good. 127 00:03:26,371 --> 00:03:27,871 I'm trying to meet someone. 128 00:03:27,871 --> 00:03:28,471 Okay...? 129 00:03:28,471 --> 00:03:31,531 And uh, I - I don't want to do it online. 130 00:03:31,531 --> 00:03:32,991 Oh... that's nice. 131 00:03:32,991 --> 00:03:34,611 I would like to do it face to face. 132 00:03:34,611 --> 00:03:36,413 I'm going home for dinner. 133 00:03:36,413 --> 00:03:37,653 Do you wanna come home for dinner? 134 00:03:37,653 --> 00:03:39,293 We're having a barbecue. 135 00:03:39,575 --> 00:03:40,975 Uh... yeah! 136 00:03:40,975 --> 00:03:42,255 I can say something in Italian. 137 00:03:42,255 --> 00:03:43,405 What can you say? 138 00:03:46,722 --> 00:03:48,132 Oh, wow! 139 00:03:48,132 --> 00:03:49,832 It's, "I can't speak much Italian, 140 00:03:49,832 --> 00:03:52,142 but I can say, 'you're beautiful'." 141 00:03:52,142 --> 00:03:53,672 It's quite cheesy. But thats it. 142 00:03:53,672 --> 00:03:54,302 That's all I know. 143 00:03:54,421 --> 00:03:55,451 That's all you need. 144 00:03:55,451 --> 00:03:57,161 Hi, whereabouts are you from? 145 00:03:57,231 --> 00:03:58,401 Spain. 146 00:03:58,751 --> 00:04:00,991 That looks really good. 147 00:04:01,471 --> 00:04:03,741 Are you... are you single? 148 00:04:03,946 --> 00:04:05,466 Kind of... yeah. 149 00:04:06,197 --> 00:04:07,077 So, yeah. 150 00:04:07,077 --> 00:04:09,467 Cool, let's rollerblade and get a pizza, 151 00:04:09,467 --> 00:04:11,047 and come back? 152 00:04:11,148 --> 00:04:12,098 Okay. 153 00:04:12,098 --> 00:04:13,598 I find an attractive man who 154 00:04:13,598 --> 00:04:15,408 can fix anything. So a handyman. 155 00:04:15,408 --> 00:04:18,178 Just so over, you know, all of these men, 156 00:04:18,178 --> 00:04:20,368 they care about their appearance, 157 00:04:20,368 --> 00:04:22,688 and then if a bulb gets broken, they 158 00:04:22,688 --> 00:04:24,678 can't fix it. They can't change the build. 159 00:04:24,843 --> 00:04:26,483 Bulbs? I can do bulbs. 160 00:04:27,246 --> 00:04:28,436 I don't know if my sense 161 00:04:28,436 --> 00:04:29,626 of smell is terrible, or..? 162 00:04:32,113 --> 00:04:35,483 You are really brave to try to meet a girl 163 00:04:35,483 --> 00:04:37,923 in the old fashioned way. And I think, 164 00:04:37,923 --> 00:04:39,823 just for that, you are going to have 165 00:04:39,823 --> 00:04:40,803 more success. 166 00:04:42,580 --> 00:04:44,950 Uh... what was the last date you went on? 167 00:04:44,950 --> 00:04:46,760 Oh, I've never been on a date. 168 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:47,952 You've never been on a date? 169 00:04:47,952 --> 00:04:49,222 They is your first date ever? 170 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:50,372 Is this a date? 171 00:04:51,226 --> 00:04:52,376 Kind of... 172 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:02,730 You can take my Facebook, I don't have a 173 00:05:02,730 --> 00:05:04,110 phone at the moment, this is the problem. 174 00:05:04,110 --> 00:05:06,050 I'm getting my phone sent to me tomorrow. 175 00:05:06,050 --> 00:05:08,190 Hey... it's... Tom. 176 00:05:08,190 --> 00:05:08,980 Nice to meet you. 177 00:05:08,980 --> 00:05:09,870 Nice to meet you too. 178 00:05:09,870 --> 00:05:12,210 Good luck with all your shit. 179 00:05:12,210 --> 00:05:13,330 There she goes. 180 00:05:13,330 --> 00:05:14,755 Did you exchange numbers? 181 00:05:14,755 --> 00:05:16,625 No, just Facebook. She said she didn't 182 00:05:16,625 --> 00:05:17,839 have a phone at the moment. But... 183 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:19,829 Everyone has a fucking phone. 184 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:24,730 I've got a very nice warm feeling. 185 00:05:24,730 --> 00:05:27,750 This is a girl I feel like... I want to... 186 00:05:27,750 --> 00:05:29,980 go there. Do you know what I mean? 187 00:05:31,069 --> 00:05:32,399 Whoa. 188 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:33,698 No, there's nothing that really 189 00:05:33,698 --> 00:05:34,568 embarrasses me. 190 00:05:34,568 --> 00:05:36,418 So if I was to try and kiss you now... 191 00:05:36,418 --> 00:05:37,758 you wouldn't be embarrassed? 192 00:05:37,758 --> 00:05:39,178 I don't know, I don't think a kiss 193 00:05:39,178 --> 00:05:40,458 is an embarrassing thing. 194 00:05:40,716 --> 00:05:43,586 Okay.... good point. 195 00:05:47,115 --> 00:05:49,615 (OFFLINE DATING) 196 00:05:50,045 --> 00:05:51,195 Are you embarrassed? 197 00:05:51,195 --> 00:05:52,005 No. 198 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:53,445 See?