I went shopping in Wangfuing the other day. Saturday, it was. While there, three different women approached me in order to scam me in some way or another. The first one tried to stop me on the sidewalk and I just walked past her. She pursued, but I just kept walking away. Next, I walked up the sidewalk, and another woman tried to stop me. At this point in my walk I was in no mood to be swindled.
The woman said, "Hello, where are you from?"
I stopped walking and turned to look her dead in the eye. "Listen to me," I said, "I know I'm in Wangfujing. I know who you are.
But I'm not a stupid tourist, and I'm not going anywhere with you."
She looked at me, stunned. "Bye bye."
Later, as I was waiting to take the video as seen in last time's blog, an exceedingly short woman came up to me. She asked me where I'm from. Beijing, I told her, though I didn't turn to talk to her. She asked if I was a student, and I replied that I am. Then she noticed how I was really and truly intending to ignorer her. She just told me ok, goodbye.
I don't like being taken advantage of. It drives me crazy.
Today I had pancakes for dinner. It was wonderful. For my (free!) dessert, I'm having a banana split. Can you say score?
Good evening.
T
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