This is what I have to say.

tl;dr : Woman asked for a ride to home at Walmart, instead needed $20 to pick up some “medication” at a store and then found out she was locked out of her house. We dropped her off at her neighbor’s house and then she said that we could pick up the money tomorrow at the ER (where she works). We were scammed.

Full Story:

My girlfriend and I were going to Walmart around 11pm to pick up a few things for her bladder infection. As we approached the doors, a woman who was sitting down on the bench got our attention. She had said that she worked at a hospital nearby and her car broke down. Furthermore, her husband (who ‘is’ a fireman) wouldn’t be getting off until 3-4am. She needed a ride home, which wasn’t too far from Walmart, and said if we could just get her home. I told her it would be fine, and she said she would offer me $20 for my services. My girlfriend and I got some things, and after we checked out, we met up with her at the same spot. She profusely told us “thank you so much, God bless y’all” and that she would pay me $20. We were getting in the car and she began to talk about herself.

As she had noted before, she said she worked at the hospital nearby and that she worked in the ER. She had also told us that she was unexpectedly 3 weeks pregnant, and that she’s 38. As we drove out of the parking lot, she pointed out that the white car in the parking lot was hers and that she had gotten it as a present on Valentine’s Day. Brand new, and it already doesn’t work. She never said how it stopped working; just that it didn’t work. As we approached a light, she stated that she needed to go to a gas station to go pick up some medication. This is where things started to get kind of weird. I wanted to say that all she had wanted from us was to take her home, but being nice, we took her to the gas station.

When we got to the gas station, she went inside and came out empty handed a minute or two later. She opened the door and asked if she could borrow $9. I didn’t have any cash and neither did my girlfriend. My girlfriend insisted on using her debit card to help her out, but the woman said that it had to be in cash. She also happened to know that the nearest ATM was at another gas station nearby. So we drove there. Once we arrived, she went in with her and used the ATM. She then said, “Oh you must have misheard me, I need $19.” My girlfriend agreed (due to being too scared to really question anything) and gave her $20. They both came back to my car and we drove back to the same gas station, and she finally picked up her medication. She also stated that once we dropped her off, she would pay us $40 for the embarrassing incident of lack of money.

We drove again, and we conversed more about work and living here. She stated again that she works at the regional hospital and that she’s been there for 15 years. Pretty long time. She asked us about how long we’ve lived here, and we answer her. I asked her, “So have you lived here all of your life, or?” and she then tells me, “Oh, no. I’ve only lived here two months.”

What?

That made no sense to me, but I didn’t bother questioning it. She started talking about her life, how her husband is a firefighter and how she also has a 5 year old stepson who happened to be sick with bronchitis and has asthma. She said that her neighbor had to take her stepson to the hospital today because he wasn’t feeling well; her neighbor had also stopped by a pharmacy to pick up some medication for this woman’s stepson, and had left it with someone at the gas station so she could pick it up. Incredibly skeptical…

She also said she used to live in a town about 30 minutes away from Dallas (can’t remember the name), but she said that there was absolutely no alcohol there; like, no stores would sell it. You would have to drive to a different city to buy alcohol.

Anyway, once we finally reached her house, she stated that her doors were locked in her home (by mere visual observation, not actually physically trying to open the door in any way possible), and she couldn’t get in. She began to call her husband but he hasn’t picked up since this entire extravagant trip. She then told us to stop by her neighbor’s place and that she would just stay there for the night.

Before we left, she said to come by the regional hospital tomorrow because she would have the money to pay back my girlfriend and for the trip. We leave with a very weird feeling in our hearts.

The things that didn’t add up:

• She’s worked at the regional hospital for 15 years but has only lived here for 2 months.
• Her brand new car stopped working after 3 days for unknown reasons.
• Why the hell was she at Walmart in the first place at 11pm? We had our reasons…she didn’t have any groceries with her.
• The fire department here is a voluntary service. The only time someone would be busy late at night would be if there was an emergency call. In this event, we would’ve known this because my girlfriend’s father is a firefighter who works at both volunteer and major city stations. Also, it had just rained for a good 3-4 hours here.
• Being locked out of her own house. I don’t understand the concept of locking yourself out of your own house and going to Walmart, if you can’t even get back inside your own home. Unless you’re being dependent of someone else to unlock the door for you?
• Buying medication at a gas station. The only thing I can think of is that her friend is the one who works at the gas station and she’s paying her friend back. Neither of us got the chance to see said friend.
• Asking for $19 when she explicitly said $9. I’m trying to imagine what would have happened if we had given her $9 at the original gas station.
• Profusely saying ‘Thank you, God bless you.’ It was getting awfully annoying…I felt like she was trying to act like a really nice woman, but she said it at least (not exaggerating) 50 times.

After asking people on reddit, all they had were incredibly hateful comments about how much of a dumbass/idiot/fucker that deserved it/etc. I was.  But, I figured I should just post this on here because I could.  I guess the moral of this story is to not help those who are that needy and to not get scammed at the same time. And, that I am dumb. :(