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birthday grifts!
May. 22nd, 2019 08:48 pmyeah, you read that right.
i was walking to the store with my mother, just to pick up a couple of things. on the way, we were stopped by an older woman. she proclaimed herself to be 'not weird,' and she was very pleasant, if not a bit of a close talker. she explained to us that her car had broken down, and that while she had been able to get it towed, she was stranded several miles from her home.
to grant the story credence, she flashed her id and told us her name and where she was going. she gave an exact amount of money she would need in order to cover cab fare.
she offered to pay us back, but we declined-- it was a fairly small sum of money. we gave her twenty bucks and she hugged us and bustled off, nearly getting plowed by an SUV as she crossed the street.
once we'd gotten into the store, i stopped for a moment to take a look at something. when i looked up, my mother was staring very solemnly straight into my eyes.
"she showed us her id, but it wasn't a driver's license. she can't drive."
i was, for a little while, inclined to believe her story--she had told us her full name, after all, and showed id even if it did literally say THIS IS NOT A DRIVER'S LICENCE in bold. but perhaps it was just a high-risk, high-reward con. or someone else's id card.
well, whatever it was, it's always nice to be able to help people. and to be quite frank, she looked like she needed the money. so i'm not especially put out.
besides, i've never been grifted before! it's always nice to do a new, exciting thing on one's birthday.
now-- i think i'm going to have some cake.
i was walking to the store with my mother, just to pick up a couple of things. on the way, we were stopped by an older woman. she proclaimed herself to be 'not weird,' and she was very pleasant, if not a bit of a close talker. she explained to us that her car had broken down, and that while she had been able to get it towed, she was stranded several miles from her home.
to grant the story credence, she flashed her id and told us her name and where she was going. she gave an exact amount of money she would need in order to cover cab fare.
she offered to pay us back, but we declined-- it was a fairly small sum of money. we gave her twenty bucks and she hugged us and bustled off, nearly getting plowed by an SUV as she crossed the street.
once we'd gotten into the store, i stopped for a moment to take a look at something. when i looked up, my mother was staring very solemnly straight into my eyes.
"she showed us her id, but it wasn't a driver's license. she can't drive."
i was, for a little while, inclined to believe her story--she had told us her full name, after all, and showed id even if it did literally say THIS IS NOT A DRIVER'S LICENCE in bold. but perhaps it was just a high-risk, high-reward con. or someone else's id card.
well, whatever it was, it's always nice to be able to help people. and to be quite frank, she looked like she needed the money. so i'm not especially put out.
besides, i've never been grifted before! it's always nice to do a new, exciting thing on one's birthday.
now-- i think i'm going to have some cake.
