regreting things

[stevewool]

Do you ever think after the fact you should have not done that,
Maybe i am getting a little older and wiser and now thinking everyone is not the same too,
The other day when driving back from London we stopped at a service station for a quick pee, and walking back to the car this young man came up to us,
Excuse me sir , he said , but could you , and i just waved and said SORRY NO and walked past him ,
We got into the car and i saw him hurrying from car to car asking Excuse Me, to others,
I drove out and a mile or two up the road i thought what did he want , he may have just wanted help,
Have i and maybe we become people who just dont have the time to stop and listen or are we afraid to be asked for cash or a little food knowing they maybe lying to us,
Maybe you may think they are all in it for themselves , but i do hope i never need genuine help and people just walk past,

[Arthur Little]

situation is one which I'm sure most of us have found ourselves confronted with from time to time, Steve. And, to be honest ... ... it's often difficult to be truly objective in these circumstances.

[les_taxi]

I think I would have at least heard what he had to say-he might have wanted a jump start on his car.Has happened to me before.

[Dedworth]

More likely a grub - I was accosted by a creature in an out of town shopping area car park few months ago with "I've not eaten for two days can you spare me a quid". He wasn't dying of hunger and showed a turn of speed running between those getting in and out of their motors. I put the security onto him.

[London_Manila]

More likely a grub - I was accosted by a creature in an out of town shopping area car park few months ago with "I've not eaten for two days can you spare me a quid". He wasn't dying of hunger and showed a turn of speed running between those getting in and out of their motors. I put the security onto him.

Romanian beggars on the underground a couple of days ago
Moving along inside the train going from carriage to carriage with some begging hand written note

4 overweight females and i gave them short shrift

I just thought to myself = is this what the country has come to now

[Dedworth]

Well done for giving the filth some verbal it might make the passive roll over majority realise the infestation of these parasites. British Transport Police should have them on the next air freight out of here

[mickcant]

Do you ever think after the fact you should have not done that,
Maybe i am getting a little older and wiser and now thinking everyone is not the same too,
The other day when driving back from London we stopped at a service station for a quick pee, and walking back to the car this young man came up to us,
Excuse me sir , he said , but could you , and i just waved and said SORRY NO and walked past him ,
We got into the car and i saw him hurrying from car to car asking Excuse Me, to others,
I drove out and a mile or two up the road i thought what did he want , he may have just wanted help,
Have i and maybe we become people who just dont have the time to stop and listen or are we afraid to be asked for cash or a little food knowing they maybe lying to us,
Maybe you may think they are all in it for themselves , but i do hope i never need genuine help and people just walk past,

Hi Steve,
I like to think I would have listened to what he was asking, but this in now after the event, I expect my first reaction would have been the same as you.

When I was in the Philippines in 2008 before getting married there was a woman begging outside the hotel every morning, I found if I gave her a little change that to me was nothing, she would not ask again if I went past her later in the day.
Mick.

[grahamw48]

I can understand your feelings Steve.

It is a shame the way things are going in our society nowadays...making people nervous of strangers.

Back in the early 70s for instance, you could hitchhike all over the country, without driver or hitchhiker having to worry too much about one another...even though perfect strangers. Just an interesting conversation and journey to look forward to.

Put in the situation you were in, probably I'd have had a quick listen (because I'm by nature a nosey person ), but if everybody was giving him the cold shoulder...maybe a good reason for it. You just have to use your own judgement.

[KeithD]

I would have robbed him

[Anakin]

Very difficult sorting the wheat out from the chaff (chav). Sounds like your guy may have just had a genuine need for help though, but I'm sure that if he did some kind would would've sorted him out. Always remember taking my ex in laws who were South Africans to London for the first time. The ex mother in law gave some money to a shabby looking bloke who was sitting on the pavement in a quieter part of Covent Garden. He really had the act off to a fine tee, with the sorrowful face, grotty clothes and one of those voices you put on when you're phoning in sick. Later that evening we went to a bar in the vicinity and saw him all dressed up and sitting at the bar drinking what looked like a gin and tonic! Maybe he was a drama student?

[stevewool]

This is the problem, we see so many people asking for this and that and you cannot give to everyone,
To ease my mind the next person that i see i shall buy a BIG BURGER