Children with Scales

[pat175]

I am taking my own scales this year Me to lol


I need to get some money back after Goldtrail went bust

[helen2904]

The begging Mother with the baby has been around for years. I remember her many many years ago, it must have been one of her first babies. She was escorted away one night by the Police. She certainly does the rounds, going from Icmeler to Marmaris on the bus and vice versa. She became very aggitated when the Police tried to put her in the car, but she was obviously known to them. She seemed like a gypsy lady to me. Not a likeable character, nasty in fact! Keep clear, don't give her anything.

[nursynewcastle]

We've yet to go to icmeler, its our first visit in august, but last year in gumbet there were beggars who came into the bars, i shooed one old woman away but the door man - the one shouting people in - gave her money himself - saying she was an old woman, who deserved mone. Anyway there was no boys or children with scales, but all along the beach promanade were young men offering 'free' roses to women, once you took one you were expected to give them money

[reesy1959]

Most nights I seen the two young boys just down the road from Tansas, I just told them in Turkish that I had no money - they were always very pleasant.

[sheepy]

Noticed one last year just up from the ICR office. He had a kitten as a "prop". Wonder what happened to that kitten when it stopped being cute - as if I can't guess!

[patsiej]

Business can't be all that bad - this year all the scales were digital!

Patsiej

[Sara]

After surveying the scale boys for some time, we came to a conclusion that some of them were doing it just for fun and some looked like they were being forced to do it (especially one little boy). Some nights we saw these older boys happily run to buy ice cream after they "closed their shops" - must have been good day But there was this one little boy, whose uncle was sitting in the bushes on the beach and he was yelling instructions in very harsh tone. The boy looked very desparate, but due to the mean uncle we never gave any money to him. Poor kid....

[jeffg]

In the 6 years we have been going to Icmeler never at any time did i think it a con lol ,this year we had the grandkids with us so we gave the lad just up from 3 bells 5 lira never again ,thanks for the info,worse we had was when we got off the water taxi at Turunc my daughter said hello to an old lady sat on the quay and her hand came out like a shot just not pleasant ignoring them all the time but will even more so now

[Doz]

I remember years ago it used to be much worse with woman begging with babies. I heard in Kusadasi a few year back that if a woman had a baby she used to "rent" her baby to other woman and they would use the baby to do shifts on the street begging and pay for her for using her baby. How bad!

[steve.crowe]

We sat and watched a wee lad on the beachfront one evening. In half an hour he took over 30 lira.
How many 9 year olds do you know on £25 an hour?

[denisthefish]

hello sandy,that was my kids with the scales,luvly smile,

[sandybeach]

hello sandy,that was my kids with the scales,luvly smile,

Lol Dennis thought the lad looked familar, it was your Caine!

Sandy

[Fanny]

I am taking my own scales this year

I need to get some money back after Goldtrail went bust

think we're in Icmeler the same time as you bighands, how about you lend us the scales so my daughter can take them down to the canal or prom - of course we'll have to negotiate how much commission you'd charge from the profits hahaha

[bevd]

Hi everyone, we have just returned from two wonderful weeks in Icmeler, and we saw the young boys with the weighing scales on the prom in the evening when we were out walking. We very politely said 'No thanks to one of the children who jumped out in front of us, only to be growled at!!! Needless to say we did not give him any money.

[Fanny]

he's obviously not well versed in how to persuade us tourists to part with our cash hahaha

[robert123]

There were few of them up the prom last week, I just tell them I will break their scales

[Bantu]

Its worth a couple of Lira just to hear them say "Ello Darlin" in a London accent! PMSL Last time i was there i gave one an icecream instead, he was delighted.

[quaker57]

We always buy a few bags of sweets from the supermarkets and give them to the kids instead of money,that way the adults don't get anything out of it.

[romilee]

I've always been a soft touch and on our first night I handed out 5 lira each to every one I came across

No wonder their faces lit up!

The cheeky devils said, "See you tomorrow"....and the next night one remembered me and said, "Tonight you can weigh for free".

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

thats a good idea buying the children sweets or an ice cream that way you can still give them something but the greedy adults dont get anything
i cant believe these people send their children out to beg its not fair
xxxxx