There's beggers all around in my area. I say no all the time. You get tired of all the same begging bs very quickly.
At least he didn't continue asking you and following you.
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Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 3 days agoHe walked away. Said something about it’s not for money or something, I’m very suspicious of random humans.
Since he walked away i assume he meant no harm. I thought it strange shrug.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 days ago
SincerityIsCool@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Sometimes people use that question rhetorically because it feels polite, viewing it as a small talk precursor to ease in to actually just saying what they want.
I don’t like when people use it as such, because it is insincere, poor consent practice, and low-key manipulative due to the foot in the door phenomenon .
There are tons of legitimate reasons to not be comfortable with the question. Don’t have time, bad headspace, don’t feel comfortable… If they can’t understand that, I try not to care what they think of me.
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is part of my fear.