One summer day in Southampton, New York, a woman pulled into a gas station. As the attendant pumped gas, the woman told the attendant she was in a hurry to pick up her daughter who had just finished an art class in East Hampton.
A very well dressed man walked over to her car, and started talking to her. He explained that his rental car had died, and he needed a ride to East Hampton for an appointment. She said that she would be happy to give him a ride. He put his briefcase in the backseat and said he was going to the men's room quickly.
The woman looked at her watch, and suddenly panicked. She drove off quickly, having forgotten that the man was coming back to the car for a ride.
She thought nothing of him again until she and her daughter pulled into the driveway. She saw his briefcase and realized she had forgotten him! She opened the briefcase looking for some form of identifcation so she could notify him about his belongings.
Inside she found nothing but a knife and a roll of duct tape!
There is a slightly different version of this story but it isnt very different.
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A female shopper returned to her car in the mall parking lot and found that she had a flat tire. As she set about changing it, a man in a business suit approached and offered to help. The woman accepted, and they changed the tire together without incident.
At that point the helpful businessman asked her for a ride to his car, which he said was parked on the other side of the mall. This made the woman uncomfortable and slightly suspicious, so she politely declined. He became insistent. Fearful of his intentions, the woman told the man she had more shopping to do and rushed back into the mall, where she immediately reported the incident to security.
Later, when she went back to her car, the good samaritan was nowhere to be seen. The flat tire still needed repair, so she drove to a garage, where a mechanic pointed out to her that someone had slashed the tire with a knife. It was also discovered that the man had left his briefcase in her trunk.
"She opened it," the story concludes, "and the only things in it were some rope and a butcher knife!"
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