I have to tell you what happened today...
Hubby asked me if I wanted to go out for lunch to the Chinese restaurant. I of course said yes, and off we went.
We had just sat down and started to eat when this lady who looked to be in her 50's I would guess, came in.
It was 2:30 so there wasn't anyone else there except us and one other guy sitting alone at a table.
So this woman went up to him and mumbled something...then she comes up to us and says "Do you have any spare change you could give me?"
Hubby said "No, sorry". This was really odd because this town isn't very big, so we don't have homeless people here or ever see people begging for money here.
She then went up to the front and asked the man if he would go back and ask the cook if they had any food they could give her for free.
I thought for sure they were going to kick her out, most places would have or called the cops...but he went back and came out with a bowl of rice for her. (which I thought was very nice of them) and she asked if she could sit there and eat it. They said yes.
Of course I started feeling very very sorry for her...and I asked hubby if he could give me a few quarters to give her. He said no...he wasn't giving her any money and that it was probably a scam anyway.
So I dug around in my purse, and all I had for change was a nickle.
But I also had six or seven of those Creme Savors candies that are individually wrapped. So over to her table I went with my nickle and a handful of candy, feeling very foolish, but wanting to help nonetheless. I told her it was all I had, and I apologized that it wasn't more. She thanked me and took it. She had a peice of paper in front of her with the weirdest looking writing on it....not english. Just one line.
Then a few minutes later as I was going back through the buffet for seconds...and feeling extremely guilty that I was eating so well and all she had was a bowl of rice....and thinking maybe I should just buy her a meal....she hollered over to me "Are you polish???"
I walked over to her and said, "No...I'm not polish" then she says......."Are you one of those people who likes to put pigs into humans?" This caught me totally off guard, because up till then I had thought she was normal...just very down on her luck, but normal.
I said, "Uh no....I have never heard of that" (what else would you say?)
Then she says, "Well there are some people who think pigs should be put into humans instead of into pigs" I said, "Oh my" and walked off. Then she started singing a song very loudly, about a monkey and when she was done, she said "Is he dead yet?"
Hubby thought the whole thing was very amusing, but I thought it was just plain scary and a little sad!!! She obviously needs to be committed and not be wandering around looking for food!!!!
Hubby made some wisecrack about how she probably had a demon in her and I just gave candy to a demon....and how now it was probably going to steal my soul. I told him MY soul was already spoken for, but if I was HIM I'd be a little scared!
I said a prayer for her on the way home...but I can't stop thinking about it...I feel so bad for her....
Hubby asked me if I wanted to go out for lunch to the Chinese restaurant. I of course said yes, and off we went.
We had just sat down and started to eat when this lady who looked to be in her 50's I would guess, came in.
It was 2:30 so there wasn't anyone else there except us and one other guy sitting alone at a table.
So this woman went up to him and mumbled something...then she comes up to us and says "Do you have any spare change you could give me?"
Hubby said "No, sorry". This was really odd because this town isn't very big, so we don't have homeless people here or ever see people begging for money here.
She then went up to the front and asked the man if he would go back and ask the cook if they had any food they could give her for free.
I thought for sure they were going to kick her out, most places would have or called the cops...but he went back and came out with a bowl of rice for her. (which I thought was very nice of them) and she asked if she could sit there and eat it. They said yes.
Of course I started feeling very very sorry for her...and I asked hubby if he could give me a few quarters to give her. He said no...he wasn't giving her any money and that it was probably a scam anyway.
So I dug around in my purse, and all I had for change was a nickle.
Then a few minutes later as I was going back through the buffet for seconds...and feeling extremely guilty that I was eating so well and all she had was a bowl of rice....and thinking maybe I should just buy her a meal....she hollered over to me "Are you polish???"
I walked over to her and said, "No...I'm not polish" then she says......."Are you one of those people who likes to put pigs into humans?" This caught me totally off guard, because up till then I had thought she was normal...just very down on her luck, but normal.
I said, "Uh no....I have never heard of that" (what else would you say?)
Hubby thought the whole thing was very amusing, but I thought it was just plain scary and a little sad!!! She obviously needs to be committed and not be wandering around looking for food!!!!
Hubby made some wisecrack about how she probably had a demon in her and I just gave candy to a demon....and how now it was probably going to steal my soul. I told him MY soul was already spoken for, but if I was HIM I'd be a little scared!
I said a prayer for her on the way home...but I can't stop thinking about it...I feel so bad for her....