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People are actually scared of being approached- is this the world we live in

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  • 09-07-2009 11:34PM
    #1
    useful_contacts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭


    Today my partner and i went to aldi to get the shopping, we got there and reliased we forgot to stop at the local shop to get 2e change for the trolley.

    So there was a woman standing outside had just put her trolley in as we were approaching the shop and was waiting for a lift(i guess) So we knew she had change.

    I went up to her- had 2 one euro coins in my hand and asked her had she change and explained we forgot to break a 5e in th shop.

    She F R E A K S out starts yelling saying "i dont want to buy anything- leave me alone" A security guard managed to calm her and tell her i was only looking for change. She apoligised and said she had been scammed twice in the last month by people approaching her out of nowhere.

    I mean is this what the world has come to - people are so scared of being scammed or pickpocketed that they freak if anyone comes near them:eek:


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    #2
    I_am_Jebus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 458 ✭✭I_am_Jebus


    fooking gypo! :D


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    #3
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    She was obviously hysterical, you should have slapped her


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    #4
    connundrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭connundrum


    I'm not saying you look like a scumbag door-to-door salesperson but...


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    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    freak case. not a standard.


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    #6
    Ivona Tinkle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 124 ✭✭Ivona Tinkle


    She just wanted the security man to touch/notice her :D and be her knight in shining armour


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    #7
    marbar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭marbar


    you were selling carpets, admit it!


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    #8
    jumpguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    Were you by any chance wearing a hoodie, tracksuit pants and sneakers? When you asked for change did you ask "hai boss, d'youve any change to giv us?"

    If not, you ran into a serious xenophobe.


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    #9
    Whosbetter?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭Whosbetter?


    Umm, OP you're not a member of our 'travelling bretheren', are you?:D


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    #10
    Hephaestus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 293 ✭✭Hephaestus


    I notice ur from Tipp.

    Was this in Tipp town by any chance :rolleyes:


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    #11
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Just stick to wearing your shell-suits around the house in future.


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    #12
    jhegarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,138 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_GJkKMPHxw


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    #13
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    You got off lightly, I use bear mace on strangers.

    I don't want to talk to you about anything, leave me alone.


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    #14
    useful_contacts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭useful_contacts


    Hephaestus wrote: »
    I notice ur from Tipp.

    Was this in Tipp town by any chance :rolleyes:

    no hun it wasnt:)


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    useful_contacts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭useful_contacts


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Were you by any chance wearing a hoodie, tracksuit pants and sneakers? When you asked for change did you ask "hai boss, d'youve any change to giv us?"

    If not, you ran into a serious xenophobe.

    No i said "Hi there sorry to bother you, i have 2 euro coins would you happen to have a 2 euro coin in exchange- we forgot to get change on our way here"

    God i sound posh:rolleyes:


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    #16
    Quint
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭Quint


    Not surprised, here's a photo of useful_contacts and his partner:
    http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/UnaLovesU2/chavs2.jpg


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    dar83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭dar83


    useful_contacts wrote: »
    No i said "Hi there sorry to bother you, i have 2 euro coins would you happen to have a 2 euro coin in exchange- we forgot to get change on our way here"

    God i sound posh:rolleyes:

    Chill dude, it happens to the best of us, mate. :pac:


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    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Some oul one got confused/scared, it's not unusual. Let's not turn it into some social statement. Do you work for the Daily Mail?


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    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    useful_contacts wrote: »
    No i said "Hi there sorry to bother you, i have 2 euro coins would you happen to have a 2 euro coin in exchange- we forgot to get change on our way here"

    I don't want to buy anything- leave me alone!


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    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    Was this you and when you asked for change did you say"pllllleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeee!!!


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    #21
    useful_contacts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭useful_contacts


    Quint wrote: »
    Not surprised, here's a photo of useful_contacts and his partner:
    http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/UnaLovesU2/chavs2.jpg

    ha ha ha honey i WISH i was as slim as her:)

    and im a woman not a fella for the record


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    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXQozmMoP_M


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    #23
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    useful_contacts wrote: »
    ha ha ha honey i WISH i was as slim as her:)

    and im a woman not a fella for the record

    A so did you offer her some perfume to sniff earlier then ??;)


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    #24
    Dinter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Dinter


    useful_contacts wrote: »
    No i said "Hi there sorry to bother you, i have 2 euro coins would you happen to have a 2 euro coin in exchange- we forgot to get change on our way here"

    See you sounded far too confident and friendly hence her thinking it was a scam.

    You should have stalked towards her while glaring at her handbag while your partner made a slow circle behind her so she couldn't retreat. Then lean really close into her face (headbutting range) and snarl some unintelligible but aggressive sounds.

    Instantly she'll know where she stands and will be only too happy to try and buy you off with whatever money she has.


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    Novella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    useful_contacts wrote: »
    ha ha ha honey i WISH i was as slim as her:)

    and im a woman not a fella for the record

    Reading the original post I presumed you were a man too haha :pac::P


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    #26
    g-whizz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭g-whizz


    My name is URL wrote: »
    She was obviously hysterical, you should have slapped her

    you're quite the fool. yes, a woman got freaked out, because she was scammed before, so lets beat her.


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    #27
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Novella wrote: »
    Reading the original post I presumed you were a man too haha :pac::P
    If only she had some sort of "avatar" or "sig" to make people aware of her femininity :pac:

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #28
    Dinter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Dinter


    g-whizz wrote: »
    yes, a woman got freaked out, because she was scammed before, so lets beat her.

    Wow that's a bit overboard. Can't believe you're condoning such violence against helpless women. There's no way that'll help.


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    #29
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    yes dude!


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    #30
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    useful_contacts wrote: »
    Today my partner and i went to aldi to get the shopping, we got there and reliased we forgot to stop at the local shop to get 2e change for the trolley.

    So there was a woman standing outside had just put her trolley in as we were approaching the shop and was waiting for a lift(i guess) So we knew she had change.

    I went up to her- had 2 one euro coins in my hand and asked her had she change and explained we forgot to break a 5e in th shop.

    She F R E A K S out starts yelling saying "i dont want to buy anything- leave me alone" A security guard managed to calm her and tell her i was only looking for change. She apoligised and said she had been scammed twice in the last month by people approaching her out of nowhere.

    I mean is this what the world has come to - people are so scared of being scammed or pickpocketed that they freak if anyone comes near them:eek:
    Im surprised you were not picked up on CCTV and arrested. :p


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    #31
    Gear9992
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 121 ✭✭Gear9992


    Dinter wrote: »
    Wow that's a bit overboard. Can't believe you're condoning such violence against helpless women. There's no way that'll help.

    A good slap now and then for women won't do them any harm, puts them in their place.













    ;) , just incase your sarcasm detector isn't working


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