Why the Daz doorstep challenge is fundamentally flawed

Would you swap two of your old pack for one of the new one?

The answer's always going to be 'no' because people are suspicious. They're going to wonder what you know, what's wrong with the new pack that you're trying to bribe you with two old ones.

It's like when someone says 'Here, smell this', the immediate answer should be 'NO!' because whatever it is they want you to take a whiff of, it's not going to be anything you'd want to smell. Unfortunately the phrase 'Here, smell this' is usually accompanied by them squashing whatever pongy item it is into your face, so you don't have a choice whether you want to smell it or not.

If someone offers you something, they've always got a reason. There was a Canadian kid when I was at school, when he first moved over here, the other kids in our class would offer to swap him pennies for his pound coins, it's an offer which he should have been able to deduce was dodgy from the start. Never accept anything strangers offer you!

I say this because I was a particularly guillable kid and fell foul to many stupid tricks. Another prime example is you should never comply if someone say 'Close your eyes and open your mouth'. DON'T DO IT!! I recall once having a pair of pants stuck in my mouth. And that's not nice.

So the Daz doorstep challenge is always going to be flawed, if they're right thinking people, they're going to be suspicious, and no-one will ever say yes.

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