09-24-2014, 11:05 AM
I enjoy the beach vendors, keeps me sharp. Most of them are OK but I do a couple of things to throw the obnoxious ones off their pitch:
Make eye contact and Greet them first - don't seem intimidated
Tell them straight up whether I'm interested or not and keep moving if not
Name my price for an item and be willing to walk away
Move away if they try to touch me (anything more than a fist bump is a no go for me)
If necessary, break out the patois to let them know in no uncertain terms that I am not the one
In short, I take control of the interaction and it lasts as long or as short as I want it to be.
I have laughed, I've chatted, I've purchased, I have been cussed out, I've cussed back, and I've laughed again!
Make eye contact and Greet them first - don't seem intimidated
Tell them straight up whether I'm interested or not and keep moving if not
Name my price for an item and be willing to walk away
Move away if they try to touch me (anything more than a fist bump is a no go for me)
If necessary, break out the patois to let them know in no uncertain terms that I am not the one
In short, I take control of the interaction and it lasts as long or as short as I want it to be.
I have laughed, I've chatted, I've purchased, I have been cussed out, I've cussed back, and I've laughed again!