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Gas station begging? Is this a new trend?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33174points) January 13th, 2016

The last two times I bought gas (most recently about 20 minutes ago), I have been approached by people that drove up to the tank next to mine. They didn’t ask for “spare change”, which I might have given them.

The woman today asked me to put a couple of gallons in her tank – she had some sob story and “just needed to drive about 20 miles” or so.

Is this a new phenomenon? Before two weeks ago, I had never experienced it.

Do they troll around looking for people filling their tanks and think they are good targets?

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