You could say you used to live there and ask to have a look around.
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velvetcrimson — 10 years ago(February 01, 2016 05:29 AM)
This post is a couple of years old now, so with some luck you're an adult by now and realize that what this fantasy of yours is pretty silly. I know Clint Eastwood is a pretty cool dude but I doubt he's anything like that in reality when he answers the door. Making a citizen's arrest on random solicitors would get you sued in court if not arrested pretty quickly. Unless said person is violent and presents a clear threat. And you even suggest that you've done it several times. The local PD would hate your guts by now, and so would your lawyer.
So, for being someone who's extremely suspicious to people selling cookies you would actually believe "Hi, my name is John. I'm a CIA recruite, and my training officer asked me to be on one of these balconies in five minutes. How about fifty buck for the trouble?"?! I mean, you being a guy who invest considerable amount of time doing "full check up" of claims from beggars before you either arrest them or decide to donate. Not really sure how you check up on their claims though, you look them up on facebook and decide if the actually look sick enough? But you're telling us that you would hands down believe the CIA story?
And, for being a total badass who happily smash people with your baseball bat, you're not ashamed of letting any scum inside if they start threating you with Molotov cocktails? I mean, that if anything, would justify a citizen's arrest and even hold up as self defence in court if you indeed would assault the man with a baseball bat.
Your wannabe badass fantasies aside, I think a tiny part of being a CIA agent is not letting people know you work for the CIA. So I would say that part of the assignment was to get on the balcony without telling anyone the truth about your job. But wait until you turn 21, you can probably get a job within the CIA administration and learn more about their assignments and why secrecy is imperative for their agents. -
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Nizzemancer-1 — 10 years ago(May 02, 2015 03:30 PM)
I'd knock on the door and say that I bet my friend I could get onto a balcony in the building within 5 minutes and if they let me out there I'll give them half.
Then I'd give them a couple of bucks for their trouble.
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itz_theo — 10 years ago(June 12, 2015 02:00 PM)
I'd say " Hello I'm the director of photography for a movie production team and would like to have a glance of the place from the balcony for a scene. If it isn't much trouble".
Its not about knowing. You can never really know someone. Its really about trust. - Richard Castle
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janos-schumacher — 10 years ago(March 10, 2016 10:52 AM)
Just say: "I'm sorry, and this may seem an odd request, but I just need to take a picture from your balcony of the "blank" across the street for marketing purposes."
"I'll be in and out in 5 minutes."
If that doesn't work, plead and say "I just need to get this shot, feel free to stand at the door and you can hold my wallet." "I just really need this shot and it's my only option."
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Jaguar_001 — 9 years ago(April 13, 2016 08:15 PM)
In German; Hello Sir. This might sound really odd but my friend bet me $100 that I couldn't find a way to talk someone in this building to show me the view from their balcony. I really need the money. If I give you $20 would be help me out on this?
620,000 whites died to free black slaves and not a single thank you yet.