Am I naive or ..........

annasoper

NCISROCKS wrote: »

You were unhappy to give out your own address but were happy to give out your works address details...the people who pay you...why? It was a personal thing why did you involve your employer?

I don't see what harm can come off this. I address parcels from Amazon or ebay to my work address all the time because I'm present there all day. This is quite similar. "..the people who pay you...", you're blowing it out of proportion and I can't see why.

annasoper

NCISROCKS wrote: »

Aye right!! Any other softy out there want to give me a fiver?

If it would shut you up, yes

scheming_gypsy

annasoper wrote: »

And at the end of the day, you only gave away £5 to make someone very happy, whether her needs were genuine or not.

When you go to work and spend 37.5 hours a week or more working to take home £x amount. Just remember that this girl can take home:
20 people - £100
50 people - £250
100 people - £500
200 people - £1000

So if you work 37.5 hours a week and take home £1000 a month, the girl in the car park could have taken that home in one day after hitting a couple of supermarkets.

mandrose

NCISROCKS wrote: »

Aye right!! Any other softy out there want to give me a fiver?

If you've got a sob story I'll bung you a fiver too!

NCISROCKS

annasoper wrote: »

If it would shut you up, yes

Using your employers details as a contact point is not a good idea.

mandrose

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

When you go to work and spend 37.5 hours a week or more working to take home £x amount. Just remember that this girl can take home:
20 people - £100
50 people - £250
100 people - £500
200 people - £1000

So if you work 37.5 hours a week and take home £1000 a month, the girl in the car park could have taken that home in one day after hitting a couple of supermarkets.

Believe you me, I worked this out hours ago! I take pride that mines a legitimate job though and I work bloody hard for my money! If she was spinning a yarn, shame on her and one day she'll get her just rewards!

scheming_gypsy

Can't blame you to be honest though as it's not easy to tell somebody to sling it when they're right in front of you.
I had something similar happen a few years ago but I willingly gave him the money because of his honesty. Instead of the usual blah blah blah that they give you he just told me that he wanted to go to the Notting Hill Carnival but couldn't afford it so he was begging for change to get there.

mandrose

NCISROCKS wrote: »

Using your employers details as a contact point is not a good idea.

still not really seeing your point tbh! I didn't do anything illegal!

IrKirsty

I don't think you were being naive, no. I think people are far too cynical nowadays and need to start trusting people a little more. You did a really good thing and needless of the other persons aims, you will be rewarded for that someway!
If only there were more people like you out there, I know if I was caught in a similar situation I would do the same as I was brought up to treat people the way I wished to be treated

mildred1978

She could havegone to the petrol station at Tesco and filled out a form for non-payment of fuel. A couple of quid would have got her to her nan's and back and she would have owed Tesco, not you.

Guess you live and learn.