My husband is naive. I? Am so not. I am not because my dad made sure I was not. My mom? Was and still can be very gullible. That drove/drives my dad nuts, so I think he made sure I was not the same way. He should have worked on my brother a little more, he is not nearly as bad as my mom but he can still be gullible at times.
The point of all of that is this: Kale told me this morning that he had dropped his keys and wallet under the deck at his apartment, there is a locked fence around the deck. He went to the maintenance guy, who apparently saw him coming a mile away, and asked him to unlock the gate. The maintenance guy told him it would cost him $20 and he could only take cash, no checks. Kale went to the ATM with the only card not in his wallet, the one from our joint account. He took the $20 out and gave it to the guy, then and only then after observing the guy with him acting nervously, did he even question this transaction. BUT he still gave the guy the money, only telling him he would be speaking to his supervisor, to which the guy shrugged and mumble something in his native tongue.
I? Would have called everyone on the base until I found out if this really is a policy or if I was being taken advantage of. I? Would have looked the guy straight in the eye and said "F*ck off and do your JOB" I am not so nice when I suspect I am trying to be taken advantage of. Kale has a one track mind, get my stuff, get my stuff, get my stuff. Now his mind is saying, I was screwed, I was screwed, I was screwed and Get my money back, Get my money back, Get my money back. Who? Who is going to give him his money back? That guy? Hell no! Housing? Yeah right, they will call him naive and tell him it sucks to be you.
In the interest of staying married I didn't tell him what I really thought about this whole mess. I sugar coated it to the best of my abilities. Which took a lot of freaking restraint on my part. I cannot stand stupidity, I have absolutely NO patience for it and I doubt I ever will.
So now that my day is ruined, I hope everyone else's is much better.
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I hate it when people try to take advantage of me! I can see right through them. Does that mean I am too distrustful of people?
awww....sorry your day is ruined. It always boggles my mind that people will take advantage.
Once my friends keys and cell phone got stolen from her van. and she called the cell and the thief on the other end said you can have it back for $50 which she paid, cause she needed those keys and needed to get home etc. Me? I would have called the police, or at the very least kicked the guy in the nads when he came to get the money.
Jacki,
I know I am, but I would rather be too distrustful than be hurt. In my opinion trust is earned through hard work from both people, it is earned over time, but can be taken away in a single moment.
Dee,
Wow, I hope she didn't meet this guy alone. Obviously she wasn't hurt, but there is always the chance. I also would have had the cops waiting for him when he came to get the money.
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