"Can i follow you?"

From the moment you walk in a store, you have someone following you. They dont ask if they can help you, they just stand next to you and watch every single move you make. In the beginning it really got on my nerves. Now i just try to tell them im just looking and if they would please go back to what they were doing.

It is a bit frustrated sometimes, because I honestly think they would sell more if they would change a bit of their selling technics.

For example everywhere in Angkor Wat there are children selling stuff. And they are good! One of them could count untill ten in five different languages. Ow u are from Belgium, capital Brussel, één twee drie vier... For a child of 8 her english was perfect. And she was original. Ok lady we play OXO, if i win you buy! I said no because affcourse she was gonna win, she probably does that every single day. In the end she won one game, i won a game. (its just a matter of who starts the game).

So its just a real basic marketing principle. Just be orginial. In the end not a lot of people will just leave the girl with nothing. I had some healthy cookies before to give to them, but i run out, so thought of giving her my labello.. But then again?? So gave her a dollar in the end.

I know in Phnom Phen we shouldnt give the children money in order to change the system, but the kids at Angkor Wat do go to school halve days. (at least that is what they told me).

Same happened with a kid selling paintings. And by now i have art enough to decorate my entire house later! But i was just godsmacked by him. He was just so enthusiastic, telling me all about these paintings. He would make a really good salesman.

And offcourse, like Joke allready pointed out on facebook, I am an easy victime... At home we see poor children too, but not all the time. Here they are everywhere. And it does break your heart every single time you have to say no.