Last week there was a group of signature collectors hanging around the community college campus where I am employed. They were a mismatched bunch. However, they shared some commonalities: aggressive (as in harassing) in getting info and signatures from students and passerby; each had at least 4 clipboards of various petitions. None would answer any basic questions such as who the sponsors were and what the causes were for the petitions. All I got was, "Just put your name, home address, email and signature." There were loud squabbles among them over territories and who got the 'client' first. What were the incentives? I wondered as I walked away from the 'circus'.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/22/2012 11:13PM by kap.

obviously they are being paid for each signature...

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obviously they are being paid for each signature...

Must be big bucks because it almost became a slugfest with a couple of them

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West San Gabriel Valley, California ... for the time being

You'd think the college kids would wise up to this, and what it says about the state of politics in California...

There are ways to deal with these people *(:>*

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“Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"
"There are only two mantras yummm and yuk "
"There is a fine line between a rut and a groove"
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly
and applying the wrong remedies."Groucho Marx
"I got to that part and I knew there was going to be some weapons grade stupid to follow"Lux Interior
"When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then
will you discover you cannot eat money."
~ Cree Prophecy

that's one of the reasons I never go to the mall anymore.

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Oh, those kids are FUN! A discussion always ensues when they arrive to speak to me, as I proceed to educate them on their issue. It's important to properly explain reality to callow and opinionated youth.

I've been stopped a few times (although not recently) by people claiming to be soliciting donations for causes that would elicit a lot of sympathy from most people. They wanted quite a bit of personal info. I suspect that they were trying to collect enough info to get access to people's money. In any case, I would never give any personal info to someone canvassing on the street.

I just tell them Im under 18 and cant sign those.

Gets a chuckle and Im in the door before they know it.

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Oh, those kids are FUN! A discussion always ensues when they arrive to speak to me, as I proceed to educate them on their issue. It's important to properly explain reality to callow and opinionated youth.

Those 'kids' are in their 30s at the very least.

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West San Gabriel Valley, California ... for the time being



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