I got the strangest phone call last night. Advice needed.
 

About 4am I'm sleeping and my cell phone rings. I answer thinking it must be an emergency and it is some woman asking for a guy named Keith. I tell her she has the wrong number and she asks if I know Keith. I tell her no and she starts to cry. I ask if she is okay and needs me to call 911 or something. She then starts telling me how she works in a bar and late tonight a friend of hers came in and convinced her to take $400 out of the till and use it to play video poker. She expected to win and put the money back in the till. Of course she lost it all and now doesn't know what to do. She tells me her boss owns the house she rents so when he finds out in the morning she is going to get fired and kicked out of her house. She tells me she thinks she is either going to pack up her stuff and just run away or she might slash her wrists.

At first I was annoyed and thought it was a prank or something, but now I'm a little worried. Eventually she calms down and I just tell her she should go to her boss and tell him what she did. Own up to it all and throw herself at his mercy. She agrees. The call ends and I go back to sleep.

So about an hour ago I'm watching football and she calls me back and tells me she did what I told her to do and her boss forgave her, is going to let her work there still, but not have anything to do with the cash register and she can pay it back over a few months. She wanted to thank me for talking her down and offered to buy me lunch or a drink or something to say thanks.

Part of me says just go and get the free food or drink and let her feel good about herself and part of me thinks she is clearly not a very a stable person, accepting anything from her could be getting myself involved in a bad situation.

Thoughts?

Ask her to send a pic first then decide.

LOL I never thought of that. I have no idea how old she is or what she looks like. She sounds like an older woman because she has that heavy smokers voice thing going on.

She is probably nuts. Pass on the lunch or drink.

She has a bit of mental instability. If that's your thing, go for it. If you are even partially sane, no free lunch is worth dealing with that crap. Somebody will say "go get some pussy." Yeh, like you really need a mentally unstable bartender falling in love with you.

go for a few drinks and some video lottery.

You did a very good thing, leave it at that :thumbsup

If your up for a small adventure just meet her someplace you NEVER go, like her job or some coffee place next to her work (google maps). Park a little bit from the building so you need to walk a tiny bit, however not in a common lot that she may also park in.
Have your drink, let her talk. Do not give personal information out. Be friendly but also have a pre established out in place, you can even let her know that before meeting that your time is limited; or just random call that is an out.
Last issue is she has your number - screwed. Must either explain how it was such a weird coniencidence that she even reached you (watch out for "fate") because you were just house sitting for someone you found on craigslist or something. Either that, change your number.

i'd do it!

I'd go....I'm always up for an adventure.

I'd go just for the adventure. Have a wingman quietly waiting just in case.

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I'm not bullshittin....I would go to a Klan meeting if they had free food and drink there.

It's a woman you spoke to for the first time in your life and you helped her out with advice. I don't see how her buying you lunch is wrong. It's only lunch anyway. Have lunch, and see what happens.

I don't know but I guess it wouldn't hurt to go out to lunch with her but I think I would leave it that. Just don't invite her over to your house.

She doesn't seem right in the head.

Some very good advice. If I do it I will let her pick the place and make sure it is somewhere I never go and I will tell her in advance that I may not be able to stay long that way if it goes downhill quickly I have an out.

Hm, a book called Celestine Prophecy comes to mind, I still wouldn't do it rofl.

i would pass on that lunch...:\

i would go...but wouldnt fuck her...she might come back and hunt you down..

man did u forget the part about the wrist slashing get that bitch mad she'd probably cut your nutts off turn u into a girl hahaha!!!

Well she really shouldnt be buying anything, she owes the place money still. I understand he helped but I could not accept them paying for it.

Go, hit it, and tell us later on.

take sum pictures

Kudos on your good deed - I prolly would have hung up at 4am... :thumbsup

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Sounds like some kind of scam. Is her 350# boyfriend going to be waiting for you outside so he can rob you after your free drink?

Tell her you like doing nice things for people, but that you need no reward. Tell her to pay your good deed forward and do something nice for a stranger.

No chance of a 350# boyfriend and she doesn't have to feel all rejected. :winkwink:

I am a risk taker.

You did your good deed for the day (week/month/year/decade). Move on and avoid all the potential baggage.

If you do go, plan on her asking to borrow some money. Around 400 bucks.

Question is, who is this Keith guy? Is he her bf? Is he the jealous type? What if he sees you with her and gets all psychotic? Also, I think BV might be right about her asking you to borrow money.

you are nuts to even think about it.

Most people would have hung up

Take her to the casino and spend $400 on the slots.

Seriously - TRUST ME ON THIS - any woman who spends that amount of time on the phone asking advice from a stranger or even takes money out that doesn't belong to her is not mentally stable. Walk away - and I will guarantee you that she'll keep calling so you may want to change your number too. She'll stalk you or worse.

You gotta consider the 'destiny factor' dude - what if, you know, she's 'the One' and this is Fate getting the two of you together? you gonna let a little FEAR of psychotic women stop you from meeting the potential girl of your dreams???

Remember what the Chinese say: save a life and it's yours forever. So get her into porn and she can 'pay you back' that way!

It's a no lose situation my friend - meet her at a White Castle.

I would pay $29.95 a month for videos of you doing this! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Stay away from this lunatic.......... why are you not using your caller ID to avoid calls from lunatics in the first place? :error

"there is no such thing as a free lunch."

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You would have to be desperate to take her up on her offer, even if she's halfway decent looking. I mean, the bitch is crazy....

What's the big deal, if you have the time then go out with her for lunch. It's not like going out for lunch means you have to be in a relationship with her. :1orglaugh

In phx area there's two main area codes in use. My cell phone is the more popular one, and some doctor has the 602 version of my number.

I get about 3 calls a week of people looking for the doc. Some of the voicemails are hilarious.

Survey says: stay the fuck back.

Ask her for a blowjob. Either she says yes and sucks your cock, or she says no and you never hear from her ever again.

You did the right thing. keep it up. :)
lol!

don`t go :)

Becareful it isn't a bait and rob trick.

A couple had their car stolen and it was returned two days later with a note that said "Sorry I needed a car and needed it now. Here are two tickets to the theatre". And there were in fact, two tickets to the theatre.

So they went to see the theatre, and when they returned their entire house had been emptied.

lllmmfffaoooooooooooooooo

that's fucking brilliant :1orglaugh

hahahaha! You just cracked me up!