"Hey, Catch!"

[Alpha Strike]

If it is a scam - and it sure as hell sounds like one - the kiosk guy is probably tossing a busted phone to begin with. That way if the potential target responds like the OP did, then the kiosk guy isn't out any money; if the target DOES fall for the scam and worry that he/she has broken the phone, the kiosk guy can "prove" the phone is busted and try and convince his mark to pony up some cash.

[Sharsarannon]

But what kind of sales pitch is that? ....

A literal one, it would seem.
If you're gonna hawk or hustle products, do it honestly. Don't stop someone by using a hook line like "Hey, Sir and/or Ma'am, can I ask you a question?" or something stupid to snag me into talking to you. I used to hustle crowds at theme parks to sell art. You can't sell a seller.

[myswtghst]

I probably would have just done my best to completely ignore the jackass...but seriously...who does that? This reminds me of the lotion attack thread the other day, in the category of why on god's green earth is attempted assault a good sales tactic?

I love that I now work for a company that makes cell phones. I just tell the sales monkeys that I can get the phone cheaper than they can possibly offer, so they might as well not try, and just walk away.

[Yfandes]

I would have caught it with my face (which is how I catch most things...) and gone down screaming "MY EYE!! IM BLINDED!!1!"

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I love you guys.

[Geek King]

I mentioned this to my friends, and said, "If I had caught it, I'd dance around and yell, 'Now I'm the King of England!'"

To which friend propmtly replied, "No you're not! Some damp tart lobs a cellphone at your gob and that makes you king? What kind of a basis for government is that?"





I love my friends.

[iradney]

I mentioned this to my friends, and said, "If I had caught it, I'd dance around and yell, 'Now I'm the King of England!'"

To which friend propmtly replied, "No you're not! Some damp tart lobs a cellphone at your gob and that makes you king? What kind of a basis for government is that?"





I love my friends.

I love your friends too (spent the whole of yesterday watching MP.

Honestly, some guy chucks a $300 phone at me, I'll either walk off with it or throw it back. But I throw skew... so I'd probably hit a defenseless old lady by mistake

[LifeCarnie]

If it wouldn't get me arrested, I'd catch the phone, and then whip it back at the cell phone guy's head as hard as I could and say "Hey! Catch!"

Or say "Hey Thanks!!", pocket the phone and keep walking. Since, he did knowingly give you the phone without first explaining that he wants money.

[Tex]

I would promplty call mall security and tell them that someone in a kiosk threw a phone at me.

See how he likes that.

Exactly! That is a prime example of stupid employees. He could get fired for that crap. He destroyed company property, and someone as yourself could interpret his actions as assault.

Tex

[Pagan]

Here, a lot of people don't know much about it so for everyone's benefit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger%27s_syndrome
(As with all mental differences/disorders, please do not self-diagnose, seek professional opinions.)

I don't know how accurate the portrayal is, but one of the characters, Jerry Espenson, on "Boston Legal" has Asperger's.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Well, he'd be boned if he did that to me. I can't throw worth a damn, and my catching skills are even worse than that.

I can kick like a mutha, though...

[powerboy]

To be honest, what I would have done was

1) Keep the phone, if I caught it. Hey he didn't say anything about paying for it.

or

2) If I got hit, I would make a big deal about it.

or

3) Just keep walking away.

[Sharsarannon]

I don't know how accurate the portrayal is, but one of the characters, Jerry Espenson, on "Boston Legal" has Asperger's.

Hrm, I'll have to see that. I wonder how they'd portray it...That's very interesting.. *wanders off to Google info on this subject, infintely curious*

Okay, WOW, he held a cake knife to someone's throat at a party and has no real close associates except a pet gecko and a life sized female doll (whose purpose I question). He's definitely got issues that I've never seen in an Aspie.

[TryNotToBeThatOne]

Due to an abusive childhood, one young lady of my acquaintance has an intense phobia about things being thrown in her direction. Now that she's in her 30's, she has managed to control it enough that she only reacts really badly if the item seems to be headed for her face. I can now, gently, toss things toward her feet, for example.

5-10 years ago, she would have had a screaming hissy fit at him. He would have been frightened for his health, his life & his job, not necessarily in that order. She would have explained to him, in detail & at length, why that was such an a@@hat thing to do.

[myswtghst]

Due to an abusive childhood, one young lady of my acquaintance has an intense phobia about things being thrown in her direction.

This is exactly why I have such a problem with "sales tactics" like this. Without knowing someone relatively well, it's unbelieveably poor judgement to assume they'll have a "normal" reaction to having something chucked at them, or being grabbed by a stranger with no warning. I said something like this in the other thread...but this seems like asking for it, to put it bluntly. If someone has reflexes quicker than they can cognitively assess the situation, you might get a phone batted right back into your face, or a self defense move you weren't expecting. Then again, that's probably about what you deserve.