Comments on: The 3 types of Pakistani beggars you should be wary of

By: jatin

jatin — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:10:09 +0000

I guess when the entire piece of misfortune called Pakistan survives just by begging what is the point of blaming a few bunch of sorry looking humpbags that are nothing but a pathetic version of their richer counterparts – paki government and army.

If you wanna save your country, make sure the alms collected by your rich beggars are put to good use.

By: kamran

kamran — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:34:18 +0000

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By: confinedwisdom

confinedwisdom — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:03:18 +0000

That’s what happens, they want cash. It’s such a shame, they do it with family in tow.

By: Aamir

Aamir — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:59:10 +0000

Hi,
Just a weekback i comeacross 2nd situation “The stranded tourist family”.
I was about to get into my car and i heard a horn.
when i turned I saw a man who wanted me to listen to him.
he was with his wife and kids and he said i am running short of petrol in my car,i need money for petrol. since i didnot know what to do at that time i told him to follow me to the petrol station so i can pay for the petrol. but he insisted me to pay him cash.
i didnot agree and requested him again to follow me.
than he followed my car for few meters and suddenly he got disappeared… ….

By: Noman Ali

Noman Ali — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:21:28 +0000

Wow, man… not only do you hate these bastards more than I do, you actually go ahead and try to cash in on their fake misfortunes. Well said. And come to think of it, I have actually had one encounter with the paintings of verses. I was such a dork back then, I actually bought two because his back story was about a sick mother, and let’s face it, that’s the ultimate hook!

By: Tabarak Razvi

Tabarak Razvi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:11:12 +0000

Unfortunately Nomes, I’ve met all three types in questions. And I have been duped by all three (albeit a long time ago). That was back in the day when I truly believed in Karma and just didnt want any shit headed my way just because I wanted to save a few lousy bucks.

The Oman/Abu Dhabi family scam is genius I have to admit. That was the very first one that got me. Though I consider it a cheap lesson in life (cost me Dhs 50).

One other way to get rid of them is the counter dupe. Completely empathize and sympathize with their story. Even fight back a few tears if you can manage that. Now here’s the hook : he will offer to return the money to you because he’s an honest person and can’t accept donations. Agree with him and say that’s a great idea.

Now that you’ve got him in your cross-hairs ask to see some form of I.D. (tell him you need to make sure he’s legit). He will hand over something seriously legit (like a labor card, or driver’s license – one guy even gave me his passport) because by now he can smell my money.

Promptly pocket the I.D. and hand over 50 bucks. Tell him when he returns the money you will return his I.D. Wish him luck and start walking off.

I did this to one Pakistani cock who came from Abu Dhabi. He handed me his passport (the sorry shit) and then had to spend the better part of the next one hour begging me to get it back. I sold it back to him for Dhs 100. He had to go through his ‘wife’s’ bag and come up with loose change to make up the extra 50 I was asking for. Needless to say he drove away faster than Superman!

There’s another type I’ve encountered as well : he’s the mutated version of the Quranic verse seller. The verses in questions are, I admit, beautifully painted on these A4 size-ish art cards. The seller in question claims to have painted these. So not only does he come across as shit-out-of-luck he’s also got this serious talent that no one appreciates. The double whammy!

Do this only if you have the time and some resources. I was lucky enough to encounter this artist under my building. So the moment he said he was the painter I urged him to wait and ran upstairs and grabbed an armful of my daughter’s art supplies.

As I handed them over to him I asked him to do me a fresh one. He looked up with this hurt expression (obviously upset that I wouldn’t believe him) and started to walk away. I told him if he didn’t make me this fresh painting I would beat the living fuck out of him (I’m a big motherfucker and not scared to plant one if needed). Also remember they like to do this in back alleys and back entrances so that CID doesnt catch them. It’s, therefore, quite convenient for you if you want to pound them into the ground because you also dont want CID catching you, right?

Anyway so I grabbed the miscreant in question and said I would sit there all night (he said it would take hours to do a nice one). The alternative to that was getting my size 12 shoe up his fucking ass. It took him 45 minutes to get away from me. But only after I told him he had to pay me Dhs 50 for wasting my time. I came out richer of the two from the encounter.

Of course, if he can paint give him the 50 bucks. Who cares? But my money says he’ll have trouble doing stick figures.