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I could not agree more... These guys are a giant pain in the ass. I know that they are trying to earn a living, but man...

Usually for these guys I act like Rainman and scream "water burned baby!" or tell them "I can't talk to strangers..." That shuts them up....

CM

I just ignore them. I had one timeshare guy yell at me, "I know what you're doing. You're ignoring me. Well, maybe you can ignore me, but us timeshare guys are everywhere. You can't ignore all of us!" I ignored him and kept on walking.

I had one timeshare woman try to physically stop my wife and me. She was quick and experienced and deftly avoided me when I tried to knock her on her ass.

I hand timeshare hawkers porn cards

I've spent many nights downtown over the last 15+ years, and can't remember a trip where I wasn't asked for money, food, a cigarette, etc. at some point. My most recent trip was last month and I definitely got hit up more than ever before.

It is not unusual to be approached while walking Fremont Street, no big deal. But I had two new experiences this time. I was asked for $2.00 (for food of course) while seated at a VP machine at the GN. Next day around 11AM I stopped to buy a bottle of water at Walgreens across from Neonopolis. It was $1.79 and I accidentally pulled $3.00 from my wallet. A vagrant standing behind me tried to grab the extra dollar out of my hand when the cashier handed it back. The cashier yelled at him by name (he must be a regular) and told him to leave the store.

I got a good laugh out of it all. Times must be tough if they hang out at the GN and Walgreens!