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I see this a lot. I am minding my own business and some guy picks me out of the group and thinks *I* am the pigeon. To these guys, I must look the way a caribou with the broken leg looks to a pack of wolves.
I didn't buy the pearls. I was later informed that they were probably real, but the relative quality would be impossible to guess. Still, before he let me go, he was offering me a bunch of them for 40 RMB (like 8 dollars) Hmm.
Anyway, my friends had a focus group with me because they all noticed that pan handlers and street salesmen single me out. The decided that I look like a rich American and so we dressed me a bit differently (t-shirt only, take off the shades, or at least take that sunglass strap off. And for pete's sake, stop talking to everyone!)
I didn't buy the pearls. I was later informed that they were probably real, but the relative quality would be impossible to guess. Still, before he let me go, he was offering me a bunch of them for 40 RMB (like 8 dollars) Hmm.
Anyway, my friends had a focus group with me because they all noticed that pan handlers and street salesmen single me out. The decided that I look like a rich American and so we dressed me a bit differently (t-shirt only, take off the shades, or at least take that sunglass strap off. And for pete's sake, stop talking to everyone!)
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