I had thought i'd heard it all but this evening supplied a new one for me. I was working on my PC when someone knocked at my door. I answered it and a man held out a bill of sale to me that had my husbands name on it. He said he was here to pick up his truck. Now get this: It was for a 93, 3500 dodge. MY TRUCK! I called my husband, mad as fire that he thought he could sell my truck that was in my name. He had no idea what i was talking about.

Well, after a long talk with the man standing on my porch...it turned out to be another man with the same name. He'd lost his number and so he looked it up in the phone book. Problem: It wasn't the right man!!!!!!! What was even more crazy was this man had bought a 93 which is what mine is, sight unseen.

I'm glad it wasn't mine....i just hope the man finds the real guy that sold him a truck!

 

Wow! That is a great one


I was walking out of Lowe's today and this guy drives up to me and says his wife just gave birth and he needs to get to the hospital but needs gas money cuz he is about to run out of gas. I laughed and asked him why is he DRIVING around the parking lot asking for gas money when he is about to run out? He just looked at me like a deer in the headlights and drove off

 

Another funny story,about a year ago, wife and I turn into a Lowes parking lot. The way the parking lot is set up, I have the right of way, but some guy in a real beat up old Ferd Ranger thinks he has the right of way. No problem, I let him go first, and for that, I get the one finger wave. The wife just can't beleive I let that go, but I was in a good mood that day, and let it pass. After about an hour in the store, we go out to the parking lot to load up the stuff we bought. Lo and behold, that same guy is still cruising the lot, and pulls up to us. Then he says " My son has been is a terrible car wreak and is in intensive care in a hospital 30 miles from here! I'm almost out of gas, and really need some cash for gas money so I can be by his side! Can you please help me!" I guess he didn't recognize us from before (kinda hard to forget my truck, even after you almost ran into it!). Again, the wife took charge, and gave him the riot act! I just laughed that day! But I've seen this same guy in two other places since then, pulling the same story, but now he knows my truck, and beats heck to get out of whatever parking lot I pull into! I guess my wife made quite an impression on him!

 

A good many years ago when I was in a not so desirable section of Boston, 3 of my friends and I were walking down the street after taking our civil service physicals. There was a guy a little younger than us half sitting, half squatting up against a wall of a building. From a distance it was obvious he was asking passers-by for a handout. When we got up to him he held out his hand, palm up, displaying a nickle and a dime. "Spare change for a guy down on his luck?" he asked. "Sure!" I replied, and promptly grabbed the change out of his hand and kept walking. I thought my friends were going to pee themselves they were laughing so hard, but from the beggar I got a the longest string of expletives I'd ever heard.

Try that now-a-days and I'd probably be shot.

 

I would've never expected something like that from such a nice guy..

 

All my experiences have been in a Lowe's parking lot also...Odd?

It's always can you spare some money for gas and then you see them walking out of the gas station with a fresh pack of cigs.

Not as drastic as the story with the guy driving the lot, but I've been approached by one who had his car parked and idling while claiming to be out of gas.

 

Afraid those wouldn't have gotten anything from me either and I never give out cash but I have pumped a few gallons of gas on my dime for some who I thought were legitimate hardship cases.

 

Ok, a short one. With a friend from work, pull into a restaurant to eat. Guy walks over and says he needs money for gas. I tell him, "let's walk across the street and get some from the station." He says, "I don't have a gas can." I say, "That's ok, I'll buy you one and fill it with gas." He gets mad and demands that we give him money instead. I say, "easy man, you can even come have lunch with us and then we'll get some gas." The guy explodes with expletives and walks away. Go figure.

 

We also get a lot of the "Will work for food" guys here in the summer time.
A buddy of mine was getting ready to do a bunch of yard cleaning / clearing last summer and decided to go pick up one of these guys to help. The first guy he approached had the sign and when my buddy told him what he wanted the guy said "I'll just take some cash instead" and my buddy asked why he has the sign that says he would work and the guy replied, I get more cash this way with out working. Amazing!!

 

The economy is really forcing these people out lately. We are overrun by them up here. My town tolerates them so they stay and put up encampments in the woods around here.

Last summer one comes up to me in a wheel chair, he's missing a leg and the othe r ankle and foot are huge! I figured diabetic. He's asking for money for a meal so Isay do you like Mexican food? Come in here and I'll get you a meal. He says sure so in we go. I buy him a meal and a coke, he thanks me and heads out. The girl at the counter is almost in tears and hands me a card for a free meal anytime. I tell her thanks and leave. My hardcore tough guy buddy says thats the coolest thing I have ever seen you do. I responded that it shouldn't be, the guy seemed legit and was hungry so I helped him out a little.

Some really need help and are legit, many are not. I find the better the story, the less likely I am to fall for it. Wife just gave birth! The ambulance around here is free for that kind of stuff! Geeez.

Kurt