Why Did I Refuse This Random Act of Kindness?

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I wonder how many interesting conversations that you have missed out on because of this. Sure, a lot of them were probably sales pitches, but not all of them may have been.

I have to laugh at this one, it is actually a 'combo' of this topic, it being a sales pitch and a freebie.

Ever so many years ago, when the lottery first came about I believe, my mother received a call: 'X' amount of free lottery tickets if you would listen to this guys sales pitch about a water purifier.

Well, she was game and she always chatted up {or told off} door to door salespersons and so this young man comes around. Dressed in a suit, complete with a briefcase and the papers about the item he was selling.

Us girlies were hanging around, as we did when any guy came around and we were watching her. We thought she was going to yell at him at some point, gee Wally, cuz that's what she did.

But no, as this young man is sweating it in his tie and trying so very hard to speak in the best English he could, you could see by his face he was trying soo hard, my mother looks at him right in the eye, very curiously, 'So, you do this for a living?' and the young man says 'Yes, I do ma'am'. She tells him 'Gee, that's too bad. It is really boring'.

We almost died for him and of laughter. He chuckled and I relaxed, I guess at that point he realized he just had to fork over the tickets and no more pressure.

Sorry is this was off topic but I am laughing my arse off just remembering the incident.

That's my momma.