Strangers' Things

"My father was killed by a tree." That was awesome! I wish that I was there to see their reaction.

Gav sounded genuinely disappointed that he didn't get to do the thing that most people avoid like the plague....

The tree with Gavin's hair! Which RTAA was that in?

i always die at " My father was killed by a tree.." 

Gus sounds so serious and sad. 

One time in front of my university, there were people raising awarness/seeking donations to help deaf-mutes... The only problem was that those same were deaf-mutes themselves, and the way they approached/communicated with you was to pull at your arm, tap their clipboard and then do what I assume was sign language. Far as I could tell there was no one there to interpet what they were saying.

Bold strategy, I guess. They can't hear your excuses so the only way to say 'no' is to simply ignore them in public.

Can we make "My Father was killed by a tree" an official Rooster Teeth Meme?

the guy at the beginning had boxes in his hands that said dildos, i think i find that funnier than the tree line.

One time some spirit walkers came to my door to ask my opinion on the state of the world and if I knew that Jesus alone could save it. I irately replied something to the effect of, "The universe has been in motion longer than we as a species has existed; if a meteor is headed for us, I doubt it cares which Church we're giving money to."

Nice folks, despite their inclination to knock on my door in order to try and sell me something.

Last summer when I was in Austin for RTX I was also approached by these people, but as soon as I mentioned I wasn't from the US, they lost interest. They did stay nice, though. 
But that's the best way to decline them, just tell them/yell at them that you're not from the US. 

As a linguistics and foreign languages student, I have a bit of an upper hand in these situations. If someone approaches me and I really don't want to deal with them, I'll pick a language I know they won't understand (e.g. Hebrew, Swahili, Xhosa, Romanian, etc.) and just berate the crap out of them. At one point, I was in downtown Seattle and someone approached me about adopting children from the Angola region of Africa, and I yelled at them for 5 straight minutes in Yoruba about how bringing a child from Angola to Seattle would be a drastic and psychologically traumatic experience due to the stark differences between the cultures and societies. I then went on to explain to the person how they were the reason I wouldn't adopt a child from another continent because they would have to interact with assholes like him who make a living advertising children.

He was a nice guy. I felt a little bad about how confused he looked at the beginning, but he was a good sport. TO CLARIFY: I SUPPORT ADOPTION FROM NATIONS THAT HAVE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS. I just needed an excuse to have a little fun.

I have worked for oxfam

Pretty much any person out on the streets asking for you to sign up or subscribe has to memorise a huge speech that they wrote themselves and it has to hit key words and phrases and pretty much be word perfect every time they say it.

Now of course, i'm not defending them, it may interest anyone to know that about 1 in 3 people actually give a shit about what they are saying. others are in it for the money. like i was.

for comparison, at the time, minimum wage (UK) was £5.13 per hour. People doing this get £8 an hour, plus travel costs, plus commission, so in theory could be walking away from a 6-8 hour shift have earned £90-£100 for the day.

That said, if they don't meet a quota (at least 5 people in a 7 day working week) you do get fired immediately.

Just some fun facts. but to people who are ruthlessly evil like myself. you allow them to break into their speech, in the business it is called a spiel, they will always end it with an energetic and engaging question. Then say no. 3:-D

I realised i got off on a tangent on someones comment there. sorry monkey  

Oh if only I had the balls that Gus has.