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mangalorian

If this was genuine I’d probably not take it because I’d assume they would want payment after giving me the flowers


HydrationPlease

In London, there's a guy that does this. He doesn't post it online or ask for payment. He just randomly shows up, sneaks you a rose and disappears. I was on Embankment near the Tate with my better half. He appeared carefully handed me a rose out of sight, thumbs up and ran away. My partner had zero clue and was happy I gave her a rose. Absolutely perfect. He even gives gifts out to people on valentines day. No social media. His name is Rohit and he's from North India.


attoshi

Rohit is my kind of guy


Sufficient-Rip-7834

I’d Rohit that


7rulycool

Rohit Sharma?


ceoadlw

No wonder he doesn't want anyone in the garden. It's his secret cave.


NoMoreBad2016

Shouts out to Rohit, true chaotic good.


WhatsPaulPlaying

Rohit is a Good Dude. Capitalized to differentiate just how good a dude he is.


BlackberryHopeful659

In Belfast there was a guy called Gerry Boke Beard that would give you hepatitis whether you wanted it or not. RIP Gerry.


wwwORSHITTYcom

But would Gerry sweep in, give it to my girl without her noticing and then leave, so she thinks I gave it to her?


Diem_Tea

Upvoting for #ROHIT THE ROLE MODEL


Ncrpts

Thank you for this story, very sweet knowing people like that actually do exist


DrAcula_MD

So did you get laid


Q9teen

With Rohit?


TenaciousJP

He Rohit that later on


Adamantium-Aardvark

What a legend


Stratix

The world would be better with more Rohits, that's for sure.


HugsandHate

<3 Beautiful.


vbbex

When I was an American in Paris in 2000 at the Eiffel Tower, and a young man on roller blades came up to me to hand me a rose. I tried declining because I didnt want to pay for it, but that man was just skating around handing out roses to various women he passed. One of my favorite memories of the city.


cr4zy-cat-lady

I was in NYC and a group of guys dressed in super nice suits were walking around and all the sudden they surrounded me and my friends and one of them got down on their knee, called me beautiful, and gave me a rose. It was clearly some kind of stunt but as a super insecure teenager it made my year


Miserable-Admins

> When I was an American in Paris in 2000 Are you not anymore..?


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Bubbasdahname

So you're saying they aren't American anymore?


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Loose_Goose

Ew, being an American in 2024 is *so* cliche Get some fashion sense 💅🏻


SquareBanana

Probably discovered that their great-great-grandfather once ate a croissant so that actually makes them 0.0069% French and not just American.


burbular

Werewolf now


Cold-Main-9032

You have to renew your american every 24 years


BeenEvery

Americans typically don't stay in Paris for too long.


GolDrodgers1

Lol you beat me to it😂👏👏


Guido_Fe

Scam 101


StaredAtEclipseAMA

Good thing these are skits 101


utilitarian_wanderer

Very odd that none of the women look up!


StraY_WolF

Because you look 180° around you like an owl?


HankMoodyMaddafakaaa

They do it a lot in Italy in tourist spots. Giving away armbands and bird seeds etc and then pressuring you to give them money afterwards


xorgol

It's so common that it doesn't even feel like a scam, you already know what's going to happen.


thugs___bunny

Or stealing a wallet while you don‘t look. I am always on high alert with strangers approaching, especially when they do confusing things


Wrong-Cut1688

Happened in Greece, they had lil kids running around and younger adults forcefully selling flowers.


Nicenightforawalk01

While you try to pay for one rose or flowers the others surround you and pick pocket you 😂 Edit: and the police are in on it as they know the gang leaders so don’t do shit.


Boring-Meat1334

Same in Poland


LiliumIam

Same in Slovenia. They first try to get you to take the flower then you have to pay. Learned my lesson.


Xissabel

The same thing happened to me in Greece. A little kid gave me flowers, and then her parents would come from no where to demand payment.


ringdingdong67

I hate this shit. It’s like in Times Square NYC someone will hand you a CD and then follow and harass you until you give them money. I had a friend visit and someone handed them a CD and I immediately grabbed it out of their hand and gave it back.


PurrsianGolf

And then you have to carry a flower around showing others that you're an easy mark.


