Bookmarks from Holland Village

Haircut Day

If you’ve ever been to Holland Village lately, you’d probably have been approached by one or two flers trying to sell you something, and you might or might not have stopped to find out what they were hawking.

It was one of those days where I had a bit of time, because Naomi and I had our first haircuts for the longest time, and we were at the hair place for the longest time too. We went in some time before Chinese New Year, I think. But now we have updated hairstyles befitting the season (spring, I believe), and we were in a pretty good mood.

So.

This fler sees that I have a brand spanking new haircut and a smug look on my face because I’m looking so trendy, comes up to me and says, “excuse me sir, I’m not trying to sell you anything”, to which I say “sorry, not interested”. But because I wasn’t about to go anywhere, seeing as I had free parking for the evening thanks to the valet arrangement the hair place had with the car valet service, I listened to him tell me something about selling bookmarks to help former convicts.

“$2 a bookmark”, says Nash, the fler, “to give people like me a second chance”. So I went and gave him some money in return for all the bookmarks he had with him so he could go home and stop bothering people having a good time in the Village. Then his friend Arshad comes along and says he’s got only one bookmark left, so I give him $2 to let him go home too.

I now have a dozen bookmarks I can use, which is very good because I really hate losing the page of all the magazines and books I read halfway and never finish because I lose the page and get fed up. So what if they’re really ugly bookmarks that look like they’ve been printed from websites like 123mycodes.com, or if Nash and Arshad are simply making a quick buck and are really up to no good because I can’t find anything to do with RBC Services (which is the name printed on the bookmarks) on the net or on the brand spanking new SPH search engine, Red Neneh, that has anything to do with bookmarks and ex-convicts.

Bookmarks are useful, and those flers needed to go home and count their takings for the day.

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  1. brian Avatar

    i’ve got a friend who analyzed everything these two flers do

    from the apologetic way the say sorry for taking your time,

    don’t you have a minute (1st hook)

    it’s only $2 (small amouont, disposable to us)

    haha.. i guess you know all this already, it’s just strange when you put all the pieces together..

  2. brian Avatar

    i’ve got a friend who analyzed everything these two flers do

    from the apologetic way the say sorry for taking your time,

    don’t you have a minute (1st hook)

    it’s only $2 (small amouont, disposable to us)

    haha.. i guess you know all this already, it’s just strange when you put all the pieces together..

  3. asdf Avatar
    asdf

    whats a fler?

  4. asdf Avatar
    asdf

    whats a fler?

  5. Mr Miyagi Avatar
    Mr Miyagi

    Fellow, dude, bugger, mate, male person

  6. Mr Miyagi Avatar
    Mr Miyagi

    Fellow, dude, bugger, mate, male person

  7. Lincoln Avatar
    Lincoln

    they look pretty young to me so I never bought the bookmark.

  8. Lincoln Avatar
    Lincoln

    they look pretty young to me so I never bought the bookmark.

  9. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    I think I’ll go and talk to Nash and Arshad if I can find them. Maybe tell them their bookmarks don’t work.

  10. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    I think I’ll go and talk to Nash and Arshad if I can find them. Maybe tell them their bookmarks don’t work.

  11. Lincoln Avatar
    Lincoln

    I bought their bookmark… and I am very sure it’s a con job.

    What to report ?

  12. Lincoln Avatar
    Lincoln

    I bought their bookmark… and I am very sure it’s a con job.

    What to report ?

  13. Inigo Avatar
    Inigo

    I was approached by them many times to buy their items to “help” them out.

    I refused cos the bookmarks and tickets did not seem to have the House to House and Street Collections License number (issued by the Police Licensing Division) or exemption of fund-raising permits from National Council of Social Service.

  14. Inigo Avatar
    Inigo

    I was approached by them many times to buy their items to “help” them out.

    I refused cos the bookmarks and tickets did not seem to have the House to House and Street Collections License number (issued by the Police Licensing Division) or exemption of fund-raising permits from National Council of Social Service.

  15. Anya Avatar
    Anya

    What a bunch of lying scammers!

    Can someone report them already? Maybe post the bookmark on here? hmm

    Tired sick of these morons. I’ve emailed SPF for their lack of presence when these guys are around. Now all we need is the evidence. Grr.

  16. Anya Avatar
    Anya

    What a bunch of lying scammers!

    Can someone report them already? Maybe post the bookmark on here? hmm

    Tired sick of these morons. I’ve emailed SPF for their lack of presence when these guys are around. Now all we need is the evidence. Grr.

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  18. anya_t Avatar
    anya_t

    Every one of you who bought bookmarks–shame on you.

    You did nothing to help.

    Latest–the scammers are gone, since the last time I called the police on them after SPF emailed back and said to call them if I see them again. They said several people have complained.

    And the touting valets are gone too. People who use them or just whine about them are no more than morons like yourself.

    It's only when you take the little effort in reporting to the right people things will change.

  19. anya_t Avatar
    anya_t

    Every one of you who bought bookmarks–shame on you.

    You did nothing to help.

    Latest–the scammers are gone, since the last time I called the police on them after SPF emailed back and said to call them if I see them again. They said several people have complained.

    And the touting valets are gone too. People who use them or just whine about them are no more than morons like yourself.

    It's only when you take the little effort in reporting to the right people things will change.

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