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Give Me Some Money
Yesterday was Sunday, and my only day of the week I have off. So I went out in the morning to get my wife and kids some pastries for breakfast. When I left the store and got in my car a man came up to me explaining that the fan belt on his car had just broken and that he'd just moved here and how his wife was in the nursing program at some hospital. I cut him off before he got to the part about needing money because I'd heard it before - it's an old scam and Midtown isn't a big enough place for a glut of vagrants to be using it.
Later in the day my daughter and I went to the Midtown Home Depot and as I was waiting in line the guy behind me asked what I was building. I told him a window seat with a toy box in it. He then asked if I was paying cash and, for some stupid reason, I answered this question even though it was none of his business. I said 'yes' so he asked if he could pay for it on his card and then I'd give him the cash. I told him no and that I'd just pay for it. He pleaded, "Come on, man, you'll still get the stuff." So I told him I just wanted to pay for my own crap and then leave and then he turned away mumbling something to himself.
It wasn't a credit card he wanted to pay with, either, it was a Home Depot gift card. And I don't care what the scam was, I just didn't want to be bothered - I'm not going to just give someone my cash whether it's for lumber or a fan belt. Why can't I just go to the store anymore without having someone come up and try to hustle me out of something? Why can't people just say "Hello, how are you?" without it ending in, "Can I get a dollar?"
Posted by Richard Alley at November 14, 2005 01:54 PM
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