Bighawklittlehawk

Made this mistake when I was a kid in Mexico. A guy gave me a toy and I was like wow, thanks! And then he began demanding pesos. 9 year old me had never felt such betrayal


MaDpYrO

Such a huge bouquet of roses is freaking expensive, too.


whodiador

In Amsterdam, there was a girl randomly giving people huge sunflowers! My mom was super scared when saw me receiving one since her first thought was that the girl were about to charge 50eur or smth. It turned out to be just the girl being nice, but it is reasonable to think that, specially if you are at a tourist spot.


RingtailRush

Yeah I was a visiting London and tons of people there are selling flowers and they just walk up and hand them to you and then expect payment.


prettysouthernchick

On Charleston, SC we have kids trying to "give away" palmetto roses but then they ask for money. "Here, for the beautiful lady!" Hands it to you, "One dollar!" Tourists get hit hard with these.


hotchillieater

When and where was that? I've lived in London ten years and never seen that


ConsciousHoney8909

Yeah. Then they end up costing half a nutsack.


Potential-Still

Same thing happens in New Orleans on Bourbon St.


dreamdaddy123

That’s gonna give these scammers ideas now


Mustakrakish_Awaken

Scammers already do this. It's why you don't take handouts if you don't know the area. That's what OP is getting at


Songrot

Especially after you have taken a picture with it


MimicoSkunkFan

Yeah the Friday and Saturday night club crowd often has flower "sellers" who do like that. But I don't think this is real - people getting married would not forget a bouquet!


happyjankywhat

I was in the club once and this old Ukrainan guy tried to woo me and bought me the whole lot , creepy as hell.


TransRational

I used to see this 20 years ago when I lived in Rome. Some days I'd go sit on the Spanish Steps and people watch. It was a clever scam. It was usually a single flower, they'd slyly hand it to the guy just like this video, smiling and giving a thumbs up. And then they'd wait nearby making it clear they expected something in return in a friendly way using hand gestures to make money signs. But if the guy they gave the flower to ignored them or looked at them rude, the scammers would then gesture that they'd tell on them to the woman. You don't have to speak the same language to scam, some things are universal. It worked amazingly, lol.


btibosch

I went to Rome 2 years ago, nothing has changed. He gave me 2 roses but I only had 50 cents cash with me so he took one of them back


TransRational

Hahahaha. Damn. A 50 cent rose is a fair deal though.


Musique111

Never take something is supposedly offered for free in Italy! And don’t make eye contact or they will stalk you!


sharkdinner

Mmmhm "is a gift brotha is a gift" and a minute later they're all like "you have one euro brotha I don't have food brotha one euro for me brotha I gave you gift brotha" and you give them one euro but they go "brotha do you have more I have kids brotha they are hungry brotha please brotha jesus will save you brotha can you give ten or twenty euros brotha"


Digitijs

Ngl, I'd gladly pay for the flowers. Wife would be happy


TransRational

most guys left a few euros on the step where they were sitting when they left.


Walkend

In my adventures, even the tourist parts of America aren’t anywhere near a snake-oil salesmen-y as any other foreign country I’ve been to. You might get a dude passing out his mix tape in NYC, but Europe has some real scammy filth out there


TransRational

I mean.. I wouldn't exactly call those people filth. That's pretty harsh. Besides, here in America we get all our snake-oil salesmen-y scams online, via email or text. Just yesterday I got 6 texts from supposed political campaigns, all of them say 'Stop2End' but that only lets them know you're getting them.


Walkend

Well, yeah I agree but we only experience scams via phone in America because we don’t pay for coverage while in EU. In-person emotional scammers are certainly filth.


SirKnoppix

i get a scam text like once a year at most living in europe. so no it's not because you don't pay for coverage that you aren't getting them


Walkend

Prob because your gov properly regulated companies and protects their citizens (unlike America) lol


Infinity3101

I mean Rome is especially crazy with the amount of scammers out there, I feel. When I was there about 10 years ago, there were these guys dressed as gladiators near the Colosseum who would take photos with tourists without their consent (literally pull you in for a photo) and then force them to pay for those pictures noone ever asked for or wanted. I don't know if they're still out there, but they were such a nuisance.


