I was at the Blue Route Shopping Centre and was looking at my cell-phone and not concentrating. I was approached by a young gentleman from the Deja Vu Dead Sea Minerals stall in the Centre. I normally make a conscious point of avoiding the people who try to attract your attention with samples and flyers at these stalls, but was caught off guard and drawn into conversation. The gentlman took aggressive sales techniques to a whole new level.
In spite of my protestations that I wasn't interested and was in a hurry to get to an appointment, he grabbed my arm and sat me down. He kept touching me and although I kept trying to leave he kept saying just one more minute. I did not want to be rude, but he was really bullying me. When I told him - truthfully- that I do not have a credit card or bank account as I do not work, he accused me of lying. I eventually managed to get away after about 20 minutes.
When I passed by him again about half an hour later he approached me again. I said to him that we had already spoken. He replied that he knew I had money.
This sort of tactic is disgusting and the stalls should not be allowed into shopping centres.
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