On my way out of the town station, most days, I walk past a Big Issue seller. I’d know that man anywhere. He’s the bloke who looks a bit like a gnome – not because he stands still for such a long time, but because he has a beard and…Whatever it is about a face which makes it look gnome-ish – and will stand there in any weather, trying to sell his magazines. And I do mean ANY weather. Once, it was raining and hailing at the same time, and this man was out there screaming into the wind. In return, the wind slapped him and his un-sold issues about, teaching him that even if you really need the money, trying to sell it to the wind will usually result in just plain pain.

But seriously now, every time I walk past this man I can’t help but think: how many potential buyers has he lost today? And, Would it do them any harm to just spend two quid once or twice and find out what the Enigin Scam is, or what Polar bears do when they aren’t doing their best to avoid drowning or getting shot for their fur?

It’s the excuses people spew out which really get on my nerves. If they don’t want to buy an issue, that’s fair enough, it’s their money (well it’s not really fair enough, in fact it couldn’t be un-fair-er, but you get what I mean, don’t you?). But why bother saying “haven’t got any” in a distinctly un-bothered tone, when in your hand is a cup of coffee that cost as much as FOUR big issues? I just find that disgusting.

Please, if you are going to walk on buy, think up a solid or real reason why you can’t buy an issue. The sellers might be hard up, but they aren’t thick.

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