a little while ago this man came into the hotel where i work and said he needed a place to stay. he said he didn't have any money and that he had a baby in the car and he ran out of formula and they didn't have anywhere to stay for the nite. but why would you leave a baby in the car???
this was at about 3:00 in the morning, so i was skeptical.
he could have been feeding me a crock of shit, but what if he was telling the truth?
i just put in my 2 weeks notice here, so i wasn't worried about getting fired if i went ahead and gave him a free room. i was, however, worried that he may just be telling me his sob story to get in the door to rob or shoot me. i'm a 20-something female working alone at nite...i want to be as freakin' safe as possible!
so i told him a couple of other hotels in the area that he could check with. i should have given him the name and address of the homeless shelter, but i didn't. perhaps in my gut i felt like it was a bogus story.
nonetheless, i still fell a little bit guilty for not helping him out. i just said a prayer for him anyway, whatever his situation may be.
it sucks that this is such an untrusting world. when did i become a part of that?
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