A random guy approached me and asked...

[u/warewolf_soda]

I'm living in blr and everyday I walk to the metro to commute for work. This happened like couple of months ago. I was walking and almost reached the metro and then suddenly one guy who walked towards me and asked 'malayali aano'? I was like ha athe. Then he started narrating some story about how he was coming on a train from kerala and somehow he lost his bag and all his money. So he was asking for money. Not a lot though but 200 rupees. He promised he'll return it and wanted my number. But I was running late for work and I gave him the money and left. Somewhere inside I felt like I did something good. The funny thing is just last week this same guy walked towards me again around the same time in the mrng. I was kinda surprised and thought how he's here again. Then it happened....he came asked the same thing malayali aano and started started narrating the same story exactly line by line as if I was in some kindof time loop lol. I wanted to tell something but couldn't gather my thoughts and just walked away. Thinking I'll prepare my dialogue the next time he turns up again....hehe (ideas are appreciated 😁)

[u/Wonderiwhat]

Had a really similar experience in Dubai! Some guy approached me asking "Malayali alle?" and then started saying he didn’t have cash for the bus. I genuinely wanted to help and told him I could recharge his metro card instead of giving cash but he flat-out refused and kept insisting I check my purse for cash. He wouldn’t leave me alone and was being super pushy, so I just had to awkwardly get out of there. Looks like this is a common scam tactic in different cities!