Bizarre and random - true story!
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On Friday just gone, I was driving back home after being onsite with a client in the morning. As I pulled up at a set of traffic lights, a white van pulled up beside me with two blokes in it, gesturing wildly at me... I wind down the passenger side window to ask what they want. Driver in heavy UK type accent says "Hey - are you looking for a home theatre?" I reply "What?" He says "A home theatre system, surround sound, big screen, projector etc" I reply "No thanks." Passenger says (also in heavy accent) "No, it's legit. (Waving paper) We work for this company, and they ordered one too many so we are just trying to get rid of it." I reply "No thanks." The lights change to green, and the van roars off into the distance changing lanes erratically and then turns right, while I continue straight ahead to home. Truly bizarre!! Goods that hadn't even fallen off the back of a truck yet... Anyone else experienced something similar?
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This has been going on for years esp. around Christmas time. The goods are crap from a crap manufacturer in china - they dont work. The scumbag backpackers flogging this stuff want a kicking, and then deportation. In Sydney they are everywhere.
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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This has been going on for years esp. around Christmas time. The goods are crap from a crap manufacturer in china - they dont work. The scumbag backpackers flogging this stuff want a kicking, and then deportation. In Sydney they are everywhere.
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
Andy_L_J wrote:
In Sydney they are everywhere.
Well, I'd expect that from Sydney... what a hovel!! ;-) I've never come across it up here in Brisbane though...
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On Friday just gone, I was driving back home after being onsite with a client in the morning. As I pulled up at a set of traffic lights, a white van pulled up beside me with two blokes in it, gesturing wildly at me... I wind down the passenger side window to ask what they want. Driver in heavy UK type accent says "Hey - are you looking for a home theatre?" I reply "What?" He says "A home theatre system, surround sound, big screen, projector etc" I reply "No thanks." Passenger says (also in heavy accent) "No, it's legit. (Waving paper) We work for this company, and they ordered one too many so we are just trying to get rid of it." I reply "No thanks." The lights change to green, and the van roars off into the distance changing lanes erratically and then turns right, while I continue straight ahead to home. Truly bizarre!! Goods that hadn't even fallen off the back of a truck yet... Anyone else experienced something similar?
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
i had that one in London, my mate and i were accosted by some chap in a van in Wimbledon - but it was for stereo speakers they even had it set up with a phone number the dude called and got you to talk to some flunky who pretended to look up the speakers describe them and give you a price for them My mate scott got all excited about the price drop but didnt have the cash - in the end the bloke gave him a serve for missing out on "the deal of the week" and drove off. total borrocks - Bryce
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On Friday just gone, I was driving back home after being onsite with a client in the morning. As I pulled up at a set of traffic lights, a white van pulled up beside me with two blokes in it, gesturing wildly at me... I wind down the passenger side window to ask what they want. Driver in heavy UK type accent says "Hey - are you looking for a home theatre?" I reply "What?" He says "A home theatre system, surround sound, big screen, projector etc" I reply "No thanks." Passenger says (also in heavy accent) "No, it's legit. (Waving paper) We work for this company, and they ordered one too many so we are just trying to get rid of it." I reply "No thanks." The lights change to green, and the van roars off into the distance changing lanes erratically and then turns right, while I continue straight ahead to home. Truly bizarre!! Goods that hadn't even fallen off the back of a truck yet... Anyone else experienced something similar?
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
Used to happen quite a bit but not so much any more. People must have finally caught on! They would troll parking lots hollar at lights and all kinds of crazy stuff to get your attention.
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On Friday just gone, I was driving back home after being onsite with a client in the morning. As I pulled up at a set of traffic lights, a white van pulled up beside me with two blokes in it, gesturing wildly at me... I wind down the passenger side window to ask what they want. Driver in heavy UK type accent says "Hey - are you looking for a home theatre?" I reply "What?" He says "A home theatre system, surround sound, big screen, projector etc" I reply "No thanks." Passenger says (also in heavy accent) "No, it's legit. (Waving paper) We work for this company, and they ordered one too many so we are just trying to get rid of it." I reply "No thanks." The lights change to green, and the van roars off into the distance changing lanes erratically and then turns right, while I continue straight ahead to home. Truly bizarre!! Goods that hadn't even fallen off the back of a truck yet... Anyone else experienced something similar?
