On Nov 11 at about 11:30 AM in the parking lot of a office supply store, this gentleman standing 5'7-5'9" pudgy, with brown hair wearing a very tight pink shirt, blue and red pinstripe suit starts screaming at me if I know about a dozen languages.
I'm more annoyed than anything, so I get out. And his story is that he is a manager at Giorgio Armani and he lost all his money in Vegas at the Bellagio. He shows me some sort of stub from there and some sort of worn ID (green cover) with Pasquale written in it and he needs to cover the 'rental car' (Light colored PT Cruizer license plate 5MRM00)
I'm trying to get him to just tell me what he wants so he can go away. He says something about leather jackets and authenticity blah blah blah and I just want him to go away. He insists that I leave them (3) in the car for safekeeping. I agree to give him some money for the car rental and foolishly get in the car with him to an ATM across the street where the guy in the Liquor store apparently knows him and asks why he has been a stranger (or so I thought I heard that).
He attempts to look over my shoulder at my pin number, but my hand is over it.
I hand him the 280 he needs and asks for the extra 20 so he can eat. I put the ATM reciept in my pocket and give him the 20.
He asks me for more help, but my Credit Union has a $300 dollar limit and I keep saying that's all I have. He drives me to the vicinity of my car and drops me off.
Finally, he leaves me alone and since I don't know cow leather from mink scrotum I ask a few people. I found a few tears the next day.
Apparently Danilo is hiring because this guy wasn't so sharp.
I tried to file a police report but when I tried to park I was told over loudspeaker that it was a restricted area and I was photographed and would be prosecuted if I didn't leave. I parked 2 blocks away in a bad neighborhood, and walked over and apparently they were closed. I called the FBI and tried to as soon as I said 300 dollars, they weren't interested and told me to call the police. I finally left a voicemail with a detective and hopefully they will not charge me with trespassing or something.
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