Make no mistake it’s a very clever selling technique, but if somebody says to me it’s free it’s free finish and klaar. I won’t go...wow you screwed me so cleverly, here is R50 for your dishonesty...stuff that. You basically rewarding somebody because they sneaky.
Apart from clever scamming vendors, I support my local “rubbish guy” who takes your car trash in exchange for a fee. He has a sign around his neck that reads “The rubbish man”. He is a very friendly chap and business is rather good for him, lots of people use his services. I also have this old lady that sells sweets and chips near my wife’s work. Almost every day I get chips from her and chat about her family in Umtata. When my daughter is with me she comes up and gives her a free sweetie. Shame a real old loving Gogo. I like chatting to petrol attendants, car guards, tellers etc. Koenjane mvetu/mama wara wara...I like to banter with them.
What really pisses me off is when somebody is mean and stroppy with people they feel are beneath them, just to turn around and be all polite to somebody else who they feel have worth. That’s bullshit, you can tell allot about a person’s character by the way they treat those who are less fortunate than they are.
But by being sneaky and dishonest, like the hat scam guy, you do not deserve my compassion.
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