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    > Anything and everything can be used as a tactic.  Beyond the dozens of   
    > Homeless Veterans I see on the corners, a new 'favorite' of mine are these   
    > Gentlemen with signs saying "Too Honest to Steal, Too Ugly to be a Gigalo."    
      
   Heck, if that deaf/dumb fellow offered to wash the windows or vacuum for a few   
   minutes, I wouldn't hesitate to "gift" $25 bucks.  But there was no   
   eye-contact, and no attempt to even try to speak.   
      
      
    >  AA> The last time this sort of thing happend was over 8 years ago. A   
    >  AA> couple of singers with their guitars came into my shop,     
      
    > Don't you have legal options to handle unwelcomed solucitations in your   
    > establishment?   
      
   What is there? I can call the police, but the people would be gone by then.   
   All I can do is offer my natural scowl and indicate that I am not the right   
   person to mess with.   
      
   People can overhear my telephone conversations with merchant-services and loans   
   companies.  I tell it like is and say "Unless you'd like to order something   
   from *my* business, I don't have time for this - and don't call me back."   
      
   I still get the odd "Please do not hang up. We've tried calling you numerous   
   times to inform you that your google listing is in DANGER.."   
      
   Pathetic.  There ought to be a way to block those things permanently. Or.. if I   
   had the resources, I'd love to switch those calls to another line (to free up   
   the one that they've hijacked) and blast some static/hum/buzz or something.   
      
       
    >  AA> At times like this I wish I could brandish my Crocadile Dundee     
    >  AA> "you call that a knife?" machette, or call "Tiny", my doberman     
    >  AA> with a spiked collar, to escort these types out the door.   
      
    > Actually, Dundee's knifecwas more like a Bowie knife.   
      
   Ah... but I said that my version was a machete!  ;)  It's more impressive than   
   the Bowie knife.  I even have a scythe that I could probably use and swing as I   
   approach the trespassers to the door.     
      
      
    > I could see not having a d9g in a bookstore, but some means of self defense   
    > should be aporoprriate.   
      
   The dog wouldn't be too hard. With the right command, the animal could block   
   the door and keep the intruder at bay.  But I like the idea of some kind of   
   mechanical way to entrap troublemakers and keep them escaping before   
   authorities arrive.   
      
   Or.. I need to bulk up with weight-lifting and wear a ninja bandana to clearly   
   show that I am not to be messed with.   
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