My boyfriend and I were stopped by a man while coming out of a store tonight. He begged us to help him get to a hotel so he could sleep for the night before coming back to work at 6am tomorrow. He emptied his pockets and said we could look through his bag but we still couldn't take him in our car alone in this day and age. I asked if it would help if we called him an Uber because he seemed like a genuinely nice guy who was just having a really rough time. He said absolutely and thanked us profusely the whole time. We had the extra $20 and I didn't mind at all, and wanted to help. 



The thing is, it's still always hard with these situations. We waited with him the 15 minutes for the Uber driver and he eventually asked my boyfriend for his phone number and he gave it to him because we didn't know what else to say in that moment. Of course as soon as he leaves 5 minutes later the guy calls him. He says he think he dropped his license and wanted to see if we could get it for him? We said we already left. Then he asks about our work schedules so he can pay us back. Which is really nice, but we aren't interested in keeping in contact with him and I told him I wanted to help and to just pay it forward when things get better for him. 



He ended up blocking his number immediately which I feel bad about. I know I shouldn't, but I can't stop thinking about what could happen. Like what if he tracks us down and is mad about it? All I can picture is him somehow finding us and trying to kill us or something. We even talked about possibly not going back to that store for awhile just because we don't want to run into him again after blocking him and him trying to retaliate or something. 



I'm just so worried I've made myself cry and sick to my stomach at this point. I hate it so much. Normal people do not think this way and they would've let the whole situation slip their mind already.