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oh yeah, a tiny adventure i had, and some proof that even nowadays, sometimes, just sometimes - if you're nice and polite you can get something for free...plus a basic psychological ploy added too..

i was out drinking in the Ten Bells pub in shoreditch the other week with a mate, and i was doing some silly card stuff for him...i didnt want to do anything heavy, as i was, to be quite honest, absolutely bladdered on absinthe and Leffe beer...

anyway, i was eyeing up the lovely shot glass the absinthe came in, and the guy i was drinking with said "well go on then mr. magic man, just pinch it.."

i was morally outraged!

Instead, i accosted the charming barmaid, and said "hello there, if i pay for it, or pay for a drink of your choice, can i have this shot glass please?"

she looked morally outraged!

"why dont you just steal it like everyone else does?"

"cos im not like everyone else, may i buy it please?"

"wait here a second..."

she took the shot glass away, but then came back, with a double-shot glass instead, same style, but obviously twice as big...

"here you go, take it, you don't have to pay for it..."

lovely moment that was...i would like to think it was due to my bear-like essex charm, but in reality, i think it was that because i offered to do something, by that, actually offering to buy it upfront, she felt obliged to be nice back, by giving me something back that was also a nice gesture...

i want a spoon next! it might take me a decade, but i could technically get a complete dining set out of the place...piece by piece...

there you go, another pointless story...

sorry, should of explained a bit more, the common trick in advertising is that you get a free gift, especially from charity letters and so on, which on a subconcious level makes you slightly more inclined to return the favour back...by giving the donation, buying the new curtains, or whatever they are flogging...

Like I always say, smile and the world smile's back. Do somthing nice and people will usually be nice in return

A good pink and fluffy moment there abraxus

Either that or the barmaid was worried that a weird drunk guy approached her wanting to buy what he could have easily have stolen and wanted to make sure by the end of the night you were too drunk to pose a problem

abraxus wrote:"why dont you just steal it like everyone else does?"

Ah yes, Shoreditch... I thought we'd stepped into the set of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barells the other week, dressed with extras ll trying to be "noticed".

Yup, I've always found that if you really don't want to do something, the best way is to offer to do it. Maybe it's an example of psychological choice limitation (what Banacheck calls "spectator reach").

Now what would have been funny, is as you were walking away with the barmaids free gift.

Both of you glowing inside with warm fuzzies as such a nice thing had just happened in this world of greed and nastiness.

When the lining in your coat rips and the 100 pieces of cutlery that you had stolen from the bar whilst she was fetching the glass, suddenly fell to the floor with a resounding crash bang wallop - clatter.....tinkle tinkle.

You turn, smile and bashfully say oops?

i think that the "tinkle tinkle" would of been my weak bladder...

I'm going back there this thursday...might try for a bar-stool next..

id be after the fruit machine and pool table

you're an essex lad too...me 'n'all..the shiny lights of Romford...

reverting to type, i would of course, make off with people's watches...