Today, I met somebody · 5:06pm Sep 1st, 2017
I was planning to write a blog about something I have been wondering for a quite some time now, but today happened something very unusual and I want to write about that instead.
I'm very shy and quiet person and don't go out that much. However, as It's a weekend I think it'd be nice to get something special. I walk to the closest grocery store, buy some food and chips and start my way back home. For some reason, I take a different route than usual. The plan was to find out whether this route was any quicker or not. On the halfway back home, I see this man walking across the street and notice him starting to walk toward me.
I hope he doesn't say or do anything - For God's sake, he could as well be robbing me so I try to walk a tad faster and pay no attention to him. However, he then walks to me and asks if I could help him. His appearance immediately makes me think he wasn't doing that good in life. Because it's really hard for me to be rude and say no to somebody just for my own comfort and because I feel bad for the guy, I ask what it is that he needs. He starts explaining to me that he's not from this town and that he needs some money for a bus ticket and that his trustee* has been stealing his money from his bank account.
*I have no idea if this is a correct term for what I'm looking for but it's a kind of person who's responsible for other person money and such. It was all google translator would give me...
To my relief, this person didn't act negatively toward me in any way. He asked if I had 5 euros for the bus ticket. I said I'll check my wallet if I had anything. Frankly, I didn't know myself because I almost never use any cash. Surprisingly, there was 45 euros, 2x20e and one happily smiling 5 euro note.
I give the man 5 euro and he then thanks me from the bottom of his heart and wishes me God's blessing and all. Afterwards, he starts cursing his trustee for stealing his money or something. He also told me that he was coming from this small church that was nearby and told me that they had helped him a lot as well.
So I wished the man all the best as well and continued my way back home. As I looked behind, I saw the person actually going toward the bus station (or toward the state run alcohol store which is conveniently located in the same direction, but who knows). I was simply thankful that I actually had that 5 euro note for the poor guy because I didn't want to lie to him for not having any cash. What if he actually wanted to see if I was lying? Giving him what he wanted was the best way to get away from the situation safely.
Now, I know there's a really high chance that he actually spends that money on either narcotics, booze, cigarettes, or something else, but I don't really care. I can give a person 5 euros if it makes him leave me alone. I'm almost certain he was lying to me, but at least he didn't try to harm me and for that alone, he deserved the money. These type of situations are not very common where I live. This is just a small town compared to some places where you might be from.
I just hope that I actually helped this man getting somewhere. (no pun intended. )