I do this all the time...people get one shot...depending on how good the story is they get up to twenty bucks but never again. I have no idea if I'm getting played or not. But if the story is good enough I feel good myself so I it's worth it. So example of a twenty dollar story is this. I'm carrying my groceries up the stairs, man asks if I have any work he can do says he's a day laborer came over to the nearby church for some charity program they have but it wasn't on that day...it was the day before Easter. He just wanted some food for his family...was going to get a bucket of chicken from across the street. I don't remember the details but he had a plan on how the food would last two days. He even gave me his address which was local...he had a home and a family and I gave him $20 for the chicken.

The only problem was he was waiting outside the apartment the next day...at the time I thought I had gotten played and he was back for more so I didn't go outside. Since then I've wondered if he might have wanted to thank me?