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Getting stopped on the street

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    I have a habit of catching their eye, so they usually nod @ me, or wave, and I just say one of the following, on the way past them;
    • nope
    • not today
    • in a rush
    • no money, sorry
    • (if I'm in an evil mood)how much to you get paid to do this charity work?
    I buy those scartchies sometimes, tho. I know its a scam, but the money has a better chance of doing some good.

    ...or if they have a half-dead baby strapped around their waist...
    • F*** off!
    • Get the f*** back to your own f***ing country!
    • Burn in hell!
    • Get a f***ing job!
    • Get the f*** out of my f***ing way!

    =-=

    And no; they don't block my way. The trenchcoat helps, and so does the fact that I'm bigger than they are.

    I hate the damn chuggers (charity muggers). And the sickening thing is that its now a per/hour job, with a few agencies providing the people for alot of the charites. Back a few years, the buket-collecters would get a fifth of the money earned. That may seem alot to some people, but the other 4/5th's would go into the charity. Now, you get €14 an hour no matter what.

    =-=

    Oh, and for the record, none of them has ever stopped me. Stopping me is not a good idea.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,744 ✭✭✭deRanged


    Got stopped by a foxy little thing selling for the Hanley crowd last year, I could have handed over the keys to my car I was that besotted... :o

    was that in Cork?
    cos there was a young one selling tickets down by Reads last year. She practically had queues of people waiting to buy from her.
    Not that I noticed or anything :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Yeah, my friend cant say no to a hot girl. It's not like she's gonna strip down and have sex with him if he buys a scrathcard.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭Caesar_Bojangle


    PADDYPOKER wrote:
    Think about it.
    Why would you give your name, address and Bank details to a stranger?

    Spot on.

    Its not even hard to make up a plastic i.d card with whatever details you want, like the cards they have hanging around their neck and its and its fairly easy to get 'Concern' printed on the back of a vest so you look authentic too.

    I find an unexpected punch to the face does the trick.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    Blisterman wrote:
    Yeah, my friend cant say no to a hot girl. It's not like she's gonna strip down and have sex with him if he buys a scrathcard.

    Basta*d. Way to ruin it for the rest of us sad, sad people...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    deRanged wrote:
    was that in Cork?
    cos there was a young one selling tickets down by Reads last year. She practically had queues of people waiting to buy from her.
    Not that I noticed or anything :)

    No, Temple Bar last year. :(


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