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Cheesymitten May 13th, 2009 10:44 AM

Hello can i interest you...*Hands leaflet* o.o
 
So are you a common target for people who advertise in the streets and give you brochure/leaflets? How do you react if they ask you? Or are you one of the lucky peoples?

I hardly get asked but i found it quite rude when this guy asked me if i wanted my haircut "with that huge mop on your head", and with that i walked off....

Et vous
(And you?)

Alexithymia~ May 13th, 2009 11:11 AM

Well, there's this guy that always wants you to buy this magazine.
I always like... try to walk on the other side of the street. They really freak me out.
One actually said 'if my purse is so full why don't I buy a copy of their magazine'. I was like... O.o what?

Legobricks May 13th, 2009 3:47 PM

I'm poor at ignoring these people. I find such encounters mighty distressing too...
It's a shame really, everyone's out promoting everything from magazines to religion, or blatantly asking for money, nobody ever stops just to talk anymore.

.inLOVE May 13th, 2009 4:18 PM

I get stopped a lot, and I hate it. If I want something, I'll get it online if it's not in stores. Leave me alone!

Lynnx May 13th, 2009 4:28 PM

No, mainly because there aren't a lot of advertisers in my area. I probably wouldn't get stopped anyways.

Aurafire May 13th, 2009 10:08 PM

I have a drawer-full of party invites...Since yeah, I'm on a college campus and all that. =P

Other than that, no more than anyone else I guess.

PokemonMichael May 13th, 2009 10:38 PM

A fair bit, not excessively but a fair bit. I hate it. As Tsukasa-sama said, if its not in stores ill get in online. i find it really annoying, due to the fact they stop me running, by making a circle. lolz. The only time i take the leaflets is if im in a hurry, and cant be bothered refusing. XD

sirboulevard May 13th, 2009 11:44 PM

I live on a college campus and they flock in the main path on the way to class, no way to dodge them. Yesteday, a guy tried sell me a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, since I already had a copy from my religous studies class I thought I had an out, but he wouldnt let me go for like 5 minutes. It really grinds my nerves.

Jeremy May 14th, 2009 12:02 AM

Well sweeties, on my campus plenty of people try to stop me and advertise something random. My best defense, use my best "Afriexicanese" accent to confuse them and scare them off. XD

Fox♠ May 14th, 2009 2:52 AM

I always get stopped, but considering I sometimes have to stop people myself as part of my job I don't really mind, after all, they're only trying to make a bit of dollar.

Mitchman May 14th, 2009 3:57 AM

People never stop me. They just put there hand out I give em a look into the face and turn to the next person. Am I really that scary..

Cherrim May 14th, 2009 4:11 AM

I'm very good at not making eye contact or being ~intensely interested~ in something in the opposite direction of them and I walk fast so I don't get stopped much because it'd probably be too much of a hassle for them to go after me. :[ And even if I do, my parents always taught me to go with the blunt "Sorry not interested" for the most part so...

Suki May 14th, 2009 8:30 AM

Yeah sometimes, I don't mind taking them because I'm intrigued as to what people are trying to inform me about :B

But like 99.9% of the time, they end up in my binnn.

Sammi May 14th, 2009 10:36 AM

Back in college, I was. Then again, it's hard not to get targeted when you're on a college campus... they're everywhere. Most of the time it was just fliers, but I still didn't want them. So usually I'd just walk fast and as far away from them as possible. XD; Although I'd say the coolest thing I'd ever gotten handed was a pocket hairbrush advertising someone's speech. I still use it.

Once had a guy try to give me one of those weird half-Bibles (the ones with the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs iirc -- can't remember who gives those out). I was glad to say I had a Bible... even if I hadn't read it in a very, very long time. It was kind of hard to avoid them that day, though. They were everywhere.


Ever since I've gotten home, I haven't. I'm kind of glad about that, though. I always feel so awkward saying no. D8

Jorah May 14th, 2009 10:53 AM

Yeah, I am, there are loads of people when you go into the centre of town. I either make the effort to move away from them, or I try to look purposely away. Otherwise I usually just ignore them and pretend I didn't hear, I really don't like it when they bother me. Urgh, I was in town today and it was raining really hard so I just wanted to get home, and this man with an umbrella tried advertising something to me. I wish they were selling umbrellas, mine's broken...but I just walked straight past, I can't be bothered to talk to them and I feel uncomfortable doing so, anyway. I feel rude doing that, but I don't like talking to them

Ayano Hana May 14th, 2009 11:46 AM

Not really. To be honest, I've never encountered an advertising person on the streets before.

The Confuzzler May 14th, 2009 12:42 PM

I have a funny story about this XD

Random guy 1: Hello are you interested in - insert company name here -
Sis: Sorry, i need to go with my brother to teh game shop
Random guy 1: This will take your money off 10%.
Sis: Im sorry but-
Random guy 2: can i have your phone number?
Sis: Erm.. i dont have my phone with me
Random guy : You sure?
Sis: yes
Random guy 2: Wanna go to a party with me then?
Sis: No, im busy
Random guy 2: Doing what
sis: Erm.. cleaning?
Random guy 2: Fine, if your getting a game, whats the name of the game?
me: Erm.. i dunno.. ill know the case when i see it.
Sis: OAKY, BYE!

XD that was one crazy day.

Cold Fusion May 14th, 2009 1:25 PM

I usually am one of the lucky ones.
If I am stopped I really can't ignore them, though I can make excuses to run off. xD

Crissy xX

Charliezard May 14th, 2009 6:50 PM

When I go to the city, I tend to come home with a few of those "God loves you" things. They bug me, maybe I need saving? O:

Amaruuk May 14th, 2009 6:58 PM

I don't, but only because I don't walk out in public ever. If I did, I imagine I might get some, especially if I were to do so in places like downtown Atlanta, but I never go down there anyways (I like my lovely suburb plenty, and I don't get lost in it), so no.

Gerri Shin May 14th, 2009 8:04 PM

nope, I never seem to get people askign me about things. I think the reason is mainly because I can walk by with them talking, whether it's directed at me or not, and just not react. (either that or they think I'm listening to something else if they spot a little white plastic bud in there)
the last time actually put effort into talking to me on the street I deterred them in a matter of seconds by simply signing that I don't care.

Crystal Clair May 14th, 2009 10:40 PM

Only when I go to the city . And pretty much every time. Once it was a black dude advertising for his new rap cd.

Other than that, almost never.

kissing. raindrops May 15th, 2009 6:00 AM

Well, maybe sometimes. Depends what they're handing out to me. I don't like it when people hand me stuff, though. Usually doesn't happen to me, though!

Idiot! May 15th, 2009 7:09 AM

First off, I usually just pretend to be deaf and avoid eye contact. If that doesn't work, annoy the hell out of them with questions. If all else fails, keep on moving ahead.

Evilyn May 15th, 2009 9:46 AM

They try to sell me something all the time. I always say "No." before they can even say anything though.


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