Department stores
...shouldn't be allowed to place the perfume section at the main entrance. It's essentially a form of low-grade chemical warfare, designed to render patrons insensible and more likely to spend €75 on a shirt upon which they wouldn't piss under normal circumstances.
I was accosted by some fundraising English girl on O'Connell Street the other day and made the fatal mistake of catching her eye at a point when I could no longer feasibly divert from my path. She saw me look away, and approached with the gambit "I know you're trying to avoid me...", to which I responded "Well spotted" and kept walking, leaving her guffawing in my wake. I felt a bit guilty about that, she DID address me as "sir" and also had a nice laugh. No idea what she was collecting for, though.
I was accosted by some fundraising English girl on O'Connell Street the other day and made the fatal mistake of catching her eye at a point when I could no longer feasibly divert from my path. She saw me look away, and approached with the gambit "I know you're trying to avoid me...", to which I responded "Well spotted" and kept walking, leaving her guffawing in my wake. I felt a bit guilty about that, she DID address me as "sir" and also had a nice laugh. No idea what she was collecting for, though.