It seems there is a different kind of beggars or what ever you call them. Forget the obvious looking beggar that you know who wears dirty clothes, stands in a corner with a card board written 3 kids no work no food or approaches you and tell you about how many kids they have and ask you for a R2.00 or more.
There are new ones who will come to you wearing clean clothes looking like a working person, carrying a hand bag and ask you for R3.00 for taxi coz their friend didn’t come to pick them up or their transport didn’t arrive. This has happened to me two times with two different people doing it two times.
The first one was a woman wearing clean navy and white clothes like a nurse carrying a hand bag. She asked for R5.00 and told me her transport which was supposed to pick her up didn’t arrive.
I gave her the R5.00 after two months or so the very same woman approached me wearing the same clothes carrying the hand bag and told me the same story. I was amazed and felt stupid that this woman actually fooled me the first time and she is doing it again. She must think that I am stupid.
I was also mad that she is playing with my kindness because I didn’t get why she lied and I don’t like it when a person lies to me even worse, comes again telling me the same lie. So I didn’t give her money the second time. As I’m walking I’m thinking, why I didn’t tell her that she has done what she is doing to me before.
Again recently some guy came to me and asked me for a R3.00. He told me he was supposed to meet with his friend and now his friend didn’t arrive his friend was going to take him back to the office.
He even said he left his wallet and card in his office so now he needs R3.00 for taxi. He even said he is not a beggar I can see he is a decent working guy (and he was really decent, wearing clean black pants and grey shirt). He pleaded I give him R3.00. He even came as some who is really in a hurry I
gave him R5.00.
Now after a month the same guy comes to me with the same story this time he was carrying a file. He told me the very same story. And I’m like huh? I was surprised and thought this guy really looks like a decent working guy but he is also actauly fooling me like that woman.
I told him nah I don’t have money. Again as I’m walking I’m thinking why didn’t I tell him that you came to me and told me the same thing and now you are telling me you are not a beggar?
After thinking about all this I thought maybe these people are doing this because people do not give the obvious beggars money. But I’m thinking but these people must be living in good conditions at home because they do not look like people who live in the streets. So now is this the case of unemployment in our country or what?
Have you come across these kinda people? How did you feel after you've realised that they actually lied to you? So how would you feel if this happened to you? Do you feel they are making people fools? Would you feel they are playing with your kindness?
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