Anyone who's been in London in the last couple of months will have seen them. Since the launch of thelondonpaper, and the relaunch of London Lite, you literally can't avoid them. It seems like every street corner in London is now occupied by aggressive street hawkers trying to give you free - but crap - newspapers. God knows where all these people have sprung from (is someone importing them?) but there are millions of them and they're very rude. These guys don't just stand there and offer you stuff - they see you coming and move to get in your way.
I've taken to not breaking step. If, one day, one of them fails to get out of my way, you may be reading about me in the (free,crap) newspapers. It could get ugly.
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Re: Street Violence
by
S
on Thu 25 Jan 2007 02:09 PM GMT | Permanent Link
Quick Annec.
Whilst in Cambridge a group of 4 of us were walking through the city. On the half-mile trip to the bookstore we were harrassed by no less than 4 people selling "Big Issue". The 4th one stopped us to argue that it was rude to ignore him and that we should be more polite! We counter-argued that after the 3rd time of saying no thank you, you get sick of it and that someone at every corner stopping you is rude in itself. He backed down and began to mumble about people in general. Perhaps they should limited them! or better yet: put something worth reading in the Big Issue! Trackbacks
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