The Accordion Goes "hee-huh hee-huh"

I had mentioned before that there aren't many panhandlers in Finland (atleast not in Jyv�skyl�)- and there really aren't.
There's a girl that sits downtown in the city center (where it's pedestrian/bicycle traffic only) and she plays something like a harp but on a smaller scale and it sits in her lap. It's beautiful and really brings out the spirit of shopping, socializing and the cool weather - as her fingers pluck on with fingerless gloves.
Then there's the odd one or two people that sit there asking for change - but they're quiet. They don't stand outside of the bank's door way or outside of the popular coffee shop either. They just sit against a wall and wait patiently. Very similar to China in that regard.
Compared to Halifax - where everybody rotates and has shifts in front of the busiest coffee shops or outside the bank...and where a fight WILL break out if you don't move after your shift is over - I don't mind the quietness.
I think the funniest cardboard sign I've ever seen in Halifax was, "Spare change? Hey! At least I am not asking for your phone number!"

Then there is the accordion player. There is this fellow who clearly couldn't play accordion but would pump out a couple notes here and there - only when someone was walking by. "Hee-huh hee-huh squaaaaak" were some of the notes he pumped out. There was no tune, there was no melody, no hint of a song...just the odd note whenever someone walked by. If there wasn't anybody walking by the bank, where he perched himself - he simply just stood there waiting until someone did walk by. Then if there was a group of people walking by - then he'd really get into it and pump a few more notes at once.

Needless to say - the harp girl doesn't play near him.