How far would you go to help someone?
Earlier tonight I was leaving Target after getting some last minute stocking stuffers. As I was walking out the door, and came outside, a man came out of the corner and asked me if I had 50 dollars to give him. I said No, I don't but good luck. Oh yeah, it was also 10pm. So, here lies the question. How far would you go to help someone? This was discussed recently in my Sunday School class. I would LIKE to say, that the people who know me really well, would say that yes, I would help out someone who needed it. If this guy had asked for money for food, I would have gladly asked him what he wanted to eat, and I would have gotten it, and brought it to him. NO PROBLEM. But he didn't. He asked me for money, for a LOT of money! There are only a few places I give my money to, and these are the places that I KNOW my money will do good to help others. So, after I was in my car and driving away, I called the store and spoke to the manager and let him know what had happened. I want to know what your thoughts are on this. Would you have given him the 50 dollars, or would you have done something else?
That was really smart to call the manager and tell him about what happened.....I would've asked the guy for what???? But, it could've opened up a can of worms!!!! So, it was safer to do what you did, b/c you never know what people are capable of ~ these are hard times, and people are doing unforgiveable things to survive, good for you!
ReplyDeleteI had a kid come up to me in Walmart one time. He launched into this story about how he's trying to get money for his friend and finished it with, "I'm not gonna rob you or anything." Um... He couldn't tell me why his friend needed money, so I told him no. In a few minutes I saw him with his group of friends laughing about how they'd scammed money using white guilt. He didn't know what to say when he saw me and realized that I'd overheard them; they just ran away.
ReplyDeletePeople will do anything to get more than they've worked for, Donna. I don't believe that man was in need of $50, and I know that if he'd needed something specific, you would have gotten it for him.
I wish you had gone right back inside and asked for an escort to your car, because if he thought you had money and just didn't share, who's to say he wouldn't have mugged you for it? You might want to help, but I'd rather you helped your family keep their mom around... Sad as it is, the holidays are a time of crime. Be careful!!
WOW! I think that the man who asked a complete stranger for $50 is very ballsy in my opinion. And I mean ballsy in a bad way. What brings someone to go up to a complete stranger and ask for that much money and to actually ask for a specific amount like that?
ReplyDeleteI think that I'm a very generous person and I actually take things away from myself to give to others when they are in need. I don't have a problem in doing that but if I were in that situation, I probably would've given the guy a long lecture and question him as to why he would feel that it is right to just go up to a stranger and ask for that amount of money?
Like you said, if he was asking for food or maybe a couple of dollars to get some food, I would more than likely give in and help him out. But for someone to just walk up to me as I'm leaving a store at that time of night would not only scare me a little bit but I'd most likely be ticked off as well. I guess it's better that he was asking rather than trying to rob someone but I really do have a hard time with the fact that this person felt that it was okay to put someone in this kind of situation.
I'm glad that you called the store and spoke to the manager because who knows what this guy's intentions would've been if he didn't get the $50 by asking complete strangers.