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
Yes! It happened to me in the manner you just described except that the people did not have UK accent in my case. For fun, I did bargain with the guys. The guys were asking for $2000, I told him that I will only pay $400. They came down to $800 and I said no and they disappeared.
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Yes! It happened to me in the manner you just described except that the people did not have UK accent in my case. For fun, I did bargain with the guys. The guys were asking for $2000, I told him that I will only pay $400. They came down to $800 and I said no and they disappeared.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
For fun, I did bargain with the guys.
ROTFL - a bit like when I act all excited about Nigerian scams in my inbox ?
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
For fun, I did bargain with the guys.
ROTFL - a bit like when I act all excited about Nigerian scams in my inbox ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I can't believe it. I never win ANYTHING. I'm so excited. What do I do next ? And so on. Then I claim to have no bank account, or no passwort, or whatever.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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On Friday just gone, I was driving back home after being onsite with a client in the morning. As I pulled up at a set of traffic lights, a white van pulled up beside me with two blokes in it, gesturing wildly at me... I wind down the passenger side window to ask what they want. Driver in heavy UK type accent says "Hey - are you looking for a home theatre?" I reply "What?" He says "A home theatre system, surround sound, big screen, projector etc" I reply "No thanks." Passenger says (also in heavy accent) "No, it's legit. (Waving paper) We work for this company, and they ordered one too many so we are just trying to get rid of it." I reply "No thanks." The lights change to green, and the van roars off into the distance changing lanes erratically and then turns right, while I continue straight ahead to home. Truly bizarre!! Goods that hadn't even fallen off the back of a truck yet... Anyone else experienced something similar?
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
Anyone who has been to London, has been approached by similar people in vans.
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Anyone who has been to London, has been approached by similar people in vans.
leppie wrote:
Anyone who has been to London, has been approached by similar people in vans.
Yeah, I know it happens elsewhere in the world, but for it to happen here in sunny Bris-vegas is a bit of an eye-opener for me... Perhaps I've just been lucky so far... :shrugs:
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
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On Friday just gone, I was driving back home after being onsite with a client in the morning. As I pulled up at a set of traffic lights, a white van pulled up beside me with two blokes in it, gesturing wildly at me... I wind down the passenger side window to ask what they want. Driver in heavy UK type accent says "Hey - are you looking for a home theatre?" I reply "What?" He says "A home theatre system, surround sound, big screen, projector etc" I reply "No thanks." Passenger says (also in heavy accent) "No, it's legit. (Waving paper) We work for this company, and they ordered one too many so we are just trying to get rid of it." I reply "No thanks." The lights change to green, and the van roars off into the distance changing lanes erratically and then turns right, while I continue straight ahead to home. Truly bizarre!! Goods that hadn't even fallen off the back of a truck yet... Anyone else experienced something similar?
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
The brother of a mate of mine bought a TV with no insides of some similar fellows a few years ago. My brother bought a TV from a car boot sale and when he put channel 3 on the TV channel display said something very rude. He never worked out how to get rid of it. TV was perfectly fine apart from that.
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Yes! It happened to me in the manner you just described except that the people did not have UK accent in my case. For fun, I did bargain with the guys. The guys were asking for $2000, I told him that I will only pay $400. They came down to $800 and I said no and they disappeared.
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On Friday just gone, I was driving back home after being onsite with a client in the morning. As I pulled up at a set of traffic lights, a white van pulled up beside me with two blokes in it, gesturing wildly at me... I wind down the passenger side window to ask what they want. Driver in heavy UK type accent says "Hey - are you looking for a home theatre?" I reply "What?" He says "A home theatre system, surround sound, big screen, projector etc" I reply "No thanks." Passenger says (also in heavy accent) "No, it's legit. (Waving paper) We work for this company, and they ordered one too many so we are just trying to get rid of it." I reply "No thanks." The lights change to green, and the van roars off into the distance changing lanes erratically and then turns right, while I continue straight ahead to home. Truly bizarre!! Goods that hadn't even fallen off the back of a truck yet... Anyone else experienced something similar?
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
That's never happened to me. I drive a mono-color Crown Victoria...
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