Comments on: You are not entitled to my attention

By: AlisaK

AlisaK — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:13:59 +0000

I think that’s the bit that annoyed me the most – I was so determined to walk past them uninterrupted, I put my head down and powered past. But then my politeness got the better of me and I felt I had to reply when spoken to! And I don’t. Gah! Next time…

By: Sean the Bookonaut

Sean the Bookonaut — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:46:56 +0000

I use to use these street sprukers to sharpen self defense awareness skills. People setting you up for a mugging often employ what’s called “The Interview” which includes distracting you, getting you to focus on them. I think most of us are polite and it takes awhile to get over the almost automatic response to be polite back. So I treat them as though they are trying to distract me and run through checking my surroundings and avenues of attack to stave off my strong compulsion to give them the time of day. Same thing if they are being a smart arse or heckling, there only tactic is to get you to stop. You could of course complain to the centre management as well.

By: AlisaK

AlisaK — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:13:39 +0000

Well that’s disgusting! As if I would need to be flirted with be coerced into donating money to charity!

Great salespeople are something to be watching though. The best, sell you something you didn’t know you needed and then you walk off *happy* about it!

Thanks for thinking of me! I hope to be feeling better soon … Definitely feeling a bit better now I am eating better, maybe that will help.

By: AlisaK

AlisaK — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:11:47 +0000

I dunno, I kinda would like to everything. I mean, that guy who heckled me gets to have everything why shouldn’t the reason you don’t get heckled be because you’re invisible. Why not just because you’re entitled to go about your day in peace?

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:03:48 +0000

And itI also seems I can’t edit. Just mentally scratch the superfluous “become”, please.

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:01:41 +0000

I sympathise deeply about the morning sickness – what a misnomer that is – and the heckle. One of the things I notice now I’m older is that I’m no longer heckle worthy. While this is an advantage I’ve also become apparently become invisible. Ah well. Can’t have everything. Look after yourself and remember the morning sickness will eventually pass.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:10:36 +0000

I’ve noticed that the (usually quite young) people they have on those charity stands in shopping centres are trained to ‘flirt’ in order to get the ‘sale’. Some do it very well, being charming without being intrusive and smarmy, others…well, you know about them.

It’s like those management/sales seminars that you know people have done because they look you directly in the eye and use your name every time they open their mouths when they’re trying to sell you something. They don’t have the natural charisma to pull it off and it is so very obviously fake. I usually feel a bit sorry for them, they’ve been taught hackneyed techniques and are usually not very good at it!

I have been thinking of you, hoping you were feeling better. Remembering too well about not enjoying pregnancy and sympathising greatly.