Trouble on the North side
Ran into some trouble with a SW on the and side a little while ago and thought I'd just put a reminder and a warning out. Picked up a BSW late on a Saturday night on North near 14th or so and parked a little north of and. She was acting weird by turning the light on in the car and looking all around like she wanted to see if I had any weapons or something, then she started asking what I'd do if someone tried to rob me. At this point I realize she is obviously going to try and rip me off. As I'm trying to think of a way out she grabs the keys out of the ignition and starts yelling there is guy outside my window with a gun and I need to give her all my money. Now I don't believe for a second there is a guy with a gun out there, and there isn't, but I still don't like the situation I'm in. I should have had an extra set of keys on me, but I didn't, and even if I did I'd still have the problem of getting this nut out of my car. Well, per the rules, I'm not caring any other cash or valuables on me and tell her as much, even displaying an empty wallet. She says we need to go to an ATM so I can get some cash to give her. Well at this point I'm pretty tempted to get out and drag her out of the car, but on the North side past midnight there is a lot that can go very wrong with a white guy trying something like that, or if a cop drove by there would obviously be another kind of trouble. So I say OK. But she won't give the car keys back till she gets some collateral. She wants a credit card. Well as luck would have it I happened to have a Visa gift card on me with about 0 dollars and 56 cents left on it. Guess who can't tell the difference between a visa gift card and a visa credit card? Yeah, most SW's is the correct answer.
So she takes it and give me the keys. I start driving and she tells me to turn west on North Ave. Well there is a gas station a block or 2 east on North, and no ATM's that I'm aware of to the west. So no way in hell I'm going where she is telling me to. So I hang a left to go east and she starts flipping out and grabbing at the wheel and trying to shift the gears of the car. Luckily she only got it to neutral before I got her under control with my non wheel hand and was able to make it to the gas station. After some pursuading that she has my card and I'm not leaving without it, she agree's to get out of the car and go in with me to the gas station at which point I high tailed it back to the car and left her with the 56 cent gift card for her troubles (and the original 20 from the original transaction I guess). I can live with those losses.
Be safe out there boys, and think about carrying around a worthless VISA gift card with you since it may come in handy. Remember these girls always seem to have less to lose than you do, which means they'll risk it all where as you won't. Wish I could give a description of her that would help, but all I can remember is she was a thin BSW prolly in her 30's. Won't narrow it down to much on that loop.