A Tiny Confession

February 13th, 2004

There are many, many Big Issue sellers in this town, but each chooses, on the first day on the job, one line from a very very short list to repeat over and over in an attempt to draw punters. “Buy the Big Issue, help the homeless,” is the most common, but my favourite is the pleading “Big Issue, please?” On hearing that, I’ve always wanted to pull out a copy, say “here you go,” and charge him a pound.

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