@IamMrsG wrote:
JobGirl wrote: No one is trying to scare the poster but she sounds very naive and could have put herself at risk- Telling her how kind she is while she may be being played isn't helping her either and she may think twice before doing it again -the fact that she did this and believes the story tells me she should be concerned who gives their name and phone # to a complete stranger in a parking lot at a pain clinic after being told that story? The building is filled with professionals trained to deal with such issues and whats the op going to do to remedy any of it anyway?
While I agree that Lindsays Grandma used her heart more than her head in that parking lot, I see no good reason for five pages of replies telling her she made an egregious error in judgement. Why must everyone pile on with their observations and opinions that they would have been smarter? I see this happen thread after thread. One-upmanship flourishes here. After the point has been made a time or two, wouldn't a more beneficial reply be to offer suggestions for steps toward protecting herself after the fact?
Edited to fix wonky spacing.
I don't see this as a pile-on. Most of us don't believe the woman's story, but some posters do. Those of us who are warning the OP to be careful feel it's important that we're heard because this could have serious consequences. It wouldn't be helpful if we sat back and silenced our voices because then the "Oh, that poor woman, what a horrible daughter!" posts would dominate this thread, and the OP would likely go on believing the entire scenario.
Kind-hearted people are often taken advantage of, and kind-hearted people are targeted for this kind of scam. The OP needs to know how we view what happened, what our own life experiences have taught us, what the red flags were, etc. It has nothing to do with "one-upmanship" or being smarter. It's about keeping a fellow poster safe in the event that something shady was going on, which is entirely possible.
I've seen many posts that offered constructive ideas as to to what she can do going forward. And I didn't see anything nasty, just people concerned and trying to warn her that the scenario she described sounds sketchy.
It goes without saying that her heart was in the right place. She was clearly well-intentioned. But we all need to be careful when it comes to total strangers in situations like this. And I think it's a good reminder to everyone reading the replies here, not just the OP.
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