Tuesday, 21 September 2010
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Baffling
Something interesting happened to me tonight. I was walking back from the library, it was about 12:15am or so, and a random black guy (with his wife) yells out to me "Hey Korea". I look up, and he asks me if i remember him. I've never met him in my life, but he went on about how i helped him to a hospital once. He told me a story about how he was a soldier, how he spent 18 months in Korea, how he almost got married at Korea, how tough his life is cause he's black, etc etc. And then he tells me he needs some money for him and his wife, he has no money at all, and he needs to catch a train to god knows where. He asks for 13 bucks. So i pull out my wallet, i dont have any singles, and i give him 15 dollars. He tells me, truthfully, i have no money, and i might need 20 dollars. I tell him, no i can't give that to him.
I know that this guy is scamming me. I know he probably made that whole story up, guessed that i was korean, and winged it from there. He probably scammed 15 dollars out of me. He even went so far as to tell me that he would pay me back, that he would remember me, and that he'd give me back 20 dollars since i'd been so nice to him. I knew he was scamming me. Yet something possessed me to give him the money anyways. I dont know what it is. I just absent mindedly gave him 15 dollars. I didnt think about whether or not he was telling the truth. Afterwards i felt like an idiot. Why did i give him that money? It was obvious to anybody that he was scamming me. What frustrates me more than the fact that 15 dollars is burned is that I dont know why i gave it to him. I dont know why.
I told myself later that maybe subconsciously, i knew he was scamming me, and that God was telling me to give him the money. God took over and decided to give this guy money. It's a silly thing to think, but it seems to be the only thing that comforts me, makes me feel less stupid. I got scammed. That easily. By a random black guy and his wife walking down the street. I'm utterly baffled.
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Comments (3)
'Cause you're nice. :3
haha. Yeah. I agree with the previous comment. I guess after hearing him talk, on and on and on about everything that's going on with his life, you just felt like this is the only way to get him go away already.
Think of it this way: you paid him fifteen dollars for telling a good story.
I have the same problem, though. Even if I know someone's going to hurt me or scam me, I have this weird thought that people are inherently good. I've never looked at someone and thought, "Wow, I'm not surprised he ended up like that, he was always evil." I always think, "Wow, I wonder what happened to him that made him do that." I dunno if you're the same way as what I just said, but because of that I would've done the same thing in that situation.