Grrr red/yellow coat street troopers!

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Paza3

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Rant here,

Is it me or does every single town seems to have an Army of Red coated girls (mainly) trying to sell you some charity e.g Poor Kitten Foundation.

The first person your polite by the 3rd of fourth your walking down the side of the street to avoid them at all costs!!!, I have noticed a new tactic in Reading now where they have ditched the jackets and come out undercover in civilian clothing.

Now I do not object to charity by now means and I will give where I see fit PPCD (Poor Paza Car Fund please give ... form as little as 500 per month you can keep him 97 Ron Fuel CALL 0800 5565777 :P )

This has become a DAILY harassment no joke.... there always some poor middle aged bloke eating a pasty who has been collared by them!.. Maybe he’s hoping for a date :P

Rant over... :)

Anyone else ... or an I becoming a grumpy old man
 
... or have Saxo keys on display, they know there is a skinned cat there :poke:
 
I do walk fast but the tactics have turned nasty before they approach anyone ... the young girls now they target men only and the blokes only target woman,

I have been watching their habits evolve over the last few months. Any male under 40 is a direct target for these black widows... I know I sound a bit mad but its true!!!! I tell you :lol:
 
Pfft here in Brum they come door to door asking if you would like to donate to charity.

It always amazes me that they expect you to sign a direct debit on the doorstep. No information to take away with you (They know that most people who take a leaflet will bin it, and they have a higher conversion rate if they can get a DD sign up right there).

Most understand when you say, "I dont sign anything on the doorstep".
 
'Chugging' (charities mugging) - unacceptably high levels of, both in my home town of Maidstone and in London. Generally I try to just walk past, occassionally they get an apologetic smile and shake of the head. One girl tried a new tactic last week - suddenly looked pleased to see me and flung her arms out wide, clipboard and all... She must've felt very stupid as I just walked on by with no acknowledgement :evil:

I do give to a couple of charities already, and I can't be arsed with eBay mostly so all of our cast off toys, small items of furniture etc. go to the local Beacon Church - they actually give stuff away to really needy people, not sell it on, which quite a large part of me likes the idea of. Especially for things like old baby clothes and the like, as I know just how expensive having a child can be :cry:

What REALLY winds me up is when my chosen charities call asking for more money... But I am always polite with them.
 
Bing said:
'Chugging'

I like that :rofl:

. One girl tried a new tactic last week - suddenly looked pleased to see me and flung her arms out wide, clipboard and all... She must've felt very stupid as I just walked on by with no acknowledgement :evil:

Classic :rofl: :rofl:

I do give to a couple of charities already, and I can't be arsed with eBay mostly so all of our cast off toys, small items of furniture etc. go to the local Beacon Church - they actually give stuff away to really needy people, not sell it on, which quite a large part of me likes the idea of. Especially for things like old baby clothes and the like, as I know just how expensive having a child can be :cry:

What REALLY winds me up is when my chosen charities call asking for more money... But I am always polite with them.
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Yeah I agree I always give to my local cmmunity than main stream orgainsations or charites that I feel make a difference on a personal level

I really disagree with this method of the 'Chugging' , I suppose thats the frustration
 
If I've got the time, and I see there's a gang of them working one area, then I'll spend 10 minutes talking to them, asking them why my money should go to their charity rather than to another that has the same target.

By the time they come to the direct debit or credit card payment options, I remember I've not got any of those details with me and could they ring me later on my mobile, the number of which I've accidentally mis-recited.

If I've not go the time, then I'll simply keep walking - even when they attempt to stand in front of me - usually the shopping or laptop bag I'm carrying will swipe them as I pass too!
 
mmm-five said:
If I've got the time, and I see there's a gang of them working one area, then I'll spend 10 minutes talking to them, asking them why my money should go to their charity rather than to another that has the same target.

By the time they come to the direct debit or credit card payment options, I remember I've not got any of those details with me and could they ring me later on my mobile, the number of which I've accidentally mis-recited.
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I like this - if I ever get caught but have some time I shall give it a go. Will keep them on their toes, and keep me amused :thumbsup:
 
I've noticed that if one just happens to be scratching the back of one's head whilst walking briskly, people will rarely get in the way of the prominent elbow traveling towards them at face height. This works best of all when idiots are trying to barge you out of the way on the tube... :roll:
 
You want to try walking down tottenham court road or Oxford street - it's like the scene out of the 'airplane' movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qse_wf57tZM&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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Any of you fans of Bill Hicks? Here's one of his...

"I'm from Houston, Texas originally, I moved up here a year ago. The first thing I noticed when I came here was the homeless situation. Now I'm no bleeding heart, okay? But . . . when you're walking down the streets of New York and you step over someone who might be dead do you ever stop to think, 'wow, maybe our system doesn't work.' Does that push a memory bubble up out of you? If there was only a couple of bums I'd think 'well, they're just fuckin' bums,' but there's THOUSANDS of these guys. I'm running a bum hurdle down the street. It's the hundred yard bum hurdle.

"gotanymoneygotanymoneygotanymoneygotanymoney? I tipped that last bum but I didn't tip him over. Okay, that hurdle counts.

"Some of these guys look healthy but they're just bums. The very idea. They want me to just give them the hard earned money my folks send to me every week. "You leech. Get a job, my dad works eight hours a day for this money."
 
Stuart Truman said:
Any of you fans of Bill Hicks? Here's one of his...

"I'm from Houston, Texas originally, I moved up here a year ago. The first thing I noticed when I came here was the homeless situation. Now I'm no bleeding heart, okay? But . . . when you're walking down the streets of New York and you step over someone who might be dead do you ever stop to think, 'wow, maybe our system doesn't work.' Does that push a memory bubble up out of you? If there was only a couple of bums I'd think 'well, they're just fuckin' bums,' but there's THOUSANDS of these guys. I'm running a bum hurdle down the street. It's the hundred yard bum hurdle.

"gotanymoneygotanymoneygotanymoneygotanymoney? I tipped that last bum but I didn't tip him over. Okay, that hurdle counts.

"Some of these guys look healthy but they're just bums. The very idea. They want me to just give them the hard earned money my folks send to me every week. "You leech. Get a job, my dad works eight hours a day for this money."
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:rofl: very good :thumbsup:
 
I speak to them in French - that confuses them and they smile and wave me on...

Double glazing door to door have now developed a new pitch - 'I know you won't be interested in double glazing' (since we have it), but then move onto plan B of solar panels ---argh

For those I tell them I'm interested, but my being a bankrupt usually makes the sale fall through.
 
cj10jeeper said:
I speak to them in French - that confuses them and they smile and wave me on...

Double glazing door to door have now developed a new pitch - 'I know you won't be interested in double glazing' (since we have it), but then move onto plan B of solar panels ---argh

For those I tell them I'm interested, but my being a bankrupt usually makes the sale fall through.
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:rofl: :rofl:
 
I answer the phone with 'Hola' if the number is withheld, generally they put the phone down, if not I tell them that I am busy at the moment but could speak later if they give me their number I'll give them a call, they normally put the phone down then :D

Btw I do give to a charity, one of my choice!
 
BMWZ4MC said:
I've noticed that if one just happens to be scratching the back of one's head whilst walking briskly, people will rarely get in the way of the prominent elbow traveling towards them at face height. This works best of all when idiots are trying to barge you out of the way on the tube... :roll:
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:rofl: brilliant!
 
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