Friday, June 29, 2012

Helping Hand?

After going to the gym tonight, I went to the bank to get some cash.

While getting out of the car, I saw a woman standing beside a car just opposite me.  It looked like she was waiting for people.  Seeing as there was a group of people coming out of a restaurant, I thought she was waiting for them.

After getting my cash, I walked back to my car.  As I was walking, the woman stopped me and asked to borrow my phone.  She said some other stuff in Mandarin, but seeing as my mind was not expecting a random conversation in Mandarin, I didn't pick up everything she said.  I think it was something about being locked out of her car.

Seeing as my phone was in the car and not on me, I just said I didn't have a phone with me.

Was I wrong to do that?

What if she actually needed help?  Then the poor women would have to wait for the next person to come by and hope that he/she would help.  And who knows how long that would be.

But, a part of me was slightly suspicious.  Why didn't she ask that group of people coming out of the restaurant?  Why didn't she ask me when I first got out of my car, before I went into the bank?

Was I wrong to do that?  I was just being careful.  But I feel bad if she really did need help.

Maybe...(or not maybe)...I just have trust issues.

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