No good deed goes unpunished, the saying goes.

About a week ago, I headed out for a late night snack at one of the local fast food places, and on the way back, I was stopped by a guy who had a hard luck story. He said his car and his wallet had been stolen while he was working on a construction job nearby. He said the police wouldn't come out to take a report, their procedure was just to send out a packet of materials for him to fill out later. Basically, he wanted cab fare home, which he said would be about $25 bucks. This seemed unnecessarily high for me, but I'd been in the same position (been robbed, I mean) and I took pity on him. He took my name and address and swore he would pay me back, but it's been a week, and I haven't seen that money. I made sure to mention to him that I was pretty much broke, so I had really hoped this wasn't a scam. He swore up and down, naturally, that it wasn't.

But it's been a week, plenty of time for a letter to get mailed back but I haven't seen my money, nor have I been able to locate the name of the business that he gave me. Apparently, I just have "sucker" written on my forehead. And that money really would be nice to have back right about now.

You know, right about now, I really could use some sort of reaffirmation that the human race isn't just a bunch of jackasses. Unfortunately, I doubt I'm going to get any such thing.