Sitting in a park in Basel, Switzerland.
Sunny. Working on my laptop.
Backpacker comes over, speaks in german.
"What?"
- "Do you have any money for me?"
"No, thanks."
- "Fuck you, then."
I continue to work, ignoring him,
He takes out a boxcutter. Slices a new branch from a tree trunk.
I'm a bit threatened. Laptop, me vs. crazy guy and his display of his knifeskills and his willingness to use them on woody things. I begin to put my Mac into standby so I can leave, but he picks up his bag. I resume working.

10' from me, a guy is in summer slumber, face covered by his jacket. i look over, crazy guy kneels down and is picking up coins that must have fallen from the guy's trousers. I yell at him "Eh!" The sleeping guy pulls his shirt from his eyes and looks at me. I knod upwardly, sharply, directing his attention to his other side. He seems the guy standing over him. Crazy guy smiles and walks away, looking at the coins in his hand.

- "What was he doing?"
- Taking coins that had fallen from your pocket.

Slumber-guy looks at him as he walks away, smirking.

- "Thanks."
And he puts his shirt back over his head and goes back to sleep.

I think I should have said "Oy!", it would have been more local than "Eh!", which is really just a "Hey!" minus the aspiration.