Free newspaper handouts GRRRR....
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Spured on by the chuggers thread.
Is anyone else annoyed with the people standing in the middle of a tube exit or talking up half of the side of the raod and make the congestion even worse by practically blocking you from moving on by extending their arm, clutching a newspaper?
I mean I am not against them existing, but FFS, if I want a newspaper I will ask you for it or make it clear in some way (eyecontact, extendign my hand, etc) that I want the f
king thing.
Seriously. It's a rush hour, lots of people on the street struggling to not bump into each other as it is is bad enough without some guy standing on one side of it flailing his hands with no regard that someone might have had to do a pedestrian equivalent of an emergency stop because of him.
Is anyone else annoyed with the people standing in the middle of a tube exit or talking up half of the side of the raod and make the congestion even worse by practically blocking you from moving on by extending their arm, clutching a newspaper?
I mean I am not against them existing, but FFS, if I want a newspaper I will ask you for it or make it clear in some way (eyecontact, extendign my hand, etc) that I want the f
king thing.Seriously. It's a rush hour, lots of people on the street struggling to not bump into each other as it is is bad enough without some guy standing on one side of it flailing his hands with no regard that someone might have had to do a pedestrian equivalent of an emergency stop because of him.
Bounty Hunter said:
Either rugby tackle them or take the paper, walk 2m then throw on floor - They will learn who you are if its you regular route (the guy handing them outside my office now avoids me)
Oooooh I like the walking 2m idea. might be more ffective if i drop it immeiately upon receiving it?And yes there is one in the MIDDLE of the exit out of the tube station that I walk out of every morning and one on the street I take when walking back to work...
won't I get done for literring though?
isee said:
Bounty Hunter said:
Either rugby tackle them or take the paper, walk 2m then throw on floor - They will learn who you are if its you regular route (the guy handing them outside my office now avoids me)
Oooooh I like the walking 2m idea. might be more ffective if i drop it immeiately upon receiving it?And yes there is one in the MIDDLE of the exit out of the tube station that I walk out of every morning and one on the street I take when walking back to work...
won't I get done for literring though?
At least here in Brum, anybody handing out or "distributing free matter" has to have a permit from the council (£250 tax!). Part of the terms and conditions are that the distributor has to collect any discarded "matter" within a 100yrd radius of where he is positioned, on the pain of reprimand, permit confiscation and a big fine.
I presume something similar operates in London.....
Martial Arts Man said:
isee said:
Bounty Hunter said:
Either rugby tackle them or take the paper, walk 2m then throw on floor - They will learn who you are if its you regular route (the guy handing them outside my office now avoids me)
Oooooh I like the walking 2m idea. might be more ffective if i drop it immeiately upon receiving it?And yes there is one in the MIDDLE of the exit out of the tube station that I walk out of every morning and one on the street I take when walking back to work...
won't I get done for literring though?
At least here in Brum, anybody handing out or "distributing free matter" has to have a permit from the council (£250 tax!). Part of the terms and conditions are that the distributor has to collect any discarded "matter" within a 100yrd radius of where he is positioned, on the pain of reprimand, permit confiscation and a big fine.
I presume something similar operates in London.....
isee said:
Martial Arts Man said:
isee said:
Bounty Hunter said:
Either rugby tackle them or take the paper, walk 2m then throw on floor - They will learn who you are if its you regular route (the guy handing them outside my office now avoids me)
Oooooh I like the walking 2m idea. might be more ffective if i drop it immeiately upon receiving it?And yes there is one in the MIDDLE of the exit out of the tube station that I walk out of every morning and one on the street I take when walking back to work...
won't I get done for literring though?
At least here in Brum, anybody handing out or "distributing free matter" has to have a permit from the council (£250 tax!). Part of the terms and conditions are that the distributor has to collect any discarded "matter" within a 100yrd radius of where he is positioned, on the pain of reprimand, permit confiscation and a big fine.
I presume something similar operates in London.....
HTH
isee said:
Martial Arts Man said:
isee said:
Bounty Hunter said:
Either rugby tackle them or take the paper, walk 2m then throw on floor - They will learn who you are if its you regular route (the guy handing them outside my office now avoids me)
Oooooh I like the walking 2m idea. might be more ffective if i drop it immeiately upon receiving it?And yes there is one in the MIDDLE of the exit out of the tube station that I walk out of every morning and one on the street I take when walking back to work...
won't I get done for literring though?
At least here in Brum, anybody handing out or "distributing free matter" has to have a permit from the council (£250 tax!). Part of the terms and conditions are that the distributor has to collect any discarded "matter" within a 100yrd radius of where he is positioned, on the pain of reprimand, permit confiscation and a big fine.
I presume something similar operates in London.....
Maybe I’m inciting terror – How many days can they lock me up for?
. They are only trying to make a living as I assume the more they hand out the more money they earn. If I was in the same position I would prob lug em all in the Thames and go home.Gassing Station | The Pie & Piston Archive | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff