Now that I have had 1/2 a day to calm down for my short but intense car chase this afternoon I thought I would share my embarrassingly gullible experience with everyone.
I went to the local Asian food grocery store for a couple of things this afternoon. I left Maddie with my mom so that I could run in and out of the store really quickly. After finishing my shopping I walked to my car, got in and started it. I reach over to the passenger seat to get something out of one of the bags and I hear a knock on my car window. There is an young Asian man roughly my age standing at my car door. I roll down my window slightly and he says to me in a somewhat genuine tone, "I'm so sorry to bother you, but I just ran out of gas I don't have my wallet I need to walk to the gas station can you give me 2 or 3 dollars so I can get a little gas from the station?" I was really thrown off by the whole situation. I mean when someone approaches you while you are sitting in your car, and then stands there staring at you I didn't know what the hell to say. I looked back to see if he even had a car and he points at it and says, "that's my car right there". So I reach into my wallet and give him $2. He says thank you so much that he is having the worst day ever and I just saved him. This does not make me feel any better that I was just pressured into giving him money, but I assure myself I did something good and I sit there in my car looking through my rear view mirror to see what happens next....and you will not believe this....
He gets into his car which is literally 15 feet from mine, starts it and starts backing up. I just about lose it...I know I'm going to regret admitting this additional part and I'm a total idiot for doing what I did (and thank goodness Maddie was not with me)....but I throw my car into reverse and back out of my spot and start speeding through the parking lot trying to keep up with him. He takes a right the opposite direction of where I'm going, but I was literally livid at this point, I floor is down the street and pull up next to him. I roll down my window and I start swearing words sailors wouldn't say! You God *bleep* mother *bleep* lying son of a *bleep* you *bleeping* lied you stupid *bleep*hole. Pointing my finger accusingly at him, let me remind you this is all happening whilst driving. We pull up to a red light he is turning left and I am just staring at him, yelling at him calling him a *bleeping* liar over and over again. Its very obviously not the $2 that is the issue here. I am soo angry not only at him, but myself for being so stupid. The story ends pretty abruptly here. Another gullible move on my part. He is saying through his window I'm sorry I'm so sorry motioning to pull into the gas station. So I pull into the gas station and just as I do he speeds off. I throw my car into reverse again trying to maneuver my way out of the gas station which is literally impossible with an RV trying to turn out and many a car trying to get in. People are honking at me and giving me weird looks. Ugh I was soo deflated at this point, so upset that he got away without really getting a piece of my mind, some sort of retaliation on my part - Ugh again!
All I can really say is do not believe a single beggar out there, they are all cheats and liars and on top of that drug dealers of addicts. I should have known better and you better believe that's not happening to me again. The next person who approaches me like that will either 1. get run over by my car or 2. get shot if they don't leave me alone.
Now that I've gotten myself all flustered again by revisiting that awful event I need to relax, watch a little extreme couponing, look at my beautiful baby girl and be thankful for her and my family and smile that nothing worse happened.
Stay safe readers! :)
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