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I was sittin' in McDonald's watchin' some scam artist tryin' sell these magnetic cushy shoe sole inserts.
I sat and watched him con twenty people over an hour outta $19.99 a pair, "We'll just call it $20 even."
He ran his scam and I watched like a hawk, how's he do it?
First he asked the people to put their hands in front of them, arms at your side, hand over hand then he pushes down on yer hands kinda and you can't keep balance, he pulls ya right to the ground nearly.
Then he has you interlock yer thumb and pointer finger when he gently tuggs your fingers come apart.
Next he has you step outta yer shoes and onto these magnetic disc built into shoe inserts.
Lo and behold, when he retried these same things, he couldn't accomplish them, everyone felt invigorated, stronger, revived.
He even demonstrates how yer strenghth is increased by tryin' to pull apart your interlocked thumbs and forefingers
Then he gives some story about the proper alignment of the body startin' with yer feet and passin' straight through yer spine, I mean it kinda sounded like it made sense, I mean the people were buyin' 'em up, handin' him money hand over fist.
He did this demo 20 times and I watched and scrutinized his every move, what was he hidin' what didn't he want people to see? This guy was polished, I mean smooth, he could talk the talk but like my old man used to say. "If it's too good to be true, it probably is."
Then I noticed it when they had their shoes on he would not push sraight down but pull toward him and then down, by pullin' you forward when you were so rigid it forced you off balance enough, it gave him the leverage he needed to push ya down, or where he grabbed ya on the arms to pull yer fingers apart, I believe the farther apart yer hands from his wrist the harder it got.
Well knowin' hi scam now I asked If I could try, I told them I was still a skeptic, by this point everyone who had already bought theirs wanted to see the skeptic converted.
I exploited all his tricks, I showed him all the things he did to scam everyone and they were all mad and demaded all their monies back, except for one old lady who felt sorry I humiliated him in public, she saidmaybe if ya believed enough. it could work, (there;'s alway one in every crowd).
People were so grateful they chipped in and bought us, (me and my daughter) lunch, while we were eatin' our comped burgers my daughter looked at me and said,(I knew you were gonna expose him, you just had that look in yer eye, like ya just had to bust someones butt.
I sat and watched him con twenty people over an hour outta $19.99 a pair, "We'll just call it $20 even."
He ran his scam and I watched like a hawk, how's he do it?
First he asked the people to put their hands in front of them, arms at your side, hand over hand then he pushes down on yer hands kinda and you can't keep balance, he pulls ya right to the ground nearly.
Then he has you interlock yer thumb and pointer finger when he gently tuggs your fingers come apart.
Next he has you step outta yer shoes and onto these magnetic disc built into shoe inserts.
Lo and behold, when he retried these same things, he couldn't accomplish them, everyone felt invigorated, stronger, revived.
He even demonstrates how yer strenghth is increased by tryin' to pull apart your interlocked thumbs and forefingers
Then he gives some story about the proper alignment of the body startin' with yer feet and passin' straight through yer spine, I mean it kinda sounded like it made sense, I mean the people were buyin' 'em up, handin' him money hand over fist.
He did this demo 20 times and I watched and scrutinized his every move, what was he hidin' what didn't he want people to see? This guy was polished, I mean smooth, he could talk the talk but like my old man used to say. "If it's too good to be true, it probably is."
Then I noticed it when they had their shoes on he would not push sraight down but pull toward him and then down, by pullin' you forward when you were so rigid it forced you off balance enough, it gave him the leverage he needed to push ya down, or where he grabbed ya on the arms to pull yer fingers apart, I believe the farther apart yer hands from his wrist the harder it got.
Well knowin' hi scam now I asked If I could try, I told them I was still a skeptic, by this point everyone who had already bought theirs wanted to see the skeptic converted.
I exploited all his tricks, I showed him all the things he did to scam everyone and they were all mad and demaded all their monies back, except for one old lady who felt sorry I humiliated him in public, she saidmaybe if ya believed enough. it could work, (there;'s alway one in every crowd).
People were so grateful they chipped in and bought us, (me and my daughter) lunch, while we were eatin' our comped burgers my daughter looked at me and said,(I knew you were gonna expose him, you just had that look in yer eye, like ya just had to bust someones butt.
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:thumbup:NICE!
, even more so when the people in the kiosks sellin' hand and nail care products come and ask , "Sir can I ask you a question?" (while tryin' to grab my hands) to which I always reply , "No and you already asked me a question without my permission.".
