another Hong Kong street story.
In the tourist areas of this fair city you're certain to find Asian blokes (pakistani and Indian) offering passing soft targets (white people) 'rolex watches' and 'costom taylored suits'. Usually I can summon a smile and have even exchanged a bit of banter as I politely refuse and re-refuse untill I get out of range.
Today I was extra tired after a demanding week at school and I was being followed down the street by one of these chaps.
He was sticking quite close to me, I was ignoring him as he tried every trick his experience had taught him might get a response and he was sticking quite close. As he reached his last all or nothing tactic of injecting some serious urgency into his voice. . .
"Just take a look sir, sir, excuse me, excuse me, take my card, please take my card, sir, sir....just take a look sir, sir, have you seen...best prices, sir! just take a look!"
. . .I found myself turning on him, backing him up and shouting in his face! I said "NO! OK!...NNOOo, NO!!"
He Looked a bit shocked.
I felt a bit ashamed.
I kept walking.
In the tourist areas of this fair city you're certain to find Asian blokes (pakistani and Indian) offering passing soft targets (white people) 'rolex watches' and 'costom taylored suits'. Usually I can summon a smile and have even exchanged a bit of banter as I politely refuse and re-refuse untill I get out of range.
Today I was extra tired after a demanding week at school and I was being followed down the street by one of these chaps.
He was sticking quite close to me, I was ignoring him as he tried every trick his experience had taught him might get a response and he was sticking quite close. As he reached his last all or nothing tactic of injecting some serious urgency into his voice. . .
"Just take a look sir, sir, excuse me, excuse me, take my card, please take my card, sir, sir....just take a look sir, sir, have you seen...best prices, sir! just take a look!"
. . .I found myself turning on him, backing him up and shouting in his face! I said "NO! OK!...NNOOo, NO!!"
He Looked a bit shocked.
I felt a bit ashamed.
I kept walking.
posted by Mr.Thomas at 21:50
5 Comments:
He deserved it bro!! Don't feel bad; i know he only trying to earn a living but he should have a rule... 3rd "no" and leave em alone or summat!
As you told me when we came to HK, you have to be quite hard there compared to uk hey.
Spk soon supabro.
True enough, Thankyou my dear sister. Next time I'm back You'll see a fatter meaner neil.
So....! I think a special day is nearly upon us, I would like to to say welcome to your thirties. Don't feel bad about it, your still young at heart.
I do feel a lil bit poo with the fast approach of mi birthday!! Especially cos Ste is workin away so i'll b on my own!!! :-( Sunday dinner at Linda's tho so i'll have company by the afternoon.
I do feel that all mi bits are sagging and wrinkling... and that WAS bothering me... but the news that Ste is buyin me a car 4 mi birthday makes the day easier to swallow!!!
;-)
wha! a car! wooooo?!
After a bad day at school, I can well imagine doing that to someone to!
The problem is the persistance of the sellers - it's not like you've shown any interest whatsoever - so if you've said "no" politely, this was probably the ONLY way to get the message across to him (even though it wasn't very nice).
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