This weekend I was out in the Ximen Ding area of Taipei to see Shrek 4 (like the others it was pretty good). It was there that I inadvertently learned how to surprise a Taiwanese female high school student.
In public areas in Taiwan students will often stand there with clear boxes asking for your receipts. Each time you buy things there is a standard numbered receipt and the number on the receipt is put into a lottery style drawing. So the kids are there to collect them for whatever cause they support. They will stand there and say in unison their pitch and ask you to give them your receipts.
As I walked by one group of two students in an especially crowded area they started their pitch in unison and a little too close to me (~2 feet away). I snapped my head around to see the source of the sudden intrusion. When I looked at them they stopped cold for a few seconds then mumbled (that's the best word I can think of for it as they said it at a normal speed and volume but they were just saying gibberish) the rest of the line before breaking into nervous giggles.
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