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re: I'm Sick of Panhandlers
Posted on 4/27/16 at 6:53 am to elprez00
Posted on 4/27/16 at 6:53 am to elprez00
Learn how to ignore people who try to use your natural courtesy against you. It will save you lots of time and grief.
Examples:
Salesperson calls you on the phone. At the very instant that you realize it is a sales call hang up. Don't say anything.
Panhandler approaches while you are walking. Keep walking.
Pandhandler is short, dressed in a baseball or cheerleader outfit, and is pandhandling for their team, keep walking.
Panhandler approaches while you are filling your car. Keep filling your car.
Have confusing responses ready in the event the panhandler changes tack. "Are you too important to talk to me?" "Are you too important for me not to?"
When the cashier at Lowe's asks you your telephone number so that you can be sent junk mail (it's complicated), tell her you don't have one. When she points it out in you hand, deny that it is a phone.
When same cashier asks for your zip code (same reason) tell her you don't have one. Etc.
Examples:
Salesperson calls you on the phone. At the very instant that you realize it is a sales call hang up. Don't say anything.
Panhandler approaches while you are walking. Keep walking.
Pandhandler is short, dressed in a baseball or cheerleader outfit, and is pandhandling for their team, keep walking.
Panhandler approaches while you are filling your car. Keep filling your car.
Have confusing responses ready in the event the panhandler changes tack. "Are you too important to talk to me?" "Are you too important for me not to?"
When the cashier at Lowe's asks you your telephone number so that you can be sent junk mail (it's complicated), tell her you don't have one. When she points it out in you hand, deny that it is a phone.
When same cashier asks for your zip code (same reason) tell her you don't have one. Etc.
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Posted on 4/27/16 at 7:54 am to BiggerBear
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When the cashier at Lowe's asks you your telephone number so that you can be sent junk mail
That's to allow you to return items for cash back if you happen to lose the receipt. They can pull up your past reciepts from the number.
This post was edited on 4/27/16 at 7:55 am
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:53 am to BiggerBear
Agree with everything you said and I'll add this.
When I'm at a gas station and someone asks me for gas money, I tell them I won't just give them money, but I'll buy something from them for gas money. Who doesn't have something of value in their car?
Last time this happened, a guy said he had nothing of value in his Jeep Cherokee to sell. I said, "Well I guess you don't need gas money bad enough because I'd pull the radio out of my truck to sell if I was desperate." He just walked away. It was a scam.
9 times out of 10 they'll deny they have anything to sell, but I've bought a nice roadside emergency kit with an air compressor and a guy sold me his jack and a big tire tool for $10.
When I'm at a gas station and someone asks me for gas money, I tell them I won't just give them money, but I'll buy something from them for gas money. Who doesn't have something of value in their car?
Last time this happened, a guy said he had nothing of value in his Jeep Cherokee to sell. I said, "Well I guess you don't need gas money bad enough because I'd pull the radio out of my truck to sell if I was desperate." He just walked away. It was a scam.
9 times out of 10 they'll deny they have anything to sell, but I've bought a nice roadside emergency kit with an air compressor and a guy sold me his jack and a big tire tool for $10.
This post was edited on 4/27/16 at 8:54 am
Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:13 am to BiggerBear
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When the cashier at Lowe's asks you your telephone number so that you can be sent junk mail (it's complicated), tell her you don't have one. When she points it out in you hand, deny that it is a phone.
I love this one. I hate that shite, and it seems like most retailers are pulling it these days. "Could I get your email?"
"No thanks, I'm good"
"I need it for the computer."
"Really? You need my email to take my money?"
This post was edited on 4/27/16 at 9:13 am
Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:51 am to BiggerBear
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Learn how to ignore people who try to use your natural courtesy against you. It will save you lots of time and grief.
Was pushing my cart out of the store the other day and an older guy in a car (hard hat on the front seat so he either had a job or wanted to look like he had a job) pulls up to block my path. He starts to tell me his life story, I say no thanks and move to walk around his car. He pulls his car up, cutting me off. He starts to talk and I start to walk and he does it again. I go to walk behind his car and I hear him put his car in reverse. I yelled, "Don't even think about it." and he put it back in drive and moved on.
It's shite like this that make people want to carry sidearms.
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