Originally Posted by
Jamoldo
Funny enough I was wandering in the China World Mall and standing at the ice rink on a Saturday morning when I was approached by two girls and the "art gallery" scam. I didn't feel like playing it, so I smiled, said no thanks and walked off.
Happens to me all the time at this location. If I'm in a good mood when they ask where I'm from, I tell them (in Chinese) I'm a Beijing-ren. They go away. If I'm in a bad mood, I yell at them, call them cheats (in Chinese) and tell them to go away. I hate being bugged when I'm trying to watch the skaters and I'm not about to be the one scuttling off. It's often the same girls--you think they'd know me by now, and avoid me like the plague.