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It’s True, Storage Wars was Fake
And I watched it anyway.
My wife and I used to manage self-storage places. We even held auctions periodically, and no, it’s not like Storage Wars. First of all, we didn’t have cartoon-like characters bidding against each other. And secondly, we didn’t seed the units with some exotic goodies that needed to be checked out by experts to determine what their value was. Still, I have to admit, I find myself watching Storage Wars. It’s a guilty pleasure, like some people watching pro wrestling. Actually, there are some similarities between pro wrestling and Storage Wars.
In both cases, there are bad guys.
In pro wrestling, the bad guys used to be guys who took on the persona of a caricature of whatever country the US was at odds with. In Storage Wars, the bad guy is generally an arrogant white guy who brags about how he’s going to use his superior intellect to get the best lockers while driving up the price of other lockers for his competition.
In addition to their stereotypical irritating persona, bad guy wrestlers cheated. Flagrantly. Stuff like pounding their opponent over the head with a folding chair, pulling a chainsaw out of their trunks, etc. Where is the referee when all this is going all? Good question.