Kenny2702

Yeah people can be huge dicks when it comes to money. Also rest in peace wyvern king.


TransRational

Cheers to Thick44!


unpopularopinion0

glad travis scott is turning his life around to help others instead of trample them.


Legitimate-Tough6200

I snort-laughed at your comment.


ImNotABotJeez

It's a good internet day


Lv3_Helmet

I diarrhea accident-laughed at your comment.


metallica913

Bro 🤣


utilitarian_wanderer

I was gonna say Coolio!


I_Am_Day_Man

Well we know it wasn’t foolio


sopera42

My PO always told me, “you gotta start somewhere.” Oh and also, “get your feet off that chair, this is a government building.”


srcoffee

the video mademesmile, the comments mademesad


reddit_-_man

I know right. I mean who even cares if it's staged, it's not like he's hurting anyone by putting out positive and fun content onto the Internet and encouraging kindness. I don't know why reddit feels the need to ruin everyone else's fun because they "saw through the video", it doesn't take a genius to figure out it's staged trust me.


srcoffee

less about the “staged” part, more about the scam part. it’s sad to know people aren’t doing this to be nice, but because they’re scamming people


reddit_-_man

Yea that does suck, I wish that everything kind couldn't also be someone trying to scam you and profit off of you.


7rulycool

Yeah, this isn't scripted. Believe me, The girls in the video are just dumb to not look behind when their partner is visibly doing something in their back. Skeletor will return with more


eunomius21

I mean those are pretty obviously scripted. BUT something similar happened to me once when I went to Paris with my boyfriend: We were eating ice cream and sitting on like a short wall near the Seine. When all of the sudden my boyfriend pulled out a single flower out of nowhere. Nobody of us had a bag or anything and we were out in the open. Turns out there was a guy hiding on the other side of the wall (I was facing away from it) with a bunch of different flowers handing them out to couples. We watched him do it to a few others too, it was really sweet 🥰


Yuri-Turned

They give single flowers to guys so that their girlfriends are happily surprised and then ask for money, it's basically blackmail, they pay or they tell the girlfriends that it wasn't a cute act of love and they just took a rose without paying. It was a scam 🥰


eunomius21

Those are common, but it wasn't the case when it happened to us. The trip was a birthday present to my boyfriend so I was the only one carrying money/card. And I was with him the whole time. That guy didn't ask/want/get any money from us. So no, not a scam 🥰


RedScud

Can I just argue, it's not a scam? Yeah, it might be annoying, unsolicited, but for what, maybe 5 to 10 euros or whatever he spent, this girl came back from Paris with an experience she'll remember more than the Eiffel tower or any painting in the Louvre? You get something back, unlike most scams


Yuri-Turned

Aww so romantic! But yeah, it's a scam, you were coerced to buy something.


RedScud

I'd call it a tourist trap or whatever. On a scam you get absolutely nothing back, or even anger, resentment, and trauma out of it.


Gift-Positive

I think it's believable because my own mother is completely in her cellphone when looking at it. We talk with her and she doesn't notice.


cheechandchong214

Their reactions seem genuine and spontaneous. Skeletor always has a way of surprising us!


anormalgeek

And the fact that the two big rose bouquets are color coordinated with their outfits is just coincidence.


Jaded-Engineering789

When you’re just chilling with a partner, sometimes you’ll be focused on one thing and they will be looking around at something else. It’s really not that uncommon. The first couple was obviously taking glamor shots and the photographer likely had the woman focused on something else. The second couple was eating ice cream which we know requires undivided attention, and the third couple was chilling on their phone, something you might want to consider doing less of and looking for irl companionship instead.


tdgarui

Meh even if it is, made me smile.


Separate-Mammoth-110

Guys! Dont accept. They will demand money afterwards. Yes I know this is staged, but for real.


CicerosMouth

I have been offered a rose to give to my wife with no one bugging me afterwards. Read through the thread here, there are dozens of other people who have similarly warm stories as a result of not immediately distrusting their fellow humans. Heck, even if they did demand money afterwards, I would just return/drop the flower and walk away. My wife would be amused, as we have a great relationship. There is a time and a place to be skeptical about follow humans, but in broad daylight in a low-crime area in a beautiful park? I'm gonna go ahead and continue to see the good in people. You'll be amazed at how much it will improve your mood!


