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8.08.2005 ||> Scammed... but where?
On Saturday I had to take a trip over to the 3rd largest mall in America to pick up my new glasses. As I was walking to the bus stop, this guy who was very loud accosted me. He was bent on telling me his whole life story involving his girlfriend who had hit him in the head with a pipe and had stolen all his money. He just wanted to get home in the city and asked me to buy him a ticket. As everyone in Philly knows, the ticket office is closed on the weekends and you have to buy your ticket on the train.
I was sort of stuck. I didn't really believe him because his story was weaving in and out, but if I had been stuck like that, I would want people to believe me. Furthermore, he was making me very uncomfortable and I wanted him gone. So I gave him two dollars in the hopes he would go away, told him that no, I couldn't change my $10 bill out for him as there was no place that would do it and I would miss my bus. Finally, he left and I went to America's Best to get my glasses and contacts.
When I was there, I asked for my contacts prescription, which they refused to give me. I asked why and the answer was that the doctor could be held liable if anything happened with my prescription. Say what?
I said that it was ridiculous. I argued, but the lady kept getting nastier and nastier with me and I was really starting to freak out with the anger and frustration. With the lamest parting shot ever, I left. The argument was that the doctor would be held liable if they gave me the prescription, it was company policy, whatever. But they were letting me walk out with contacts in that same prescription without seeing that they fit in the first place. So it seems that they don't really care if they fit, they just didn't want me going anywhere
Of the two potential scams that happened that day, I feel better about the $2 I gave away than the organization hell bent on keeping their customers right where they want them.
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