Another collection of expensive jollies this week, all acted out by people who must be pinching themselves at their luck to get a 2 minute bit part in a pointless BBC holiday resort sketch. We were shown in great detail a con called "The Switch" or something. What happens is, you go into a camera shop and buy a camera. When they give you the box they've swapped it for a much cheaper camera. Who would have thought it.
Then scam 2. When you are sitting outside a cafe having a relaxing drink, someone who happens to have access to the floors above the cafe drops a fake pigeon poo splat down onto your table. His accomplice is sitting at a nearby table and helps clear the mess from you/your table. In the meantime the poo man comes all the way down from his lofty hideout and nicks your handbag!
If the BBC want someone to dream up scams like this I can probably knock them out at a rate of 100 per hour
And the girl who goes undercover each episode is just as irritating. You would think everyone she meets is a murderer by the way she talks, and her findings are certainly less than scientific. Last night they visited 15 jet ski renters in Cyprus:
About the people hiring out the jet skis: "One of them was even drinking beer"
Scientific fact: "6 of the 15 hirers weren't really watching us when we were out on the jet skis"
Total rubbish from beginning to end.
