"shalom yoffa" = "hello beautiful [f]" or if you want to say it to a guy, "yafuve" = beautiful [m] Say that to the women and you'll get a real confused look.. and sometimes they may respond back in hebrew going a mile-a-minute. At which point you can say "mestool" = stoned/high/at one with the earth.

Xerxes wrote:
Most audacious in my experience is the VERY good looking French accented guy near Penny's who grabs my hand and starts buffing my nails while feeling my palms for callouses all the while looking soulfully into my eyes from a distance of about 5 inches.
It's happened 3 times and he's hard to tear away from because he keeps an iron grip on your hand! It's positively EROTIC.

Next time he might get kissed!

It's the first time I've seen X-rated sales technique!

Xerxes wrote:
Most audacious in my experience is the VERY good looking French accented guy near Penny's who grabs my hand and starts buffing my nails while feeling my palms for callouses all the while looking soulfully into my eyes from a distance of about 5 inches.
It's happened 3 times and he's hard to tear away from because he keeps an iron grip on your hand! It's positively EROTIC.

Next time he might get kissed!

It's the first time I've seen X-rated sales technique!

Amy wrote:
This may seem a little off topic, but when I lived in Portland, Maine, there were _very_ few public garbage cans and lots of litter always, but there was one garbage can across from my building and I used to use it for my dog's poop. One day it disappeared. I found the e-mail of the sanitation department and explained what happened. I said I was a responsible citizen who just wanted to throw out my dog's waste and I asked for a new garbage can. Coming from NJ, I expected no response.
A reply came in the form of a forward to someone else in the dept, like, "Bill, do you know anything about the garbage can on High St. near Cumberland Ave?" Then Bill replied, copying me, "No, I didn't know it was gone. We'll get a replacement."

No joke-- two days later, there was a new garbage can.

Sure, it was a smaller city, but it was a city. I was impressed with the level of response. It would be nice to get one garbage can on Erie between 1st and 8th.

Yeah, I really think this should be illegal.
And regarding the flyers not making it to the trash...I was just thinking earlier today about the lack of trash cans in Jersey City. In Manhattan they are on every street corner (and sometimes in the middle). The only trash cans that I have found near me is at 5th and Jersey, Hamilton Sq Park, and on Newark and Erie...
why is that?

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aloria wrote:
The car flyer thing is the worst. Lots of people don't even take those flyers to the garbage and just throw them in the street. When those glossy cards get wet they glue themselves to your windshield; I've had to spend a good 20 minutes scraping bits of paper off my glass with a razor blade because someone left like 3 of those cards on my car on a wet day.

Yeah, I really think this should be illegal.
And regarding the flyers not making it to the trash...I was just thinking earlier today about the lack of trash cans in Jersey City. In Manhattan they are on every street corner (and sometimes in the middle). The only trash cans that I have found near me is at 5th and Jersey, Hamilton Sq Park, and on Newark and Erie...
why is that?

aloria wrote:
The car flyer thing is the worst. Lots of people don't even take those flyers to the garbage and just throw them in the street. When those glossy cards get wet they glue themselves to your windshield; I've had to spend a good 20 minutes scraping bits of paper off my glass with a razor blade because someone left like 3 of those cards on my car on a wet day.

mwa7368 wrote:
1djcview said "as far as the people who hand you stuff when you get off the PATH train, if you don't want it, DON'T TAKE IT. Jersey City has become an attractive place to live at least partly because of its cultural amenities, including restaurants and art events, so flyering at a train station is to be expected. If you don't want someone offering you a flyer about a quality-of-life element of your community, then have the limo drop you at home. Purposely stepping on someone's flyers is beyond cynical; it's violent and makes you a jerk.

What is an "acceptable" way to make a living?"

1djcview, just to clear the air here I already take your advice and DONT TAKE ANY FLYERS FROM THE BADGERERS. For the record I am now where near wealthy enough to " Have the limo drop you at home" and to assume so is incredibly presumptuous and arrogant of you in an extremely liberal way. My complaint lies in the fact that I very strongly dislike people shoving $hit in my face in a gross attempt to influence my spending decisions, and in doing so invading my personal space. If you want to reach me in an effective way buy an F#$%^ stamp and mail it to me!
I have had these scumbags sing and dance in an attempt to get me to take their stupid flyers. In line with your advice I still don't take it and in fact, when the BADGERER said " I do all this and you still don't take it?" I said " I don't even like when you guys don't sing and dance.
I think that people should be fined for unsolicited harassment by way of shoving paper in your face.
I know that it is a free country and people will continue to do this but, because it is a free country a have a variety of options in the way I react, as do all people. I do not feel bad for them, it is a profession that they chose when they decided to skip class or drop out of HS or have sex and get pregnant when they were 15. These are all choices and they created their own destiny.
Don't get me wrong I love local business in the Grove area and want nothing but to support the good businesses that improve the area and I look forward to the day when all the dollar stores and discount crap stores that don't have the work ethic to fix their decaying signs are gone.
As far as "What is an acceptable way to make a living?" I suppose "Living" means different things to different people so that's impossible to answer. I would say if the government isn't paying you any money and you don't live on the streets then you are making a living.

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Bill463 wrote:
To everyone else - any good responses that we can all say in fun? I still kinda like " I like lollipops!".

Say "FISHSTICKS!!!" in the most enthusiastic voice you can muster.

GangsterNo1 wrote:
Kids selling candy and cheerleaders. fakes. watch out. it's a profit scam.