begging tips...on champs elysee

this will not be one my usually long and somewhat serious posts, so if this is what you are looking for, you light not want to read on.

unlike in most european countries i have been to, begging in france is an active activity. it is not at all about standing in the corner of a store, a market or a metro station, but rather about going out there actively to explain people the reasons why the situation has some about and why should should they be particularly touched by the beggar's particular story as opposed to that of competitors. i have gotten quite used to this sort of a strategy in the paris metro. bonjour madames et messieurs, je suis au chomâge...i can say i have heard this a few times before.
yesterday i have, however heard a new and i have to admit, a rather creative one - i was stopped to ask whether my phone can be borrowed to call the police. how nice of him, really, he was even taking the responsibility to call the police, after i am assuming he took off with my phone. now here i must give credit where it's due, this was not the usual chomâge story...
voila...some creativity lessons for all of us boring people out there
bon dimanche