<p>I see a lot of guys around campus asking for donations for African children, Hare Krishna organizations, homeless shelters, etc. My problem is I'm a yes man. I can't bring myself to tell these people no and looking like a selfish prick, and it's cost me 80 bucks! How do you guys brush them off?</p>
<p>Have a heart of steel. Power walk past them. Most importantly, avoid eye contact, that’s how they trap you. It helps to wear sunglasses.</p>
<p>i bring a penny with me… give it to them and say “every penny counts”… yeah im cruel… haha</p>
<p>^ dang that’s pretty smart..</p>
<p>i get the feeling they’re not even real either</p>
<p>Just say “Yeah I hate African children, etc.” and they probably won’t ask you again</p>
<p>Step 1: Get sunglasses, dark ones.
Step 2: Learn how to walk without moving your head. Look straight ahead, no turning, ever.
Step 3: Develop the kind of facial expression that says, “Talk to me and I will tear your face in half.”</p>
<p>These three things will get you through bruinwalk without incident 99% of the time. Of course people may stop talking to you period, but that’s a risk you run.</p>
<p>pretending that you are talking on the phone helps too… but it gets a bit embarrassing if you are actually receiving a call while pretending to talk on your phone :)</p>
<p>yes i dont know how many times ive had stickers or random disney pencils or pens left left on my table while eating . . . yes sure youre deaf mayhaps . . . more likely not.</p>
<p>You can just pretend you’re sending a text if you’re not really making a call. Studying won’t work, they’ll keep talking to you even more. The best way is to put on your headphones and pretend you don’t notice him.</p>
<p>As regarding the guy with the suit, here’s a way to pwn him. When there are lots of people on Bruinwalk, allow him to approach you with his catchphrase(s). Shake his hand. Let him explain his “cause”, to feed the kids. Hey … who doesn’t have kids to feed?? Anyways … ask for his credentials, which is a laminated 8x11" paper. Then proceed to donate $1.</p>
<p>As a freshman, I did that. He responded with a “Sorry brotha, our minimum donation is $20. C’mon you can donate some more.” This is your cue to make a big scene, loudly debating that there is no such thing as a minimum donation, and that he is a fraud. Make sure every on Bruinwalk hears it. You can say you’ve heard a dollar can feed ‘n’ number of kids per day, and ask him if he still wants the $1 donation.</p>
<p>By then, he’ll be embarassed, make up a faulty comeback, and fewer people will fall into his trap. It’s all worth it for the $1. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>uh learn how to just ignore ppl. i pretty much ignore everybody askin me for anytthing on the hill and walk right by and I"LL go to THEM if i need something. when they try to hand me a paper, i just ignore them.</p>
<p>the only exception is when its a rly cute girl. then i feel obliged to say no, rather than just ignoring her = /</p>
<p>Does anyone know which, if any, of these folks are legit?</p>
<p>If all else fails you can just use a different path. Go through Ackerman instead of Bruinwalk or come onto campus from the north side.</p>
<p>Four options</p>
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<li><p>I usually now say “No thank you” and keep walking</p></li>
<li><p>you could say a line from a foreign language dialogue you had in the past (as long as it isn’t spanish which everyone knows) and keep walking
“Wer putzen das auto”
“La neige est belle aujourd’hui. Si vous s’allez faire du skI?”
“Ou est la bibliotecque? C’est tout droit.”</p></li>
<li><p>hand them a card that says you are deaf.</p></li>
<li><p>When they hand you the fake credentials take a picture of them with your phone. They always freak out with this one.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>flier people are easy to get past. just walk past them or say no thanks and they wont do anything.</p>
<p>people asking for donations and stuff will try to follow you though, but just completely ignore them. dont acknowledge their existance at all. dont stop or slow down for them. keep your head down a bit and dont look up. dont make eye contact. dont speak. dont turn your head. just pretend they dont exist at all.</p>
<p>during USAC election time, campaign people are REALLY aggressive. they will follow you from like powell all the way up the hill to explain their candidates and positions if you let them. the ignore strategy should work, but they will be persistent. if you have an ipod/music player, maybe keep one headphone on, then when they talk to you put the other one in and turn up the volume. :p</p>
<p>but the easiest way is to just avoid bruin walk. for north campus you can go the north campus way along charles e young north, and go through anderson or lot 5 to end up at north campus student center. or cut through dixon plaza and go up the janss steps. south campus you can cut through by pauley/CTO/lot 8 and go up the stairs between ackerman and engineering I.</p>
<p>theres a lot of different paths to campus. i rarely ever go on bruin walk. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>“La neige est belle aujourd’hui. Si vous s’allez faire du skI?”
“Ou est la bibliotecque? C’est tout droit.”</p>
<p>LOLOLOLOL. [YouTube</a> - Flight of the Conchords Ep 8 ‘Foux Da Fa Fa’](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5hrUGFhsXo]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5hrUGFhsXo)</p>
<p>Never ever sit down. They will find you.</p>
<p>:rolleyes: just say no emphatically. for the guy in the suit, do not shake his hand because if you do, he can continue talking to you since you acknowledge that you’re accepting it, while if you refuse his hand it becomes harassment if he keeps hounding you (can say “now youre harassing me, please stop”). before you reach into your wallet, just stop to think about the legitimacy of their organization because more often than not you’re probably just paying for the suits they wear and not to feed the poor hungry orphans and starving adorable puppies in darfur</p>
<p>You know what bothers me about the guy in the suit is that he’s been there ever since my freshman year, which is 3 years already. So you know if they’re still here after so many years, people ARE falling into their trap. I wish there was some way to alert the entire school body that he’s a fraud.</p>
<p>give them fake money =)</p>