Advanced Dating Techniques - Wingwomen 101

Intrepid reporter (and esteemed neighbour) Matt Katz tries out the latest dating technique - hiring a 'wingwoman' to make initial contact with unsuspecting female marks...
Courier Post - Wingwoman helps him navigate dating danger zone

After a few minutes, Amy saw two women talking with a guy on an outside patio. Smoothly and confidently, she asked them if they had been to this bar before. In seconds, we were all talking.

Amazing. If I had used the line, 'So, you guys come here often?' I would have been tossed over the patio.

You could say its tactics like this which undermine trust between strangers. But you could also say this sort of tactic is necessary in a society in which that trust has already disappeared.