So yeah, here is the story:
I'm sitting in the Taco Smell (Taco Bell) drive-thru getting ready to order. I have this guy walk up to me and ask me for a ride back to a hotel. I've always helped people that i've seen on the side of the road broke down (i've never picked up a hitch-hiker). I was a bit hesitant but since it was just me and i didn't have any kids or my wife with me, i said okay.
So he hops in my car, and he begins to tell me about how he has a 8 year old daughter and doesn't have gas money to get him about 90 miles. And after that begins to tell me that his hotel is about to kick him out because he can't pay for the room. So anyway, he keeps asking me to pay for his hotel room for one more night. I keep saying "No, i'm sorry, i can't do that."
When we get to the hotel he is still begging, so I say fine, let me go in and talk to the front desk guy. He tries to talk me out of it but I insist that if he wants me to pay for a room that I have to go in and talk to him. I walk in and ask the front-desk guy if the guy had stayed there the night before and what the situation was. The front-desk guy says that he had stayed there but that he was being forced to leave as of 12:30PM just as the guy had stated. But he suggested not paying for his room and that he was probably just bumming. I really had no intentions of buying his room anyway and I walk back out to my car and tell him that i'm not going to be paying for his room.
He gets upset and asks me to take him back to where I picked him up at. Again, I hesitated but said okay as it was only about a block away. About halfway there he says "Stop the car." He says it with the tone of voice that makes me think something is about to happen. I stop the car, take off my seat belt because I am either getting ready to jump out if he pulls something or i'm getting ready to at least defend myself. He gives me these really creepy eyes and starts telling me that I may have "passed up a blessing". After the sob talk and i'm sitting there focusing on his hands he gets out and I drive away. I honestly think he knew that I was getting ready to defend myself and that he was contemplating doing something.
His story didn't really make sense either, so he was obviously lying about his situation. He said that his mom was sending him money, but yet she lives only 80 miles or so away. She could havej ust came and picked him up. The front-desk guy also obviously knew more about his situation but wasn't telling me when he said that I shouldn't pay for his room. Also, he started out wanting gas money, then it progressed to another night at the hotel room, and he never wanted me to go in and talk to the front-desk guy at the hotel for some reason.
Cliffs:
1: I pickup some guy asking me for a ride while I was in a drive-thru.
2: He wants money for another night at the hotel he asked me to take him too.
3: After saying no he asks me for a ride back to where I picked him up at.
4: He tells me "Stop the car" halfway there and I think was contemplating doing something.
5: He finally gets out of my car after about 2-3 minutes of talking.
Lets just say that I learned my lesson. No need to tell me about how dumb it was... I know.
I'm sitting in the Taco Smell (Taco Bell) drive-thru getting ready to order. I have this guy walk up to me and ask me for a ride back to a hotel. I've always helped people that i've seen on the side of the road broke down (i've never picked up a hitch-hiker). I was a bit hesitant but since it was just me and i didn't have any kids or my wife with me, i said okay.
So he hops in my car, and he begins to tell me about how he has a 8 year old daughter and doesn't have gas money to get him about 90 miles. And after that begins to tell me that his hotel is about to kick him out because he can't pay for the room. So anyway, he keeps asking me to pay for his hotel room for one more night. I keep saying "No, i'm sorry, i can't do that."
When we get to the hotel he is still begging, so I say fine, let me go in and talk to the front desk guy. He tries to talk me out of it but I insist that if he wants me to pay for a room that I have to go in and talk to him. I walk in and ask the front-desk guy if the guy had stayed there the night before and what the situation was. The front-desk guy says that he had stayed there but that he was being forced to leave as of 12:30PM just as the guy had stated. But he suggested not paying for his room and that he was probably just bumming. I really had no intentions of buying his room anyway and I walk back out to my car and tell him that i'm not going to be paying for his room.
He gets upset and asks me to take him back to where I picked him up at. Again, I hesitated but said okay as it was only about a block away. About halfway there he says "Stop the car." He says it with the tone of voice that makes me think something is about to happen. I stop the car, take off my seat belt because I am either getting ready to jump out if he pulls something or i'm getting ready to at least defend myself. He gives me these really creepy eyes and starts telling me that I may have "passed up a blessing". After the sob talk and i'm sitting there focusing on his hands he gets out and I drive away. I honestly think he knew that I was getting ready to defend myself and that he was contemplating doing something.
His story didn't really make sense either, so he was obviously lying about his situation. He said that his mom was sending him money, but yet she lives only 80 miles or so away. She could havej ust came and picked him up. The front-desk guy also obviously knew more about his situation but wasn't telling me when he said that I shouldn't pay for his room. Also, he started out wanting gas money, then it progressed to another night at the hotel room, and he never wanted me to go in and talk to the front-desk guy at the hotel for some reason.
Cliffs:
1: I pickup some guy asking me for a ride while I was in a drive-thru.
2: He wants money for another night at the hotel he asked me to take him too.
3: After saying no he asks me for a ride back to where I picked him up at.
4: He tells me "Stop the car" halfway there and I think was contemplating doing something.
5: He finally gets out of my car after about 2-3 minutes of talking.
Lets just say that I learned my lesson. No need to tell me about how dumb it was... I know.