one of the perks of my job

[nature boy]

so i need to get this off my chest.

last friday i was completely swamped at work. just when i couldn't be busier, someone calls the church giving a sob story of not having enough money for food and gas. his job of delivering stuff doesn't pay well enough to cover the gas it takes to get out to surrey and actually deliver stuff. i told him that i wanted to help but was literally too busy to even leave my desk for 5 minutes (the convo took 10 minutes, btw). i gave him the number to another church nearby and hung up. not even a minute later the phone rang again. i figured it was him again so i just ignored it.

fast forward to today. he calls back and tells me that i never got back to him. i said i didn't have a number to get back to. anyway, he fed me the same story about needing money for gas and food and so i told him what i tell all people looking for handouts: i'll meet him at the gas station/grocery store and buy him what he needs, but no gift cards or cash. he agreed and i met him at this shady gas station in burnaby.

everything seemed fine, he got his tank filled ($80 later) and he was joking around and stuff. seemed pretty normal. then we headed off to superstore. when we got there, he got really irate and started asking me why i couldn't get him a gift card. i said that we've been burned in the past and this is the way we help those who really need it. he got more mad and wouldn't let me get a word in. when i said "bread and peanut butter", he turned around and walked out the door. i followed him outside and watched as he walked to his car. i wanted to wait to see him leave, in case he kicks some dents into my car. he didn't leave. he sat there for a looooong time. i had to pee, so i went back inside and was actually contemplating still buying the bread and pb and give it to him in his car.

after wandering around a bit, i decided against it just when my secretary calls. she said that the guy just called the church and yelled at her. ok. i walk outside and saw that his car was gone, so i thought it's all behind us.

i walk to my car and see that he didn't actually leave. he just moved his car beside mine so he could yell at me more. and he did so. for a good 5 minutes at least. then he left.

now i'm scared he's going to come to the church to kick my car in.

what a day.

[geForce]

What did he yell at you about? How did he do it without sounding like a total ass trying to trick you?

[joel]

sorry to hear about your bad day nat. sounds like it wasn't much fun.

hopefully, he doesn't return to kick your car and actually has a change of heart.

[Duncan]

i bet this guy calls multiple churches every week to get handouts

[Wetundies]

go kick his car before he kicks urs.

[geForce]

I hope the guy didn't get Nathan... he hasn't posted since then!

[nature boy]

lol, it was a crazy week last week so i wasn't able to follow up.

funny thing happened later that day. ben texts me and is like "hey, there's some chick checking out your car" and i was like, "are you sure it's a chick? is there a dude with her too?" and he says "yeah, there's a guy on the grass". my heart drops and i run out to make sure my car is ok. but thankfully it was just a couple parents waiting for their kid out of day care.

anyway, nothing happened since then. no more calls or anything. oh well, at least he got his free tank of gas.

[nature boy]

[nature boy]

[Wetundies]

wife is heading out of town. I'll be without food. I'll take some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that he didn't want.

[nature boy]

whoa, who said anything about jelly?

[Wetundies]

how can you not have it with jelly?

[nature boy]

easily, just don't put it on.
i didn't offer any jelly. just straight peanut butter. maybe that's why he was so mad at me lolz.

[Duncan]

should've offered him a stick of butter

[nature boy]

no man, cause you have to refrigerate butter.