I was propositioned on the street last night.

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If we are going to count people coming up to you asking for money/ride/whatever then that has happened to me several times. I'll give out some spare change, but that's about it, and even that is rare of me to do.

The weirdest one was when I was in a plaza that had a Subway in it. From the entrance you could see the the bathroom. Some teenager was in there with the door wide open all by himself. He was standing up and had all his clothes on, but still...kind of weird. He spots me and all of a sudden starts to sing Fallout Boy's song that says something about boxing a sugar cube. He is even doing the whole air guitar thing. As I am ordering, he comes up to me, claims that I look EXACTLY like the lead singer of Fallout Boy (I do not). He went back to singing the song for a bit and followed me out of the restaurant. I notice at this point that the Subway workers are also frantically dialing the phone.

I knew this was coming, but he suddenly switched his tone and said that he needed train fare. Told him the best I could do was some change, so I handed him probably 20some cents hoping that he would stick around because I figured the Subway people were calling the cops. I wanted this kid to be caught.

So anyway, he then goes back to his goofy mode and asks for $200.

I had enough. I asked him if he is on drugs. He didn't have the chance to answer me completely because that's when a cop came by and waved him over. The cops moved faster than I thought and came out of NOWHERE. I guess this thing happens all the time at that plaza now. It's kind of weird because while the area isn't the best, it's mainly surrounded by well off people.

My girlfriend also got begged a few months later by a woman. I have since resolved to simply say, "I'm calling the cops," next time that happens.

EDIT: Sorry about all the multiple posts. I went to edit my story to fill some parts that didn't offer enough explanation then the whole thing went nuts. Fixed now.