Friday, April 13, 2007
Begging Ploy No. 958
I was subject to a new begging ploy today.
This bloke stopped me in the street brandishing five 10p coins in his hand and asked me whether I had 50p; I checked my pockets, found a 50p coin and was waiting for him to make the exchange. I checked that was what he wanted to change and he replied that "I was asking for 50p extra!". I told him that I needed this for my shopping which is true and walked away. This really pissed me off because there have been many occasions when I have asked to change coins and this can only lead to people being less co-operative.
This bloke stopped me in the street brandishing five 10p coins in his hand and asked me whether I had 50p; I checked my pockets, found a 50p coin and was waiting for him to make the exchange. I checked that was what he wanted to change and he replied that "I was asking for 50p extra!". I told him that I needed this for my shopping which is true and walked away. This really pissed me off because there have been many occasions when I have asked to change coins and this can only lead to people being less co-operative.
Labels: Beggars, Begging, London
