Stranger Danger

On Saturday i went out with a friend to see the sights of London. After deciding that we would not go to London Dungeons (although it is really fun- I've been 3 times recently), i thought it would be nice, awkward but nice, to give the 2:4:1 vouchers i had to some family in the queue.

I did know that it would be hard, but never predicted that it would be so very awkward that i felt like i had been caught doing something very wrong by a teacher and went so red the traffic near by should have stopped.

So i found my first 'needy' family- a dad and son who said they had no discount voucher and welcomed the one from me. They saved £20. i like to think that they had a slap up meal afterwards in celebration (but not one that cost more than £20!)

Next family, yes they could use one. Bit of confusion, but yes. They saved £20.

Then the scary London Dungeon lady came over and said, 'you're not selling them are you?' in a voice that very much meant, you are in trouble for selling them. I professed very quickly and profusely that 'no i wasn't', and then in desperation declared that she should ask the people themselves. Why is it unbelievable to think that someone might give away their 2:4:1 Tesco's vouchers that would expire next week, if they were passing by the attraction. Well, the scary lady, probably scared away by my unbelievable degree of flustering went away and i continued (1 voucher to go).

However....... NO ONE else would touch the voucher, everyone said they were sorted and didn't need a voucher. They did, but the lady scared them off and i looked like some weird despero who had been caught trying to rip them off. In the end i got so embarrassed and desperate that i had to give up and walk off with the voucher burried deep in my pocket.

I think you need a healthy degree of scepticism and suspicion of nice deals for nothing, but if they had of taken that dangerous little piece of paper they could have read it for themselves and decided whether to use it or not. At least it would have replicated the nice gesture i was so desperately trying to make.

I am still embarrassed now. I feel like i tried to hug the world, and it just ran away screaming; with everyone else watching.