Chugger Infestation

[anonymous-user]

My local town centre has become infested with chuggers, is there some sort of spray that can be used to get rid of them?

[anonymous-user]

Hope they were under the vermin category.

Trying to sort out a payment to allow contracts to be exchanged for a house move which is stressful enough without being harassed by fking chuggers on the street right outside the bank.

[anonymous-user]

Wacky Racer said:

Yes, getting out of hand now, can't walk down the main street in my local town without being accosted.

Now just stare straight ahead and walk past them as if they weren't there.

This.

My office is in a city centre and over the last 3 years the chugging has got out of hand. Pretty much most lunchtimes I get one of them smiling and trying to step in front of me as I head for a sandwich.

I apply the tactic mentioned by Wacky Racer and just stride right past them pretending they aren't there, even if they are talking directly to me.

It's fking annoying until you just start ignoring them completely.

If they really get in my face I just combine a sharp "No" without breaking stride. Although I said that to one girl a few weeks ago and she got really arsey with me, and had a pop at me asking how I could be so rude without even knowing what she wanted.

I told her that I was actually doing her a favour by never stopping to talk, my explanation being that the less time I spend with her by just walking past, the more time she has to speak to someone who might actually give her bank details.

That confused her greatly.

[anonymous-user]

Nouns and verbs, in this particular situation the noun is better.

Still racking my marble for a good defence if you did actually thump one of them of which I was very tempted to do.

Still I did send a snot-o-gram to save the children who actually state they probably won't respond to it and to the local town council explaining why their town centre is dying. Will now avoid like the plague and buy online.

[anonymous-user]

But why can we just lamp them one? They start it!