I was waiting for my bus at the Titiwangsa bus stop yesterday after work. For those who don’t take the public transport, it’s a very busy and packed bus stop especially during peak hours. I got a place to sit, so I got myself seated and was on the look out for my bus.
After a few minutes, a pregnant lady was in front of me looking for a place to sit. Being a good citizen I am, I offered her my seat. She was pregnant and had very dry lips and also it’s the fasting month. So she sat and I sat beside her after someone got up. Then she started talking to me, let me tell you something… I HATE TALKING TO STRANGERS! I’m not one of those who talks to every Tom, Dick and Harry. But yesterday, I was being nice…. Well she was a pregnant lady who needed help :P
She asked, “Tumpang tanya yer, bas Ampang datang sini tak?” I said, “No, bas ini semua pergi Jln Ipoh, Kepong, Selayang…” Then she started being a little chatty, asking where I was going, where I was working bla bla bla. She said she was there waiting for a friend, she wanted to go back to Kuantan but she wasn’t sure where her friend was waiting for her. She asked me if my phone had credit, the moment I heard that, I was a little reluctant to hand her my phone, I paused for a moment and gave it a thought and wondered if I should lie to her that my battery is dead or ran out of credit but the very next minute my brain stopped functioning and my heart took over and I handed her my phone. She said she would miss call her friend so that her friend can call her back. But she didn’t hear from her so called friend so she asked if she could use my phone to call. I said ok :)
As she was talking to her “friend”, she stood up as though she was looking for this friend of hers and she started moving. She told me to take care of her bag and she said she will be back. I was quite shocked and I didn’t take my eyes of her. There was this lady sitting close to me, I looked at her and said, “Don’t tell me she is gonna take my phone and walk away!”. The lady was quite surprised and said, “That’s your phone?”, I explained to her and said she wanted to borrow my phone so I gave it to her. The lady was sweet enough and said you go after her, I’ll take care of her bag. I said thanks and ran after the preggie! The bus stop was quite crowed so I wasn’t very close to her, she got down the stairs and she turned back and saw me coming after her. She signaled to me to take care of her bag. I signaled back and asked her where she was going with my phone!!! She just turned and continued walking. I followed behind her then I lost her!!! No idea where she went, it’s quite a big place with a lot of people walking about. I searched and searched the whole bus station, no sign of her, preggie was MIA! I bumped into a friend at the bus stop, told her to call my phone while I tried calling from the public phone, no answer, phone was switched off. I went back to her bag and ransacked it. All she had in there was a pair of filthy jeans and two piece of clothing and a charger! I was at the bus stop for about an hour, she didn’t come back. Bye bye Norma Jean :( Yes, my phone was named Norma Jean…
The whole thing was my mistake. I should have never given her my phone, should have told her to go and use the public phone. Come to think of it, I don’t even think she was pregnant, it was probably a pillow. But the whole pregnant scam surely did work cause I totally fell for it :P
I believe she was quite desperate for money. So if stealing my phone and selling it to get a few hundred is going to help, I'm happy I could help :) but sorry to say after this I won’t be helping much.
After a few minutes, a pregnant lady was in front of me looking for a place to sit. Being a good citizen I am, I offered her my seat. She was pregnant and had very dry lips and also it’s the fasting month. So she sat and I sat beside her after someone got up. Then she started talking to me, let me tell you something… I HATE TALKING TO STRANGERS! I’m not one of those who talks to every Tom, Dick and Harry. But yesterday, I was being nice…. Well she was a pregnant lady who needed help :P
She asked, “Tumpang tanya yer, bas Ampang datang sini tak?” I said, “No, bas ini semua pergi Jln Ipoh, Kepong, Selayang…” Then she started being a little chatty, asking where I was going, where I was working bla bla bla. She said she was there waiting for a friend, she wanted to go back to Kuantan but she wasn’t sure where her friend was waiting for her. She asked me if my phone had credit, the moment I heard that, I was a little reluctant to hand her my phone, I paused for a moment and gave it a thought and wondered if I should lie to her that my battery is dead or ran out of credit but the very next minute my brain stopped functioning and my heart took over and I handed her my phone. She said she would miss call her friend so that her friend can call her back. But she didn’t hear from her so called friend so she asked if she could use my phone to call. I said ok :)
As she was talking to her “friend”, she stood up as though she was looking for this friend of hers and she started moving. She told me to take care of her bag and she said she will be back. I was quite shocked and I didn’t take my eyes of her. There was this lady sitting close to me, I looked at her and said, “Don’t tell me she is gonna take my phone and walk away!”. The lady was quite surprised and said, “That’s your phone?”, I explained to her and said she wanted to borrow my phone so I gave it to her. The lady was sweet enough and said you go after her, I’ll take care of her bag. I said thanks and ran after the preggie! The bus stop was quite crowed so I wasn’t very close to her, she got down the stairs and she turned back and saw me coming after her. She signaled to me to take care of her bag. I signaled back and asked her where she was going with my phone!!! She just turned and continued walking. I followed behind her then I lost her!!! No idea where she went, it’s quite a big place with a lot of people walking about. I searched and searched the whole bus station, no sign of her, preggie was MIA! I bumped into a friend at the bus stop, told her to call my phone while I tried calling from the public phone, no answer, phone was switched off. I went back to her bag and ransacked it. All she had in there was a pair of filthy jeans and two piece of clothing and a charger! I was at the bus stop for about an hour, she didn’t come back. Bye bye Norma Jean :( Yes, my phone was named Norma Jean…
The whole thing was my mistake. I should have never given her my phone, should have told her to go and use the public phone. Come to think of it, I don’t even think she was pregnant, it was probably a pillow. But the whole pregnant scam surely did work cause I totally fell for it :P
I believe she was quite desperate for money. So if stealing my phone and selling it to get a few hundred is going to help, I'm happy I could help :) but sorry to say after this I won’t be helping much.
2 comments:
First of all, congrats to you for being a star and helping out a fellow human. Sadly, your trust and goodness has been misused.
I'm almost positive she was not pregnant. No woman would want to incur such bad karma while she is carrying a baby.
Sigh.. I felt so much anger reading what you went thru. I went thru the same thing along time ago. It sucks. Stupid people probably sit at home dreaming up of ways to deceive and con other people.
It's ok babe.. learn from this and just be more wary of who u extend ur hand to next time.
Once again, sorry to know you lost your precious. Be strong and move on and curse the freaking bitch!
hahaha, great story, I trully enjoyed it on the way home with u
Ciao
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