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"Excuse sir/madam would you happen to have the time or should I just go f... myself"
I don't understand the point of this question. Please elaborate on why the way you would ask a New Yorker is any different than the way you would ask anyone else.
I don't understand the point of this question. Please elaborate on why the way you would ask a New Yorker is any different than the way you would ask anyone else.
Well, since you are asking, while the watch on your wrist and the cell phone in your hand, are in plain view, expect the later.
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Streetwise tip:
Who today does not have a wristwatch, cellphone, or other such electronic device on them 24/7?
Virtually NOBODY!
So, if someone approaches you asking the time, just keep walking.
Asking for the time is the oldest setup there is.
And what setup might that be? There are elderly people who do not have cell phones and do tend to forget their watch. Not all tourists travel with their cell phones and lots of people just don't like wearing a watch.
Also I know many people who have no wristwatch and whose cell phones have on occasion been battery dead.... I have been asked the time before very innocently (though rarely), and not in any special fashion, and if I heard them, I simply told them the time...
The kind where they pull out the knife and/or the gun, while you stupidly stop and take your eyes off the predator.
The kind where the partner steps out of the shadows and grabs you from behind, while you stupidly stare at your wrist or shuffle for your cell phone.
The kind where you get 'boxed in' while, again, you stupidly take your eyes 'off the street'.
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There are elderly people who do not have cell phones and do tend to forget their watch. Not all tourists travel with their cell phones and lots of people just don't like wearing a watch.
You have just described: Victims!
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Jfyi, there are a HOST of ways to determine the time w/o having to ask anyone. Just like in the wild, predators take advantage of the idiotic behavior of Prey. The way to keep from becoming a victim is to not behave like one.
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There are elderly people who do not have cell phones and do tend to forget their watch. Not all tourists travel with their cell phones and lots of people just don't like wearing a watch.
You have just described: Victims!
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When a 12 year old kid on the subway on the way to school asks me for the time (happened this morning), I don't really feel like a victim for giving him the time. His response was "thanks, my phone died" ....
There are situations that I would ignore hearing someone ask and keep walking, of course... But there are situations where it is legitimate and barely takes a second of time.
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