tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post4795553159228754680..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: If Not Now, When? If Not Me, Who?Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60811420606869471112017-02-09T18:06:26.782-05:002017-02-09T18:06:26.782-05:00Way to go, Brian! I'm proud of you.Way to go, Brian! I'm proud of you.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-24408798336098375892017-02-09T17:53:14.078-05:002017-02-09T17:53:14.078-05:00Good story, Brian.
Couple of decades ago there wa...Good story, Brian.<br /><br />Couple of decades ago there was a story in our paper about a couple who had been conning people all over town with a sob story. I worked with an older man who was a part time Baptist minister. "They came to me," he said, with a shrug. "I figured they were lying, but I gave them some money. It's part of the job."<br /><br />Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-25876427950327896272017-02-09T13:13:54.424-05:002017-02-09T13:13:54.424-05:00Yeah, a couple of months ago a woman walked up to ...Yeah, a couple of months ago a woman walked up to me when I was loading groceries into our car at Aldi's. She asked if I could give her $1 bills in exchange for quarters, handing me what she said was $4 worth. So I handed her four $1 bills & discovered she'd only given me $3 in quarters. Caught up with her across the parking lot whereupon she engaged me in a sob story & I ended up giving her some little cakes I had bought & told her she could keep the money.<br /><br />It wouldn't have been so bad except my husband gave me some hell about it ... then a week or two later he & I were at a Chinese place & some panhandler told him a tall tale. He gave the man twice as much money as I had given the woman in the Aldi's parking lot.<br /><br />Actually I thought fan belts only cost a couple of dollars or so. You could have observed which vehicle was his & whether there were three kids in it or not.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53505740754745787682017-02-09T11:13:26.155-05:002017-02-09T11:13:26.155-05:00Hey, Bud, good heart felt story. Every case is dif...Hey, Bud, good heart felt story. Every case is different, and yep it is difficult to tell which ones are real without digging into them. I've seen the ones who really had bad circumstances, and I've watched the ones begging on the corner while eating a brand name sub sandwich out of a paper bag while drinking a large Starbuck's coffee out of a name brand cardboard cup and later walk to their brand new shiny car and drive away. Also seen the idiot who brags to the local newspaper about how he makes $60,000 a year begging at a certain off ramp, so why work. These latter ones make it even harder for the ones who really need assistance.<br /><br />Like I said, every case is different. Unless you can somehow get involved or see behind the scene, all you can rely on is your senses and your gut feeling.<br /><br />Good for you.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-48070134696531914472017-02-09T10:41:59.035-05:002017-02-09T10:41:59.035-05:00Great story, Brian. Thanks.Great story, Brian. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-38696957283725985632017-02-09T08:05:42.211-05:002017-02-09T08:05:42.211-05:00A great day indeed.
It's sad that modern life...A great day indeed.<br /><br />It's sad that modern life has made us so ( often justly) suspicious.<br />janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64550208071648038772017-02-09T07:46:45.195-05:002017-02-09T07:46:45.195-05:00Good story. Made me think and feel something. Than...Good story. Made me think and feel something. Thanks for sharing it.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-58426769164777354142017-02-09T07:13:59.176-05:002017-02-09T07:13:59.176-05:00Great story, great post. Great story, great post. Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68563519741994422822017-02-09T05:35:08.438-05:002017-02-09T05:35:08.438-05:00I tend to be skeptical too, Brian. But like you sa...I tend to be skeptical too, Brian. But like you said, it's twenty bucks, not a kidney. And I'm sure it made both of your days.Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com