About 25 years ago I visited Monument Valley. You could drive round if you wanted, but parts of the roads needed a 4 wheel – and a good 4 wheel. All of the tour trucks were out, but I wanted the full tour. I asked around and an old Navaho was found that could take me in his off road vehicle.
He didn’t speak much English, but he gave me a fantastic personal tour. When I got back he found enough English to suggest a tip was needed. I asked him what the usual was. He said 100%. He was scamming me. But I thought, we have scammed them so much in the past why shouldn’t’ he scam me back?
As an aside you can hear a little bit about our scamming on BBC world service (or buy the book with the name of the programmes.
Today I had another scam phone call. I spent a couple of minutes telling the scammer that their brain would fry from the radiation their mobile phone gave out before the phone went dead.
So it got me to thinking – how about a competition for March – see who can keep a scammer on the phone for longest? I’ll buy a cream egg for the winner.