Muenkel 0 #1 October 19, 2002 A few weeks back, while in Chicago, I went to the Sears Tower to check out the Skydeck. Admission is $10.45. While on line, there is a kid about 19 in front of me, a total stranger, who tried to pay with a check. They don't accept checks. I try to be a nice citizen and I offer to pay his admission and he wrote me a check. I just received the check back from my bank due to insufficient funds. Now it is no big whoop, because fortunately for me, $10 is not going to break me. But it just plain sucks. You try to do something nice and you get kicked in the teeth. Oh well, live and learn. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #2 October 19, 2002 Bummer. I'm surprised that someone finds in himself enough trust in his fellow man to do something like that. The world needs more people like you. I wouldn't have given the guy the money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #3 October 19, 2002 Thanks Erno, I knew I was taking a risk, but like I said, $10 is not going to break me. I figured it was worth the risk to be nice to a stranger. Also, he seemed like a nice enough kid. Maybe, I'm just a sucka and should become a cynic....nah! _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #4 October 19, 2002 Sometimes it doesn't pay to be nice. youre absolutely correct so FUCK OFFnah, thats cool of you. I do those things sometime but I find when it comes to stuff like that(things involving $$) If u wouldnt have taken the check and youd be a lot happier now. doing cool things for strangers is well cool but most are too cynical to accept them. next time, write it off as a act of kindness b/c like you said the $$ isnt a big deal, the fact that the kid took you for a fool is! it turned a kind deed into a regret in retrospect! so like I said FUCK OFF!(HAHA) My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #5 October 19, 2002 Like I said, it's not the money. It's just the act of "Fuck You, I'm going to rip you off" attitude that bums you out. Oh well, the kid is a dick and deep down he knows it! BTW, Fuck you too! _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherman1977 0 #6 October 19, 2002 it's a sad world... but what can you do? Now you know why there are so many untrusting people out there. good thing it was only $10. Then again if it were 1000, I bet you would have done it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #7 October 19, 2002 >Maybe, I'm just a sucka and should become a cynic....nah! Go for it dude, a pessimist cynic is never disappointed...Just kidding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #8 October 19, 2002 You did the right thing. Need us to take up a collection and help you out? "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherman1977 0 #9 October 19, 2002 we can't send $$$$. This was a life lesson. And you know nothing in life is free. Chalk it up to experience. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #10 October 19, 2002 Quote we can't send $$$$. This was a life lesson. And you know nothing in life is free. Chalk it up to experience. experience is something you dont have until just after you need it! I love george carlin!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #11 October 19, 2002 Quote Go for it dude, a pessimist cynic is never disappointed... Ha, ha, ha. Touche. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherman1977 0 #12 October 19, 2002 that's good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #13 October 19, 2002 The bounced check probably cost him more then the $10... that is if he ever puts money into the account. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #14 October 20, 2002 When I was younger I got ripped off myself, b/c of trying to be "nice." Here's the rule, and write this down: Go ahead & help out a stranger in any way possible, just as long as it doesn't involve handing them cash. If a stranger seems to be in trouble & is asking for money to help fix it, chances are he's a con man & you are going to get ripped off. And they will say anything & look you right in the eye.."My child/wife has XXX medical condition and I can't afford the medicine, could you spare twenty bucks?" "I need cabfare/plane fare to get to my mother's funeral" Believe me I've heard them all, and they're all cons. There was one I heard in Fells Point in Baltimore. These guys walk around with clipboards (so it looks official) asking for money "to go to the family of a little girl who was killed in the crossfire between drugdealers. It happened about six weeks ago." If you give them the money they'll take down your name and address, I guess so that they look like they're for real. Went backto Baltimore afew years later and those guys were still there, using the same story & not even bothering to change any of the details. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #15 October 20, 2002 It's pretty simple, really. Nice guys get ripped off sometimes, it's a fact in today's society. But it certainly doesn't mean people shouldn't be good to other people. At least I hope so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #16 October 20, 2002 well you have the guys check dont you? you could always find him and stab him in the face with a bicycle sproket! My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #17 October 20, 2002 Man, what a jerk! I've been burned by people like that before too. Now I'm really cautious about stuff like that. Its good to see there are good people in the world though. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #18 October 20, 2002 TRY THE CHECK AGAIN. IF IT COME UP INSUFFICIENT AGAIN, HE WILL GET A FEE OF $26.00 FROM HIS BANK. HE'LL WISH HE DIDN'T SCREW UP AND THEN LEARN HIS LESSON. People can't be let off the hook. If you do, you have taught him that it's OK to do it to you, it's OK to do it again, and when He does... he thinks it's OK again. _______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #19 October 20, 2002 i still like the bicycle sprocket thing!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessefs 0 #20 October 20, 2002 #1, maybe the guy didn't know about the lack of funds, I know it's happend to me before and probably a few of you also. #2, don't look at it as a bad thing, focus on the feeling you had when you did him this service...you just added karma points to your pool!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #21 October 20, 2002 Chris, It sucks that you got ripped off when you were trying to do a good thing. But....here is what you should tell yourself now: 1. Like you said...it is only $10 and it isn't gonna break you. I am a firm believer in karma....so... 2. You have good things coming to you...put good energy out and you will get good energy back. 3. The guy who you tried to help....he put negative enrgy out there...and it WILL come back to him. Pat yourself on the back for doing a good thing. Then just let it go.... Anne ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkM 0 #22 October 20, 2002 You may be out 10 bucks, but you're the bigger man. And that's golden. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flypunk 0 #23 October 20, 2002 hey c'mon dont loose the faith in people we all been ripped off sometime, it sucks!!! yeah but still the world is a better place with nice people in it. What goes around comes around... ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #24 October 21, 2002 I agree with the last few posts, that it is right to be a good and generous person, but I would only add the small but important axiom: don't hand out cash!! Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
