I've only had a couple bad run-in's with beach vendors, and one of those I could have clearly handled better. That said, the young guy in the Gleaner article was one of our negative experiences. He and a friend of his were very insistant that my wife give him one of her cigarettes, which she was running low on and can't be found in JA. She offered him the rest of the one she was smoking, but he kept on, and then reached to take one of her cigarettes. I stepped in at that point and stopped him, gave him her half cig, and told him to take what was offered and nothing more. At that, he grinned a bit and walked away. This was after we had bought some fruit for the day from him. I could understand if the police are hassling him, as I'm sure we aren't the only one's he has gone a step too far with.