nanook 1 #1 December 23, 2007 So I am out shopping for my Wife when all of a sudden a young woman thrusts an aluminum platter of clear-colored objects up to my face: Vendor: "Want to sample. . ." Me: "thank you" (pops offered kaliedioscope of opaqueness in my mouth) Vendor: ". . .a smell of our line of soaps?" FFFUUUKKK ME!!!!! I miss Scientologists sometimes Anybody else annoyed by the increased number of salesmen that pop up during the holidays? They are like ninjas meet the Inquisition. If it's not their helium filled alien disks they throw at unsuspecting pacemaker dependents, its their face laceration causing remote controlled helicoptors they buzz the japanese tourists with. How come you don't see BenBridge Jewelers shoot Rolex watches out of potato cannons at people or a Mac salesman bean someone with a laptop? It's always some cheap crap you wouldn't deposit in a Toys for Tots box for fear of the attendant Marine beating the crap out of you for inconsideration?_____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #2 December 23, 2007 Quote So I am out shopping for my Wife when all of a sudden a young woman thrusts an aluminum platter of clear-colored objects up to my face: Vendor: "Want to sample. . ." Me: "thank you" (pops offered kaliedioscope of opaqueness in my mouth) Vendor: ". . .a smell of our line of soaps?" FFFUUUKKK ME!!!!!I miss Scientologists sometimesAnybody else annoyed by the increased number of salesmen that pop up during the holidays? They are like ninjas meet the Inquisition. If it's not their helium filled alien disks they throw at unsuspecting pacemaker dependents, its their face laceration causing remote controlled helicoptors they buzz the japanese tourists with. How come you don't see BenBridge Jewelers shoot Rolex watches out of potato cannons at people or a Mac salesman bean someone with a laptop? It's always some cheap crap you wouldn't deposit in a Toys for Tots box for fear of the attendant Marine beating the crap out of you for inconsideration? The solution to the problem is you go into hiding from the day before turkey day til Jan.2. That's what I do.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #3 December 23, 2007 Here's what you do... You hire some interference or a distractor. He goes in ahead of you and entagles the obnoxious salesman for hours and then buys nothing. Meanwhile you shop unmolested. I learned that from our local daylight robber gang. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirWhore 0 #4 December 23, 2007 Ya know Chris Martin used to sell a heck of allot of tandems from a kiosks in the mall around Christmas time..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #5 December 23, 2007 Bet it didn't pay the rent on the kiosk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #6 December 23, 2007 Quote Ya know Chris Martin used to sell a heck of allot of tandems from a kiosks in the mall around Christmas time..... I've never seen anybody do that, ever! Chris Martin??? That would have been a funny sight! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #7 December 23, 2007 Quote Here's what you do... You hire some interference or a distractor. He goes in ahead of you and entagles the obnoxious salesman for hours and then buys nothing. Meanwhile you shop unmolested. I learned that from our local daylight robber gang. That sounds remarkably like the job description of a wing man. Just substitute "ugly friend" for "Obnoxious Salesperson"I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #8 December 23, 2007 Only thing I found that works is to just keep walking. Yeah, it's rude, but IMO they're being rude first. I hate those kiosk vendors who try and corral you like vultures. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #9 December 23, 2007 Quote Bet it didn't pay the rent on the kiosk. We were looking... the rent on one of those was sky high. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirWhore 0 #10 December 23, 2007 Yeah i'm not really sure if it did or not. Next time i have dinner with the Kristi's I'll ask her how that did for him.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #11 December 23, 2007 Quote Here's what you do... You hire some interference or a distractor. He goes in ahead of you and entagles the obnoxious salesman for hours and then buys nothing. Meanwhile you shop unmolested. I learned that from our local daylight robber gang. A wingman! Good idea. I'll bring a jehova's witness. Two salesmen trying to sell eachother._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
