[BigPoppa]

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I was in Montreal last weekend, walking around downtown. a normal dressed woman stopped me and said "do you speak English?"

after I said yes, she said "well, me and my family are stuck, and we just need some help..."

anyways that was a good opener, but obv. wouldn't work everywhere

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There's a Bosnian woman who walks around the most touristy part of Ku'Damm here in Berlin with her kid and does this. If people say they speak English, she gives them a laminated piece of paper that has her tale of woe written on it. I guess it's a good way to target tourists. Feel bad for the kid, being used as a prop all day every day so Mom can scam money from foreigners.