After John Wick last night, a weird thing happened.
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
Feb 18 '17, 16:22
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It was after midnight, I'd said goodbye to my friend, and I was waiting in my car (idling it - bad!) and checking my phone before I left the parkade. It's against the law to check phones while driving here, so it seemed prudent.
Anyway, after a minute or two, I glanced out the passenger window and spotted a woman (late 50s?) approaching the car and gesturing at me.
I rolled down the window, and she proceeded to tell me how she was stranded and she has to drive a long commute home (she made it a point to have car keys in her hand for this) after a long day of taking care of 90 year olds. She said that she'd only managed to get $4 by asking the folks who were leaving the theatre.
I responded that I only had American money (which is true, I had earlier taken out about $160 USD), but in my head I was thinking that the denominations (20 and 50) were a bit too large to hand out. (Does that make me an a-hole? I feel like it does. I dunno. I considered it.)
She said "Oh, American is fine, they accept that here". So, not wanting to be overly rude, I started rooting through my wallet - and the first thing I saw was a $1 USD bill left over from my January trip. Ah-ha! And then I found some Canadian change. All told, about $2.75.
While I was rummaging, I stalled for time by asking her name and getting her to repeat her story a bit.
Now, if her story was legit, I do feel kind of like an a-hole - but as soon as I let go of the money, she abruptly turned and quickly walked away.
So that, plus the fact that I'd taken my eyes off a stranger who was leaning into my car, after just having watched John Wick, and I was kind of kicking myself over the whole thing.
Yesterday was a weird day.
Technically speaking, I was unemployed when this incident occurred.
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Responses:
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You are lucky you still have both of your kidneys -- nm
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Bacon
Feb 18, 17:19
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so that dude didn't really need a blow job to get back to his home planet? -- nm
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Beaker
Feb 18, 17:05
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This is a classic scam, FWIW. -- nm
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Reagen
Feb 18, 17:04
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She might be like the folks here who ask for train fare. Gotta get home had wallet stolen...it's a great story, but the second time I knew it was bs.
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.
Feb 18, 16:56
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Reads, reads,....are you employed...now? -- nm
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Epiphany
Feb 18, 16:47
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So she had car keys in her hand and was asking for bus money? -- nm
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Mop
Feb 18, 16:46
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