22nd Post: 'Salesman'

Baaa~sically, this is what happened today: When I passed through the LRT station, I was stopped by a guy. He started with something to do with recycling but after that he began to crap to me in a very natural manner(he spoke in guang dong dialect by the way).

"Where are you from?"
"What are you doing here then?"
"Where are you studying?"
"Do you have a girlfriend?"

OK~~what the hell has this to do with you? But I answered them politely anyway. Then he showed me a box and said it was 100% handmade by disabled people. Then he once again digress away from the topic and crap again like girls love these handmade stuff and its perfect to put in rings. It was a tactic to distract my attention and yet I didn't notice it at that time.

Finally, he asked me to write my name down on a piece of paper and sign there without telling me what's it for. I was too naive and didn't suspect anything and did what was told even though it is as clear as the bright sun shining at 12pm that his move was as fishy as a fish pie with a fish beside it. Then he finally revealed his true motive and said: "Now how much would you paid to help these poor kid?"

...I paused for a moment as a result of losing track of what's going on. When the truth finally dawned on me, it was already too late and I wrote my name on the paper already. He told me that if I donate at least rm20 I can get the box he showed me earlier but I insisted donating rm10 only.

I actually don't mind donating that rm10 but somehow I think his technique of getting donation ain't that appropriate, it seems to me as some kind of unscrupulous salesman technique which shouldn't be adopted by charity worker. Well, at least I do admit that he has some potential to become a top salesman...