I not understand you...i no speak engliz
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Almost everyone speak English besides the native language in this country (Sweden) so talking in English wont work...
Once or twice I pretended I was a mute, that does work.
Edit: I do speak Spanish more or less fluent, maybe I should try that out. I don't look Spanish at all, though
Once or twice I pretended I was a mute, that does work.
Edit: I do speak Spanish more or less fluent, maybe I should try that out. I don't look Spanish at all, though
I do this all the time with Mornans knocking at my door. That or sceaming "I HAVE AN ERECTION! DO YOU REALLY WANT ME TO OPEN THE DOOR?!" often works...
See, I would be nicer but two things stop me.Fragamoo said:
1) These people earn more than I do, especially the chuggers, so asking me for money annoys me.
2) They make great efforts to annoy me & interrupt me on a daily basis, to the point where I have to change my route to minimize the amount of people who get to me. That earns them my ire.
The third is more diabolical, and doesn't apply to all of them.
3) Some of these people are just panhandlers, or money-whores.
Some months ago I arrived home on the train from London at around midnight. Given that I was exceptionally tired and a little drunk, I was off the train first and striding towards the taxi rank.
Immediately I see three "tramps" sprint down the stairs towards the train going into their collection threats. Luckily I had my earphones in so they told each other to avoid "that dumb bastard".
These guys all had sports trainers on, and clean shaven faces. You make up your own mind on the legitimacy of their claims.
I murder anyone playing an accordion. Brutally. With their own instrument.Furburt said:
I'm never going to Serbia or Bulgaria then. Which is a shame as I've already been to Bulgaria (fortunately there were no accordionists) and it's a nice place, though admittedly I was in a main tourist area and only left that area on occasion to visit other towns and go on excursions. It's also a shame about Serbia as that's where my name originates, even though I've never actually been there...Azmael Silverlance said:My GOD then you should never visit Bulgaria or Serbia MOCK my words mate or you wont have enough money to buy yourself a return ticketFurburt said:
Anyway, I usually just tell those people "Sorry, I'm in a rush" and walk on. I'm a student so I get accosted on a daily basis anyway, a lot of students are hired by the promotions companies to give out flyers for various club nights and stuff (one of my housemates does that as a job, it's good for her because she ends up going out most nights to the club nights her employers promote either to see if they're any good or just as a general thing). The students who do it end up focussing on the student union, you literally can't walk in through the front door without someone trying to give you a leaflet. That said, I had to do the same thing to promote a play/pub night I was involved in last year...
My brother once filled a form in saying he was a doctor, we got a phone call a few days later asking if Doctor Barrett was at home, made me laugh.
My teacher plays the accordion to the tune of the happy birthday song for people in his class when its their birthday.Furburt said:
I give my best Samurai war cry and start gabbling the few words I know in German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Frech and Russian mixed with English in a loud voice while waving my arms and/or any objects I may be holding.
I always answer my phone with "YARRR! Ye have reached Captain Dan's Pirate Emporioum!" which in and of itself cuts down on telemarketers and crank callers.
I always answer my phone with "YARRR! Ye have reached Captain Dan's Pirate Emporioum!" which in and of itself cuts down on telemarketers and crank callers.
I've never had that happen really, but I'd do what you do. It's easy for me, seeing as I'm a mexican.
But to do it the more fun way, I'd probably do a fake cough and say I have swine flu.
But to do it the more fun way, I'd probably do a fake cough and say I have swine flu.
I guess you could always just spazz out and speak in frantic gibberish. You would probably see them leaving in about 13 seconds. If they instead try to continue a conversation with you, though, then I believe you've just found yourself an alien.
The most important phrase you could ever learn in another language is "I don't speak [this language]" in that language. "No hablo espanol" in spanish. "Je ne comprand pas francais" (or just 'Je ne comprand pas.') It very well could be the only english they know. It's a way of politely letting you know they don't understand in a way that you can quickly understand.coldalarm said:
The bothery people always do these excursions here in Turku, Finland. Most of the time I don't get bothered outside, but when I do, there's usually tons of them about. I got stopped by five people when I was walking back to my flat from the liquor store, all huddled up in the same block. They all see me trying to evade their colleaques, and somehow think they have a better chance of coercing me into animal rights or whatever..
I usually tell them that I'm either an atheist. I usually get a hilarious "Oh okay sorry to both-no wait. What?" from the cutesy little girls who are solely relying on their looks when drawing people in.
pro tip: Easy way to get telemarketers off your back is to tell them you're not the person they were trying to reach.
I usually tell them that I'm either an atheist. I usually get a hilarious "Oh okay sorry to both-no wait. What?" from the cutesy little girls who are solely relying on their looks when drawing people in.
pro tip: Easy way to get telemarketers off your back is to tell them you're not the person they were trying to reach.
True!. People just assume that the ones approaching them actually like having to stop random people. For all we know they have us, just as much as we hate them. Given the choice we would all be doing something else but no, they are on the streets because that's part of what they do.Meberem said:
Most people these days are hardly polite.
this works.Furburt said:
also i generally say "Excuse me love im actually late for a crusade i have some heretics waiting for a good old fashioned purging" they generally look confused till they see me walk into GW.
Though on the off chance im not in the city for some purging i generally use furburts example.
I know how to say, "Sorry I don't speak English is Spanish, and when combined with a put on accent and shaking my head it seems to fool people. I don't do it often, if I don't want to talk to people I tell them.