Bateman is a quintessential metro-sexual. When not in the office, Bateman spends his free time nightclubbing, eating at trendy restaurants, working out, shopping in department and designer stores or visiting various health clubs and tanning salons. According to his friend Timothy Price, he is especially popular with women. He is a consummate and somewhat elitist sartorialist with an encyclopedic knowledge of high end consumer goods, from clothing to bottled water and kitchen appliances, able to instantly recognize the brands worn by colleagues, friends and even celebrities. At home, he enjoys watching videotapes, particularly pornography and slasher films (Body Double being his favorite), and a fictional talk show called The Patty Winters Show. Bateman often uses the phrase "returning videotapes" as an excuse to account for the time he has spent torturing and killing his victims, as well as a convenient way to excuse himself from the company of others. Bateman also reads biographies of other serial killers, such as Ed Gein and Ted Bundy, frequently slipping in bizarre facts relating to them amid everyday conversations.