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<p>[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 25961, member: 57"]<u>Tie.dye.cat</u>, the world if full of them (unfortunately). Perhaps because I am small in stature and quite often pushed around or squished between two larger people, I <u>mentally</u> refer to people like that as "galoots" whether they be male or female.</p><p><br /></p><p>If some people have shown their unmannerly ways at a table full of items, I make it a point to continue to look through the "pile(s)" of whatever (jewelery, books, scarves, photos, etc.) and say quietly but just loud enough for the "galoot(s)" to hear "Oh, my goodness, I can't believe I found this." "Whoa, doggies, someone didn't realize what they were donating." "Wow, this is beautiful <u>and</u> old."</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the "galoots" will lose track of what they were looking at and start looking over your shoulder and even reaching over your shoulders. About that time you can shove the item somewhere under/in the middle of the array of items and slowly walk away with a really big grin (read smirk) on your face. Galoots are sooooooo predictable at sales. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 25961, member: 57"][U]Tie.dye.cat[/U], the world if full of them (unfortunately). Perhaps because I am small in stature and quite often pushed around or squished between two larger people, I [U]mentally[/U] refer to people like that as "galoots" whether they be male or female. If some people have shown their unmannerly ways at a table full of items, I make it a point to continue to look through the "pile(s)" of whatever (jewelery, books, scarves, photos, etc.) and say quietly but just loud enough for the "galoot(s)" to hear "Oh, my goodness, I can't believe I found this." "Whoa, doggies, someone didn't realize what they were donating." "Wow, this is beautiful [U]and[/U] old." Most of the "galoots" will lose track of what they were looking at and start looking over your shoulder and even reaching over your shoulders. About that time you can shove the item somewhere under/in the middle of the array of items and slowly walk away with a really big grin (read smirk) on your face. Galoots are sooooooo predictable at sales. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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