MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Would you give a stranger £3?

traceyf01

No I wouldn't - if as you say she is smartly dressed then she probably has a mobile phone and contacts nearby - work etc - that could lend her the money - and as previous person said - if its only £3 then walk....it really can't be that far!
If you really want to give away your hard earned cash give it to the RSPCA:j

tomstickland

I once bought a hitch hiker a £15 train ticket. He said he needed to get back to Birmingham. So I went and bought the ticket for him.

I don't mind doing a bit of active charity, but I like to make sure that the money goes where it should.

I once had someone asking for money for a taxi, so I asked where they were going and offered to take them there. Then suddenly they didn't need to go there anymore!


In summary, make a character assessment. Don't feel bad about saying no if you don't want to give the money. However, if you think that they are genuine then consider helping someone out.

robpw2

no where are they going for £3

topofall

No, absolutely not!

Adelea49

There is no need to beg strangers for money these days. If one is desprate to get home and you have no means of paying right that moment, then the train ticket office will issue you a ticket on the understanding that you will pay it back. You would have to fill in a form.

hamblettamaud

would i believe her? no.

anyway, she could just jump onto the train without paying and expect to pay the fine at her destination. or not if she has no purse.

forestlands

No money from me. Tell her to go to the station, say what happened, give name and address, ask for ticket and offer to send in payment.

NAPESSNR

No, I would expect a well dressed, smart person to have a mobile phone, I would direct her to the police station to get help

itgirl_3

I would say "Yes" if I had enough spare cash. If it's genuine you've helped someone out. If it's not, you've lost £3. May be I think differently to most who have replied because I don't live in a city and am not confronted with these types of scams day in day out. I have also been helped out by complete strangers myself in the past and so would want to do the same for someone else given the opportunity.

Ariane122

Yes I would. The reason been that a couple of years ago, my husband was taken in emergency to hospital and I had to follow the ambulance. I then parked my car in the hospital car park but in the emergency had forgotten to take my handbag.

After 5 hours in emergency and my husband taken to a ward, I had to get home. The Manager of the car park at the end of the day did not want to leave me take my car unless I paid for the parking. A very friendly man offered to pay for me. I ensure I had his contact and posted a cheque as soon as I returned home. I also made sure that I wrote a letter of complaint to the hospital about the way I had been treated.

The lesson is that not all person are there to con you of you precious money. It is just such a shame that we no longer trust anyone.