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guy walked into the local welfare office to pick up his check He marched straight up to the counter and said, ' Hi. You know, I just HATE drawing welfare. I'd really rather have a job.'

The social worker behind the counter said, ' Your timing is excellent. We just got a job opening from a very wealthy old man who wants a Chauffeur and bodyguard for his beautiful daughter.

You'll have to drive around in his 2008 Mercedes-Benz CL, and he will supply all of your clothes. Because of the long hours, meals will be provided. You'll also be expected to escort the daughter on her overseas holiday trips.

A two-bedroom loft type apartment with plasma TV, stereo, bar, etc. located above the garage, will be designated for your sole use and the salary is $200,000 a year.'

The guy, just plain wide-eyed, said, ' You're bullspitn' me!

The social worker said, ' Yeah, well . . You started it.'
 
Years ago I saw a guy on the side of the street with a sign that read "Will work for food". So I stopped and told him I had some work for him, splitting some wood.

He said "I don't want to work that hard".

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I once had a guy in Chicago try to get some cash from me "for food". It just happened that we were on a corner right in front of a chicken fast food place so I pulled him in the door and said, "Order something - I'll pay." He stammered and made some excuse about everything looking too spicy. I told him in as loud a voice as possible without actually yelling "I guess you're not really that hungry then, huh?" And stalked out.

Calvin
 
Originally Posted By: calvin1
I once had a guy in Chicago try to get some cash from me "for food". It just happened that we were on a corner right in front of a chicken fast food place so I pulled him in the door and said, "Order something - I'll pay." He stammered and made some excuse about everything looking too spicy. I told him in as loud a voice as possible without actually yelling "I guess you're not really that hungry then, huh?" And stalked out.

Calvin


That happened to me once with a guy at IHOP. I told the greeter that he needed a menu so that he could go ahead and place an order before being seated, for which I would pay for. He ordered 2 meals, somewhat pricey, but I figured he was really hungry. I pulled out my card and told the cashier not to refund any money, only credit back to my card. ( Popular homeless scam is to order a lot of food and then demand a refund after the purchaser leaves.) The homeless guy got upset with me and started asking the cashier could she do that. At that point, I realized the man wasn't hungry for food. I politely told the cashier never mind, scrap the order. He really got irate then. The manager had to call the police.
 
I worked at a gas station while attending college. One common scam was for someone to walk around the station carrying an empty can of gasoline. They would approach customers as they were about to leave the station and claim that their car had run out of gas and ask for a couple of dollars to fill the gas can. They would usually claim that this would give them enough gas to make it home.

It didn't take long for me to figure out what was going on. I began to tell the customers to offer to fill the scam artist's can with gasoline instead of handing them money. Invariably, the scam artist would get [censored] and head off to another station when customer after customer would offer to fill up their "prop" gas can instead of handing them money.
 
the gas scam was VERY popular here for quite a while. I never gave in, told them I don't carry cash and I'm in a big hurry. It really isn't my problem that you are so poorly prepared, maybe they should have been in the boy scouts.
 
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