<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by 767-322ETOPS:
I've noticed they conceal themselves in the shrubbery, and then when you're preoccupied with pumping the gas come out and ask you to help them out.
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hide in the shrubbery !?!?!??. Jeez, he's lucky he didn't get assaulted!
Panhandling like that is often the prelude to a mugging. Without getting into specific details, lets just say that 'dillos react VERY badly to being snuck up on like this.
If somebody did that to me I'd have no reservations about cocking him with the pump and then calling the cops!
JD