So much for being a good samaritan

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:17 pm

Today as I was working on my computer, I hear a knock on the door. I open it up and there stands a woman who looks like she is almost to the point of tears. She tells me that her car was dead and she needed to get to the pharmacy before it closed. She needed that medicine desperately and asked if I would take her to the pharmacy and that she'd give me $5 for gas. I have seen her around the apartment complex before so I decided that I would be nice and quickly take her there. I know I would hate to find out something serious happened to somebody just because I was being selfish. On the drive there, she was really nice. She was in her late 30's, so we ended up talking about general things like pets, apartments around the area, and so forth. We got to the pharmacy with about 10 minutes to spare. She runs in, is gone for about 3 minutes, and returns.

We leave the parking lot, get back out on the road and get about 3 blocks down the road. Suddenly, a cop comes out of nowhere and pulls me over. I had no idea what it was about, but when I looked at the woman, she had this look on her face like she just wanted me to floor it and get the hell out. The cop comes to the window and asks for her ID. She hands it to him, and as he pulls out his notepad, she bolts out of the car. Luckily we were stopped near a fence so she couldn't run away from the car, and since she had a slight limp, the cop easily caught her before she collapsed and went into a panic. He handcuffed her and pushed her into the cop car before returning to my car and asking for my ID. I told the cop I had no idea who she was and that she just knocked on my apartment door to ask for a ride. He asks for my phone number and tells me she was arrested for forgery, false ID, and drug related charges. He then lets me go. I ask if they were going to call me or something, and he said it was probably unnecessary, so at least he knew I was truly clueless about the whole situation.

At any rate, my neighborly kindness is now used up. No way am I ever taking a stranger anywhere again.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:21 pm

That is the reason why I never take anyone who asks for a ride anywhere. I'll happy to give them a few dollars for the bus, but I never let anyone in my car.

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:23 pm

Thomas wrote:I'll happy to give them a few dollars for the bus, but I never let anyone in my car.

That's half the reason I even took her. There is no bus around here. There was absolutely no way for her to have gotten there on time without someone driving her, which is why I thought I should be nice.

...but of course I thought wrong.

mankrip · Post by **mankrip** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:49 pm

I only answers the door when I hear they calling my name. If the person doesn't know my name, I have no reason to talk to him/her.

hearld500 · Post by **hearld500** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:19 pm

Did you get your $5 for gas?

Code-Red · Post by **Code-Red** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:23 pm

$5 isn't enough for gas. I would have let her go into shock before forking up precious petroleum.

JellyWarrior · Post by **JellyWarrior** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:39 pm

Well I think you did the right thing in giving her a lift, despite what happened afterwards. It's great to hear that there are still good people in the world.

Never giving a stranger a lift again probably isn't the answer. You've learned a good life lesson regarding character judgement.

BTW, I hope everything turns out ok.

Post by **melancholy** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:52 pm

hearld500 wrote:Did you get your $5 for gas?

Nope. Not that I would have taken it anyway unless she would have insisted. I didn't drive her there just to get $5 out of the deal.

S. Thompson · Post by **S. Thompson** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:31 pm

Your efforts weren't wasted! You were just being neighborly and helping her fuel her prescription drug addiction!

- Fuzmeister

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:52 pm

At least they nabbed her....

mink03 · Post by **mink03** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:02 pm

wow that is a fucking crazy ass story!

mrandyk · Post by **mrandyk** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:11 pm

i think this calls for a rofl.

Post by **melancholy** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:49 pm

Yeah, I have no updates on the situation, since the police never contacted me, nor have I seen that woman around the complex since then. I really don't know what came of it all, but in this situation, no news is definitely good news.