I was travelling home from school just today when I was approached by a complete stranger, who introduced himself as "Skidz" (The way he said it somehow makes me interpret the final consonant as a "z") and we began talking. His facial demeanour suggested "junkie" something fierce, but he seemed nice enough anyway, so I casually continued the conversation.
"Skidz" had apparently run across a bit of luck in his time; from what I could gather from our discourse, he gets by entirely from charitable people offering him things for free. I was, of course, skeptical to say the least, but my stop was coming up soon, so I just played along.
Our conversation eventually lead to gaming and consoles, whereupon "Skidz" offered to get me a Nintendo Wii, absolutely free, no strings attached, sort of thing (he also indicated he could get any console for me for free). Suspecting that such an offer was just a little too good to be true, I respectfully declined, bid my new bestest, best friend adieu and departed with all due haste.
In retrospect, I'm not entirely all sure it was such a bad offer to begin with, however if television has taught me anything, it's that people who actually manage to come across as though their name would have several more z's than it would normally do are to be watched carefully, preferably out of firing range.
My question to you is thus; is it safe to accept a gaming console from a complete stranger you meet on the bus? If not, why would you think that this is not, if fact, the deal of a lifetime?
Note: I apologize for the title of this topic, if you found it a little misleading. It caught yout attention though, didn't it?!
"Skidz" had apparently run across a bit of luck in his time; from what I could gather from our discourse, he gets by entirely from charitable people offering him things for free. I was, of course, skeptical to say the least, but my stop was coming up soon, so I just played along.
Our conversation eventually lead to gaming and consoles, whereupon "Skidz" offered to get me a Nintendo Wii, absolutely free, no strings attached, sort of thing (he also indicated he could get any console for me for free). Suspecting that such an offer was just a little too good to be true, I respectfully declined, bid my new bestest, best friend adieu and departed with all due haste.
In retrospect, I'm not entirely all sure it was such a bad offer to begin with, however if television has taught me anything, it's that people who actually manage to come across as though their name would have several more z's than it would normally do are to be watched carefully, preferably out of firing range.
My question to you is thus; is it safe to accept a gaming console from a complete stranger you meet on the bus? If not, why would you think that this is not, if fact, the deal of a lifetime?
Note: I apologize for the title of this topic, if you found it a little misleading. It caught yout attention though, didn't it?!