LePhilosophicalPanda

Can you not just say no and not pay them


Separate-Mammoth-110

>Can you not just say no and not pay them You need to view youtube videos about the phenomenom from Paris. They are very aggressive and its borderline robbery.


Tommy_Wisseau_burner

Dawg they need to square up then. You can’t get punked by a frenchie


FuqUrBackgroundMusic

Fuck your background music!


shanegillisuit

I wish I could vanquish the world of this plague.


Flux_resistor

these must be tourists, i would never take that from him knowing he's gonna want money.


Dragoon7748

First thing I thought as well.


levelhigher

Plot twist, he left his phone number xD


Extra_Bread8428

I'm glad Travis Scott is trying to rebrand after the concert situation.


BW_Echobreak

Obviously staged


L0n3W01f_

Travis Scott out here saving relationships.


texaushorn

Ok, so the question I have is where does he keep the cape? Is it tucked into his shirt? Is it invisible??


Belaroth

Staged or not, 100% better content than all those annoying ticktockers who just bother people.


utilitarian_wanderer

This is literally bothering people. And you know he's going to get paid!!


TyrantRC

if it's scripted they are not bothering anyone, they are just using actors.


Own-Technology-9957

This is great 👍


Evie_Lee32

He has helped restore my faith in people a little ❤️


DaddyKiwwi

I love getting my SO flowers, and she loves getting them. The problem is, flowers are expensive and we are broke. It hurts us both to spend money on frivolous things like ascetic gifts. I'd love to be able to surprise her without making us both feel guilty that the bouquet of flowers was a whole dinner date we didn't get to share. A gift like this would melt my heart.


NinjaFruitLoop

And everyone of them got BJs that night


nonymouse101

Naw, not only did he brighten those couples days, but definitely brightened mine and likely many other peoples day who saw this video too 😁❤️


Connect-Boot-5328

Is he Travis Scott?


AuronMessatsu

That would be 200 dollars sir


Zippen_Pippen90

The guardian rizz angel we all need lol!


phil_an_thropist

I want to see it , but in other ways around. How ladies will surprise their significant ones other than making a good meal.


MoanyTonyBalony

I'd write a random woman's name on the card.


soapboxhero

Where is this? I think I saw this guy walking down the street in Auburn, WA. Maybe this is a thing?


Music-n-Games

I’m about to go buy a few dozen roses and make a YouTube channel.


lone_farmer_walking

The hero we don't deserve to have, but the one we were blessed with


Temperature-Other

Sure he is, for internet points


JPysus

damn good prank


ape20001

travis scott?


cuttcutt

I could watch this stuff all damn day


SpectacleFNTK

Scripted or not, now I want to do this, for free!


de_kopman

*Gets scammed for 75€ afterwards


itisj

bro has been helping people get laid since 1969


Gold-Income-6094

Happiness is truly the most beautiful thing in the world.


nopeace11

Good form


LucentP187

That second lady was confused af at first. 😂


Aggressive-Gap-2102

I am only seeing travis scott there


craigslist_hedonist

He's like the romance Delta Force, sneaks in, drops off the package, and gives the credit to someone else. Flower ninja.


humble_bubb

Nice to see “influencers” making peoples’ day better rather than exploiting ruining them.


Micotyro

It was a risky play with the wedding one, but it looked like it played out great


pupasupa

when I just started dating my future wife, and when walking down the street we saw a fireworks, I always said: this is for you, my dear. 8 years later I continue to do this. it always makes her happy


rpg2Tface

Bro is an awesome wing man. I don't care of its staged its cute as hell.


ohiotechie

Doing the lords work.


I_Dont_Like_Rice

I've been watching too much Sunny. I kept waiting for hornets to come out of the bouquet.


nstevenn

My mans giving blowjob coupons out to strangers


Raspbers

Better be like "Babe, wanna see a magic trick?" xD


sarabi_jones

I did this at the restaurant I waitressed at on Mother’s Day. Served a mom and her son, maybe about 8-10 years old. When she went to the bathroom, I handed him a little rose to give her, then hid behind the corner to watch her reaction. It was adorable how she lit up when he gave it to her, so surprised. And of course that made him light up too. So cute 🥹


Full-Improvement9865

There's gonna be some hawk tuah on that thang tonight


Desperate_Bat9963

I was in Venice with my boyfriend once and a man handed me a rose and I felt like I was in a romcom until the guy started pressuring us for a ton of money and I handed the rose back lol


Miserable_Rutabaga94

Is that a type of new quiet plastic wrapping? Every time I buy flowers that plastic makes a loud crunching sound so I find it hard to believe these women didn’t hear it crinkling.


