tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post112681041743672461..comments2023-12-23T18:17:33.955+00:00Comments on Tunnocks Teacakes Forever: The 'Big Issue' Sellergarferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1127415820743935672005-09-22T20:03:00.000+01:002005-09-22T20:03:00.000+01:00"I am sick to the back teeth of walking past him....."I am sick to the back teeth of walking past him..." Why not stop and talk to him next time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126883830050713642005-09-16T16:17:00.000+01:002005-09-16T16:17:00.000+01:00Oooh! and as a Salvationist myself, yes, it is a d...Oooh! and as a Salvationist myself, yes, it is a disgusting shame that the congregation no longer buys the uniform (as you may not be aware, it is church attire)and that they are trying to accomodate to a youth style that suggests you no longer should dress for church, ooooh makes me so mad.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446435491941733971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126883690714283912005-09-16T16:14:00.000+01:002005-09-16T16:14:00.000+01:00sounds like a smart cookie! I mean, whats your ex...sounds like a smart cookie! I mean, whats your excuse as you push past to the book store, I don't read? Obviously you are looking for something to read. Man knows his market. Canada should get these guys happening, maybe our homeless would be more legit (we have lots) toronto just had those squeegy kids, but I think they are gone now...eradicated, not sure. I'd buy a magazine, I think.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446435491941733971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126856935269195292005-09-16T08:48:00.000+01:002005-09-16T08:48:00.000+01:00I sometimes buy one at Christmas.Hand them a pound...I sometimes buy one at Christmas.<BR/>Hand them a pound and say: "buy yerself a pint with that son".garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126854002470438002005-09-16T08:00:00.000+01:002005-09-16T08:00:00.000+01:00I kind of miss the old lady Sally Army people, all...I kind of miss the old lady Sally Army people, all dressed up in their little uniforms. At least they made the effort, the Big Issue sellers never seem to be wearing a suit and tie which is shocking, and the chuggers are worse, dressed up like students. I've made it one of my life's aims never to give students money and they expect me to hand over my direct debits details, cheeky bastards!Wyndhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682812260329010391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126853946825410772005-09-16T07:59:00.000+01:002005-09-16T07:59:00.000+01:00I buy it once in a while, but if the seller is a p...I buy it once in a while, but if the seller is a pushy bastard it puts me right off, as it would with anything else - magazines to motor cars.Alex Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16692553639515536019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126821688422333542005-09-15T23:01:00.000+01:002005-09-15T23:01:00.000+01:00You could always try the Pauline Campbell Jones ap...You could always try the Pauline Campbell Jones approach and ask them to "beg you" to buy a copy. "Come on, beg like a little doggy"<BR/><BR/>Or why not ask what's in the issue, or better still, have a flick through their copy to have a look at the content before making the decision as to whether you want to purchase it? After all, that's what any normal person would do at a news stand, so why the difference with the Big Issue? I find its content is usually pretty piss poor.Sniffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373942595139748242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126820929781641332005-09-15T22:48:00.000+01:002005-09-15T22:48:00.000+01:00Then again, he might just be an IDLE, SPONGING, SK...Then again, he might just be an IDLE, SPONGING, SKIVING, MALINGERING BASTARD.<BR/><BR/>That's what I was thinking... Agagin, you are reading my mind...scary. :-)Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12936978108782777531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126820443481190582005-09-15T22:40:00.000+01:002005-09-15T22:40:00.000+01:00Top Tip. Always look them in the eye and say "got ...Top Tip. Always look them in the eye and say "got one, thanks mate". No middle class embarrassing silence, and the satisfaction of successful lying to a (possibly) sponging malingering layabout.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749078367808883055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126813061942406302005-09-15T20:37:00.000+01:002005-09-15T20:37:00.000+01:00It's not just the Big Issue sellers taking up spac...It's not just the Big Issue sellers taking up space on the pavement, it's the bleedin' charity collectors shaking their rattly tins under your nose. And the Sally Army.<BR/>The Socialist Worker youths must have grown up, got jobs, or joined the Young Farmers or summat.<BR/>I haven't seen any of the Hare Krishna 'free lunch' loonies about either. Maybe the questionaire takers have beaten them off the streets.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-1126812523340023912005-09-15T20:28:00.000+01:002005-09-15T20:28:00.000+01:00I'm always very polite when I decline a copy of th...I'm always very polite when I decline a copy of the Big Issue. But then I am generally polite anyway.<BR/><BR/>As for the Big Issue seller, I think they do a valuable job taking up space on the pavement. I've occasionally bought a copy of the Big Issue but I've never met anyone else that has. Who buys it other than me?<BR/><BR/>And more importantly, what happened to all those sad sexless miss guided pale, gaunt youths that used to sell the Socialist Worker (or something)?Herge Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701491477498598512noreply@blogger.com