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I would have asked how far they were trying to get, then put that amount of fuel in their tank and paid for it myself. As a random act of kindness.
I agree with NAT. Give them what you could afford to lose in exchange for a promise to do the same for another stranger. Saves suspicion and the feeling you've been ripped off.
I had an absolute stunner approach me outside Bromley train station with a kid in tow...asked me for the price of a ticket home so her husband wouldn't beat her up for being late!
I suggested we go to the ticket booth where I would buy her and sprog a ticket which she declined wanting the cash instead...cheeky fooker was a pikey on the scrounge.. stunning looks though
I once had a guy approach me wanting money for a cup of tea. Looked down and out so and on his knees, so I said I'm just going to McDonalds and I would get him a tea and a Burger. He said "can I have the money instead?".
I don't trust agents. Likewise I don't ask people at train stations who ask for money for a ticket as 99% of the time the conversation is like this:
Man at Euston: "I've been robbed of my wallet and need a ticket to Coulsdon. Can you help?"
Me loudly "Yeah. None of the trains here go there."
Man looks p*ssed off and scurries away.
Reminds me of a conversation I had with an agent when turning down a gig:
me: it's 3 hours from my house
agent: it's only an hour and a half from Euston
me: Do you think I live there? The only people who live in euston station are tramps. It takes me 90 minutes to get there.
I will have you know that some of my best agents are from Asia and Africa
I don't trust agents. Likewise I don't ask people at train stations who ask for money for a ticket as 99% of the time the conversation is like this:
Man at Euston: "I've been robbed of my wallet and need a ticket to Coulsdon. Can you help?"
Me loudly "Yeah. None of the trains here go there."
Man looks p*ssed off and scurries away.
Very often you can test for validity. For example I was once approached at Clapham Junction and asked for money for a taxi to Roehampton. I just replied that by happy coincidence I was getting a taxi to Roehampton as well, and I'd be happy to give him a lift.
He declined.
Anyone who wasn't on the blag would just walk it anyway.
Very often you can test for validity. For example I was once approached at Clapham Junction and asked for money for a taxi to Roehampton. I just replied that by happy coincidence I was getting a taxi to Roehampton as well, and I'd be happy to give him a lift.
He declined.
If it was a nice middle class family in a Mercedes would you have gave them your card?
More likely yes. And before anyone shrieks prejudice let me explain:
Our minds are conditioned to react to different experiences. If we see a bunch of threatening looking youths walking in the other direction and a little old lady walking along at the other side of the road our brain will automatically tell us which is safer so we will more likely feel comfortable on the side of the road of the little old lady.
It is the way the human mind learns to avoid risk.
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