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A simple "No Thanks,......Respect" usually works for me or "Mi Bruk, respect".
I always say, "Respect"...it goes a long way!
As I always say, make local friends on the beach!!! My friends always keep the "bad guys" away from me!
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I become completely Spanish! I speak Spanish and dont understand a word in English!
Another stand-by is the old Ipod ear buds when Im walking alone, I act like I dont hear them!
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My Friend Bill came up with the Idea when they ask our name we always tell them it is Bond, James Bond. you get some great reactions
timm
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We must be lucky because it just doesn't happen to us. Perhaps it's due to where I go for the beach. Usually Cosmo's but sometimes Mama Flo's Perhaps it's my 35 years of Jamaican experience. Perhaps it's because I speak and understand Patios fluently and understand Jamaican body language.
Hey sometime I reach in my pocket for a hundred or two if I recognize that this isn't really as hustle but someone who is in real distress.
As to the organic higgles.... They can't sell me anything that I don't already have the best of. Carvings ad bracelets and such are made in my ditrict and I let them know that if I ever wanted any more of that stuff I'd custom order it up in the district.
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Higgler says " Its my Birthday today" I reply "what is todays date" That usually ends the conversation!
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turn your pants pockets
'inside out'
& walk around that way
works every time ;)
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co-sign negrilaholic & Cap'nD - it doesn't happen to me much at all. i never get the beggy beggy, maybe i just walk too fast or pass by before they can catch me (?) or maybe it's me that's oblivious (?). or maybe from the way i look, they can see i'm a budget traveler & it's just not worth their effort to bother with my brokeazz self (?) LOL.
and as far as the beach vendors... i don't consider it a 'hustle', just a conversation. I never buy anything, but the rare time someone does approach me, i just say 'no thanks i'm good' or 'already taken care of, thanks, wink-wink', and ppl don't pester me any farther.
Although i have had some really hilarious conversations with the ones who're willing to stay and chat.... then after that they know me and don't ask again, although we do greet each other after than, when we pass. And for the really young ones who may try to 'chat me up', i wiggle my eyebrows, screw up my face in mock disapproval, and ask them if their grandmom knows they're out there talkin to women twice their age that way .... always gets a laugh.
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When I know I can't get away I'll attack them with a big hug or kiss or funky hand shake and keep walking, anything that slows dowm their thoughts! and keep on walking!!
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Just smile and say "No thanks, I'm good" or "No mon, everyting irie".
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Clearly stated no and keep moving. Saying respect does seem to help.. it might let them know you've been around. After enough of those encounters eventually they stop approaching you. Isn't worth their time. Maybe that's what you need to convince them off for real.
