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I was at a moderately upscale shopping center in San Antonio this afternoon, waiting for my wife to get her hair done. As I was standing next to our SUV, an older lady drove up next to me in a respectable looking late model sedan. Her passenger window was open, and she leaned over to make eye contact with me, and waived me over. She started out saying she needed directions to Austin. I thought for a minute, then truthfully told her I wasn't familiar enough with the area to tell her how to get back to the highway. I suggested she ask someone else. This is when she told me that she'd just gotten a call that her daughter had been in a terrible accident involving a big rig, and that her minister had loaned her the car to get there. But, and now she waived some dollar bills in her right hand, she went on to say she didn't have enough money to buy gas. She invoked the name of Jesus, and asked me for gas money. That's when I backed off and said, "Sorry lady, I just don't do that." She drove off saying something about "the Lord."
I've been panhandled before, but never under such circumstances. The lady was well dressed and her car was clean and reasonably new. I wonder how much she makes in a day, driving through fashionable parking lots, giving people that jiveass story? Based on appearances, she seems to be doing quite well. These are strange times!
PS: A search this evening failed to reveal any big rig or truck involved accident in the Austin, TX area.
I've been panhandled before, but never under such circumstances. The lady was well dressed and her car was clean and reasonably new. I wonder how much she makes in a day, driving through fashionable parking lots, giving people that jiveass story? Based on appearances, she seems to be doing quite well. These are strange times!
PS: A search this evening failed to reveal any big rig or truck involved accident in the Austin, TX area.
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