[SigPro2340]

100% correct. It only works on very weak minded people that would've likely gone along with anything he said at all. How's what he did really any worse than someone paying for the lobster?

[TheOtherOne]

did he cure their anxiety?

[chilepepper]

i think there is a selection effect at work here. only the really weak minded would actually go to a hypnotist to cure anxiety...