Was this wrong?

Question

This sweet little old lady said to me, " I haven't seen my granddaughter in a long time, so you would pretend to be my granddaughter? You seem like such a sweet young lady and I am so lonely."

I said "sure I will". I let her ahead of me even though she had a lot more groceries than I had.

When they were done ringing her stuff up and it was all bagged up, she said to the cashier." Oh she said she would pay for it all."

What could I do? The cashier was looking at me like I was the sweetest person in the world. So I let her go and paid for her stuff and mine and than ran out after her, she was already in the car(the bagger had already helped her with the bags) and when she was about to start the car , I opened the door and pulled her out and demanded that she pay the bill or else.

Was that wrong?

Answer 1

That's a scam I've never heard of. What she did was wrong!

Answer 2

Yes, wrong and just insane, if it is true.... which I am pretty sure it isnt, butlet just agree -  You Were Wrong.

Answer 3

I wouldnt of paid I would have said, I didnt say that, and I dont have enough money! xx did she give you the money?x

Answer 4

I hope you got your money because what she did was scam you!

Answer 5

did you pull and pull on her foot, like your doing to us now?

gw

Answer 6

You should have stopped her in the store. She tricked you and you deserved your money back although I don't really think that her shopping would have cost that much.

Answer 7

wrong is in the eye of the beholder...i just wouldnt have let it happen..at the cash resgister

Answer 8

Yes, it was wrong to accost her in the parking lot and you could be sued, or even arrested, for assault.

You should not have paid her bill.  You should have said, "I am sorry, I never agreed to pay for your groceries."  

Once you did pay, she can claim it was a gift and you don't have any recourse to ask her to repay the money.  What is more, the teller would back up her story because you didn't speak up when you had the chance.

Answer 9

She was using you, and taking advantage of you.

The way she spoke, it seems like shes done it before.

I would speak to the manager of the store, or even make a complaint to the Police about her, because she sounds like a con artist.

I think you were right in what you did.

Although...I dont know about "pulling" an old lady out of the car....an exageration, I hope? =)

Answer 10

Yes, you were WAY wrong.

Answer 11

Yes, wrong category

Answer 12

Why couldn't you just walk away knowing you help someone, and God saw it. The bible says to help the widow and and feed the hungry. God would have blessed you back for this, but you messed it up. That's if this is all true. It doesn't matter if you were scammed, all that matters is if your heart is in the right place.

Answer 13

No, what she did was wrong!

Answer 14

Yes, very wrong.... if you wanted her to pay for the bill, you should have told her and the cashier that at the check out.... you are pulling everyones leg, right?  

This is just a lie.....

Answer 15

You were wrong... you should NOT have agreed to pay for the groceries to begin with.... Once you did pay, then draggin that poor old woman out of the car??? That is assault, she could file charges... if it was me, your butt would be arrested.

She has a witness, the cashier saw you agree to pay her bill.

She could be a victim of Alzheimer's or some form of dementia, and you violated her personal space, and even her human rights by doing what you did.  She may need help when out in public, and it is societies place to make sure our children and elderly, any of those less fortunate, are taken care of in a proper way.  What you did was simply wrong.

You should not have agreed to pay for her items. Period.

I am a certified caregiver, and if I saw you doing this to anyone, I would make sure you were brought up on charges.

If she does have a condition, or even if she is just a forgetful, trusting, even a conniving old person, she got you to pay... And was it worth it, what you did back to her????

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

I would have told the cashier that I wouldn't have paid for it right then and there, not wait until everything was paid for. Perhaps threatening with the "or else" thing wasn't the best, but did it work? Did you get your money back?

Answer 18

that's kind of weird. no it wasn't wrong for you to make her pay for her grocery's.

Answer 19

Thanks, I was wondering how I was going to feed my family for the rest of the week.

Gotta go to the store and find myself a granddaughter.....

Answer 20

uhmmm, this is a joke that has circulated for quite some time .. . .

Answer 21

Depends. Hard question. Is she alright in the head?

And what is the harm in helping out a little old lady.

I would have paid and laughed about it later.....

I have done it before. Helping a little old lady never hurts.

Good for the Karma

Answer 22

No it wasn’t wrong this woman conned you , who knows how many others she has conned as well. I would have called the Police. It would have been one thing if she had told you she  was short on money this month out of the kindness of your heart could you help her out.

Answer 23

This was an email joke that went around for months.

Answer 24

Uh, YEAH!!!  You should have said NO in the first place, and then not gotten violent with her after you AGREED to pay for her stuff!!!

Yes, what she did was wrong.  But you're not stupid.  You KNEW it was wrong, you went for it anyway, and then you physically assaulted her!  DUH!

Answer 25

she was wrong to put you in that position!

Answer 26

you got hustled... that's a very common scam.  and there are other variations, including, paying for gas, et al...

Answer 27

you were wrong, on so many levels.... or a liar.... cant decide but either way, you are just wrong

Answer 28

I would not have paid for it.

Answer 29

how weird is that?! sounds like a con artist.