Why Did I Refuse This Random Act of Kindness?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I don't think it was rude at all.
If Helen had said, "Listen here, fella. You can take your drink and sit on it." THAT would have been rude...

Once, in Monterey, I was filling up gas in Sand City. A guy pulled up to my car and opened his trunk. In the back of the trunk, there was a huge plasma screen TV.
"Here, take it." He said.
"Excuse me?"
"It's my boss's, I quit today. I want you to have it because I hate my boss."
For a split second I saw myself loading it into my trunk. But the other side of me thought better. It wasn't mine to have. I didn't buy it myself... It wouldn't feel right to me. So I told him, "No, thanks."
He seemed surprised and pissed off, but I don't regret that. Besides, it could have been some sort of police sting or something....

Lol! See, what first flashed through my head was that the kid was probably using someone else's card- be it an ex-beau, mom or dad's, or even stolen. Jaded, perhaps, but there you have it. Helen is a mom, and maybe her mom spidey sensors went off. (This kid is being fiscally irresponsible!)