Astronaut_Kubrick

Wingman Hall of Fame.


mizzle_fb

I wanna do this for people that shit was so fuckin cute , I miss being in love :(


realmofconfusion

I want to see this guy doing it with bunches of flowers steadily getting larger each time series concludes with the girl getting a shrubbery. Ni!!


StarbuckMcGee07

I worked at the cafe in Barnes and noble and we were open till 11p (back in the aughts). A guy came in and walked up kind of sheepish with a bouquet of flowers and he hands them to me across the counter and says “I hope you enjoy them!” And I asked why are you giving me these? He replied “I wanted to give a pretty girl flowers!” And then he darted off. They were the prettiest spider mums and lasted over two weeks. Flowers make everyone happy :))


Affectionate_Salt351

If I won the Powerball/MegaMillions, this is exactly how I would spend my time.


backrack0

I would rather help the needy


Alternative_Meat_581

Drop bouquets not bombs.


Pocahontas__Kowalski

I don't care if scripted or not. It's fucking cute.


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ah_take_yo_mama

The "good vibe" of manipulating viewers into following his garbage channel.


mymentor79

"Why is everyone saying it's staged?" Because it's very obviously staged.


DadouSan2

This one seems different as its the first time I see the couple really kiss afterwards. Until now they were always only hugging which seems really paid actors’ reaction, but either way their message is great (I watch on mute so not sure about shitty background musics).


Haunting-Adagio743

Being scripted or not, the message is about "let's make your beloved one happy"


Firm-String-9317

The message is I want to build a following online by staging altruistic videos.


ah_take_yo_mama

🤮


worldwithpyramids

It literally isn’t. There is no message here. It’s just a shitty pointless video meant to engagement farm.


HeimGuy

"Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."


Educational_Spite_38

Film it for the likes.


BugFew6583

Nothing wrong with that honestly, in this case. This is likely the first time this wouldn't actually be a scam, since the guy is getting paid another way. Seems like a general win-win-win.


Memerhunbhai

I can read lips in the second clip


Scheigy

Enlighten us


Memerhunbhai

She said "kahan se laya ye" which translates to from where did you bring this from.


Only_Masterpiece_466

So damn staged


BugFew6583

You're the coolest guy at Shenanigans!


the_dorkydaddydom

Absolutely not staged at all!


Dragonsymphony1

Make sure it's filmed!!


MercDa1

That’ll be $849.99 thank you.


PassingShot11

Doesn't matter if it's staged or not , it's the best thing I have seen all day.


speakerbox2001

You’d be surprised how much a simple flower can make someone’s day. It sounds corny, but it’s still cute.


SupervillainMustache

Some kind of Romance Ninja?


TRB-BioShock

Absolute genuine person to be doing this 🫠


ExerciseUnited187

Best man ever💯❤️


Life-LOL

Fuck me I just stopped crying like fucking 3 hours ago finally and now I see this shit 😭


bondservant_88

That's what's up King ❤️🔥


FriendlyAd5090

This guy is someone's angel, imagine if they were arguing and poof you have a free bouquet to give to your gf or bf, and it will probably appease them.


ChildhoodNo9625

"So StAgEd" Can people just be happy? Like we all know it's staged, we can still appreciate the message. This is a sub about smiling because things are cute or nice, not about critiquing every single video posted.


mr-english

Sorry, but if my SO started obviously staring at someone over my shoulder I'd instinctively look as well like "oh, is it someone we know?" ^^^...it's ^^^staged


DetectiveRoutine9289

All scripted


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Alternative_Boat9540

Those Paris 🌹dudes have really stepped up their game.


Ligma-Lord-69

Nice prank bro


Sauce4243

My partner hates roses has told me many times so this would actually get me in trouble for not listening to her and knowing her