I was pushing my cart to my car at the Target in Clearwater. A woman pulled up behind my car where I was loading my bags she looked distraught and claimed that she had just driven over from Titusville (I had to look it up) over on the East Coast of Florida by Cape Canaveral, to pick up her daughter? who was having a "domestic" problem. The daughter in the passenger seat had cuts on her face....anyway, she claimed that she had left without her debit card and needed gas to get back. I knew I had about 5 singles in my wallet and offered that to her with an apology that I didn't have more to help. Was I being scammed out of my money? I guess I'll never know. I ended up at the light behind her as I drove out of the shopping center and I was tempted to follow her to see if she went to the nearest gas station. I didn't, but I still wasn't sure if I had just been robbed by a lie.
Usually, I feel a lie right away. I was confused by it and still after a couple hours I am not sure. Oh Well!! I have offered money to the obviously needy before and given when stopped at a light with someone holding the "I will work for food" sign, but I have never had that scenario before!
One of the things that makes me weary in my life is dealing with people who have no trouble telling lies. I even feel the fatigue in watching commercials, seeing signs on the road and listening to the radio spew opinions as facts. It makes me want to retire from humanity. So many people consider the white lie as a integral part of living. I have so much trouble with it. Telling the truth is also difficult. People don't want to hear it. Even when you are claiming it as your experience or opinion people shut down when it doesn't mesh with their experience or world view. We are funny creatures that way.
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