Urban ministry is full of cons. Usually I picked these up -- or checked them out -- but there were some very clever ones. About the best I came across was this. A man stopped me at the Church gate. He said: “Reverend, I'm such an idiot! A stupid fool! I jumped into my Porsche this morning and I left my wallet at home! I’m out of petrol.” He walked over to his Porsche and opened the petrol / gas flap. He flipped it shut again with irritation, and reproached himself a few more times. I gave him money for a litre of petrol. Later in the week, I found him further down the road, standing next to his Land Rover, telling someone the same story. OBSERVATION: My main method of discernment, call it, was to engage con people in fast conversation. They easily tripped up.
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