No Money For You

I’m always worried when strangers ask me for me. Over the last year I’ve noticed it’s been happening more, and I’ve become used to the faces of those who as me for cash and remind them they’ve asked me before and to go away.
So what happened to me at Wal-Mart (yes, Wal-Mart…again) last night didn’t surprise me when a strange approached me for money. How it ended, however, took me by surprise. A tall man, probably in his mid-50’s, walked by me as I was walking to my truck. He appeared to be talking on his phone. As I opened my door, he briskly turned around and said, “Excuse me, brother.” I looked at him, stone-faced, hoping this would give him the hint that I didn’t want anything to do with him.
He continues to say he was booted out of a hotel by a Pakistani hotel manager from a hotel and was fused help from the church across the street. The church across the street is Victory Church, which has an associated with Oral Roberts University. Somehow I don’t think they refused to help him. Not sure what the race of the hotel manager has to do with anything (which I’m sure was a lie). He said he needed exactly $40.30 to get a new hotel room. I told him I had no cash on me. Then he said “you can turn that plastic into paper”; told him I had only $10 in my account till Friday.
He continued to press me for money, kept calling me his brother. Finally I said “I’m not your brother. We are not related.” His response; “Oh, that’s a Christian way of saying we are all one.”
My response……”I’m Jewish”. He said thank you and walked away, picking up his fake phone call.
Unreal. A homeless idiot is too proud to ask for money from someone he thought was Jewish. What a tool. Karma will get him. By the way, how many homeless people have cell phones?