Why People aren't more generous..

So I'm guessing that most people would help another human being if they were in trouble and needed some assistance right??? I know I would...but you know what really ticks me off is that there are people out there...really bad people that abuse people's innate generousity to further their own cause. I'm pretty pissed about this so have a read.

Today I went to golf town around 11 am to pick up some golf balls and a new glove because my other one broke. As I was parking this chinese guy comes right up to be before I even turned off my car and asks me if I speak chinese.....I said no and he then proceeded to talk in english...to make a long story short here's the sappy story he told me. He's a new immigrant from China and he just deposited $5000 at the TD bank across the street and wanted to withdraw some money from the bank. Unfortunately the bank said that the cheque requires 5 business days to clear before they can let him withdraw the funds. THe reason why he needs money right now is that his car has no gas and he needs to get to the hospital to see his friend who is at the Whiby hospital.....

So like the gullible idiot that I am, I tried to reason out of it...but he was so persistent and looked so desperate that I decided (against my better judgement) to give him whatever I had in my wallet, which was 20 bucks. He then asked for my name and address so that he could repay me...Who does he think I am??? I'm not that stupid...so I told him I will not give him my name and that he could just keep the money. Then he proceeds to continue the story...he needs apparently at least $40 dollars to buy his friend medicine from the pharamacy and told me to go to the bank and use my card to withdraw it. I had to draw the line there....I told him to drive to the hospital with the gas money I gave him and talk to the doctors there. If his friend really needed the medicine, the hospital would pay for it and he could pay them back....but he wouldn't give up...he proceeded to tell me that we are chinese and are like brothers and that I should help out one of my own....I stopped it there and told him I will NOT go to the bank, that I already gave him $20 freaking bucks and that I had to go because I was very busy.

I get home and tell my mom about this and apparently this guy is going around doing the same thing to everyone he meets. My mom actually turned him away....he told her the same sappy story....I don't know about you but this really turns me off being nice to people. I'm a genuinely nice person deep down but little incidents like these really piss me off. From this point on I will never give any person who asks for money money because every time I give it to them, it turns out to be a scam. I've been HAD at least 6 or 7 times throughout my life where people blatantly scam me for money pretending to really need it. Some people should just stop playing on the decency of people and find a job and start working. I pay taxes for their welfare and unemployment insurance...isn't that enough???

I guess the only way to look at it and not get pissed off is if this guy is that desperate to make up a lie that complicated and big, either he's sick or really does need the money in which case I guess I'm glad to help out. If he needed the money he should just come out and say it...not make up some sappy story about how he's out of gas......

some people just suck!

do you think I'm insensitive???