"Hello" people | -General- | Jul 31, 2006 16:56
We were beseiged by "hello" people every time we got off the bus, or stopped on the streets in the tourist areas. These are the street sellers of maps artwork, toys, etc. Our guide said 1-don't make eye contact 2-don't respond in any way 3- walk by ignoring them and they will seek others. My wife found that by opening her umbrella she could use it as a barrier when we had to wait for transportation and could not walk away from them. It worked well enough that others took shelter from the "hello" people behind the umbrella too. I didn't particularly mind them but they drove my wife crazy - she found them rude and intimidating and began to dread going places where they would be.