So that time of year again...

[StormCMage]

methinks I am online shopping for all my gifts this year, I don't like random people touching me, I will scream I will hit someone and my husband will see me crying cause I thought a crazy man was gonna hurt me

also watch out for the massage people, they have tools of evil on them, pure evil I say (and its real hard to run in a crowded shopping mall)

[kiwiwinelover]

*whine*Now there's lotion on my magazine...*whine*

Now if you were a guy, I would've said,

yea, like its the first time thats happened

I HAVE A FILTHY, FILTHY MIND!!!!

[KellyHabersham]

I usually pretend that I'm on my cell phone, or have my iPod on when I'm walking past the kiosks in a mall.......most of the time I don't get bothered by the salespeople, but there've been times when the person tried to engage me in conversation anyhow. The worst was when I was visibly gagging and had my hand over my mouth because i was trying not to throw up until I could at least get to trash can, and one of the guys at a cell phone kiosk insisted on trying to give me a sales pitch.

[TheSnakeLady]

On the subject of perfume, the following historical ingredient makes me even less fond of the stuff:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris

Can you imagine wearing something made from aged whale poop as a fragrance?

[blas]

We have all those clowns around here, too. And the survey people. Ye gads. People whose job it is to walk around and stalk mall customers and get them to take a "quick" (actually, very long) survey and get paid money (ohh....$5....big deal). Then they try to talk you into another. And another.

My friend fell victim to it once. I see someone with a clipboard, I go the other way, and if they try to "Excuse me ma'ame, ma'ame, do you have a moment?" and follow me, I will tell them to get the frack away. Did you not see me look away from you and walk faster in the OTHER direction?

[Sheldonrs]

This happened to me for the 1st time last year. It bugged the hell out of me that some stranger would just grab my hand and put some lotion on me without my permission.
I just gave him an angry look, told him that I usually only use lotion as lube and if he ever did that to me again, i would show him exactly how that works.

[Moggie]

"But it's all natural!"

"So is snake venom, vomit, and peyote. Do you see me rubbing that stuff all over?"

[Hotfoot]

I've run into two so far, and they are VERY persistent. Fortunately, I am stubborn as a mule. However, if they had ever tried to touch me or rub lotion on me, they would note my extreme displeasure.

As for "all natural"...well, I've got some stool I'm very sure is all natural, why don't they try rubbing that all over themselves and see how that works out for them.

At least it's not as bad as "No Chemicals!" That drives me up a wall, since technically speaking everything is made up of chemical compounds, man-made or not. It's...Chemistry!

[Chromatix]

Didn't I read somewhere tat "asault" is if they yell at you, and "battery" is if they touch you? Or something like that.

If they caused an alergic reaction, that culd easily be ABH (Actual Bodily Harm).

Fortunately, the sales jockeys over here are nowhere near that pushy.

[Fenrus]

Didn't I read somewhere tat "asault" is if they yell at you, and "battery" is if they touch you? Or something like that.

Taken from ExpertLaw.com

Assault
An assault invoves:

1. An intentional, unlawful threat or "offer" to cause bodily injury to another by force;
2. Under circumstances which create in the other person a well-founded fear of imminent peril;

Where there exists the apparent present ability to carry out the act if not prevented.
Note that an assault can be completed even if there is no actual contact with the plaintiff, and even if the defendant had no actual ability to carry out the apparent threat. For example, a defendant who points a realistic toy gun at the plaintiff may be liable for assault, even though the defendant was fifty feet away from the plaintiff and had no actual ability to inflict harm from that distance.

Battery
A battery is the willful or intentional touching of a person against that person’s will by another person, or by an object or substance put in motion by that other person. Please note that an offensive touching can constitute a battery even if it does not cause injury, and could not reasonably be expected to cause injury. A defendant who emphatically pokes the plaintiff in the chest with his index finger to emphasize a point may be culpable for battery (although the damages award that results may well be nominal). A defendant who spits on a plaintiff, even though there is little chance that the spitting will cause any injury other than to the plaintiff's dignity, has committed a battery.

So the assault is the intent and offer to attack, the battery is the attack itself.

[Chromatix]

So a surprise lotioning would indeed count as battery, especially given the non-trivial chance of triggering a severe allergic reaction.

[JustADude]

So the assault is the intent and offer to attack, the battery is the attack itself.

So a surprise lotioning would indeed count as battery, especially given the non-trivial chance of triggering a severe allergic reaction.

Indeed.


Oddly though, from the way I read that, the lotion rubbing would be Battery WITHOUT Assault. There was no actual threat or hostile, fear-inducing actions, but contact was made without consent.

[Fenrus]

Well, technically, it'd be Assault under the second definition, the INTENT is there, so I believe they'd take the intent to battery as an assault charge as well...

Though I don't believe they'd really consider a drive-by lotioning true assault...

[smileyeagle1021]

you know, I have ONCE, and only ONCE bought anything from those kiosks... it was for all natural aloe lotion (pure aloe, no artificial additives )... and do you know why I bought that... because I needed aloe for my poor frost bitten hands (this is when I worked outside at the airport during the winter), and *gasp* the kiosk person was respectful, she waited until after I made eye contact and started walking towards the kiosk before starting her sales pitch, she was very polite, and when I told her that I'd think about it (because while it was very high quality, it was also very expensive), she wished me a good day and thanked me for my time... and guess what, mostly because of how the salesperson acted I decided to go back to purchase the lotion... now if only the rest of these kiosk sales people would learn that

[Jackofalltrades]

We have the same problems here in Mass. But mostly its with political affiliations. The DNC people have been out in force with their "Do you have a minute for Obama?" I simply tell them that I have already donated.

And for the record I donated $20 in August.

The LaRouche people are the worst. Wiki it if you are unclear. They are f*cking nuts! At one point I saw them chasing a woman down the street to "give" her their "literature". I have straight-up told one of them to "Go F*ck themselves" b/c 1. I was on my iPod 2. I was waiting to cross the street 3. I said 'No' three times and he got more and more persistent. I even had one try to stop me while I was on my skateboard.

My favorite LaRouchie moment was when I went to an Obama rally earlier this year. A lone, disillusioned LaRouchie was attempting to get people to leave by saying LaRouche is the true candidate, and Obama was a terrorist. She got completely schooled by a crowd of 20,000 people who were avid Obama supporters. She almost cried she was yelled at so much.