Getting up at four in the morning had become a grind, but far more taxing, he says, was "trying to feign attention or interest in something you had zero — zero! — interest in".
Their premise is that the average consumer wants to plan a trip, check on a portfolio, tap e-mail, buy a book or play a game against unseen opponents -- all while driving, walking or feigning attention in a business meeting.
You hire some "babies," the highly creepy word used to describe the women hired to come and hang out with said men, and to be bought drinks by them in return for feigning attention.
As Brian talked, Andrew feigned paying attention, like so much of his listening nowadays.
They were paid — not enough, not by him — to barely feign attention, scribble a couple of notes, and, as quickly as possible, write a prescription that would propel him, thank God, out of their offices.
Look up into your teacher's direction repeatedly, to feign interest and attention.
This story here about Korea?" Salter feigned enough curiosity to deflect attention from himself.
Some of the concertgoers were able to escape through a side entrance, and dozens took refuge on the building's roof, while others hid or feigned death in an effort to avoid the attention of the gunmen.
Feigning a lack of attention also works.
