So I was at Taco Bell for lunch today in Noblesville. An older lady came in with a Walgreen shopping cart which had personal items in it, not stuff she had just purchased. She went over and sat at a table with her shopping cart. I'm still playing on my phone and keeping an eye on her. She reminded me of a homeless person but "a little" better kept.
She gets up and comes over to my table and asks if I could take her to 116th street. She said she had tried to call her friend to come and get her but her friend didn't answer. She had just come from the hospital where she was there to have some stuff done on her legs. UGH! Now I'm looking at her and she is reminding me of my mother in her later years. My mom had Alzheimer's and when it first started, she didn't care about her appearance. But this lady seemed to know where she was, etc. She had clothes on that had some holes in them. I asked her if the shopping cart was going and she said no. So I told her I'd take her. I then also bought her a couple of tacos to take with her.
So we head on down toward 116th street on Allisonville. I'm not talking to her because I really didn't want to know about her nor did I want to give out any personal information to her. I didn't ask her her name, nor did I offer mine. But once we get down to 116h street, I ask her which direction are we going and where am I taking her. Well, she said I think we turn left but I'm not sure. I need to go to Commercial Drive. Well, I don't know Fisher's streets. So we go a little further east on 116th and then I start probing to find out where I need to take her. I figured I was taking her home. She said she needed to go where McDonalds and Steak and Shake are. Oh, well, I know where those are.
Oh, somewhere between Allisonville and McDonalds I did tell her she could use my phone to call her friend but she said she wanted to wait til she got to McDonalds. Alright.. so now it seems a little more fishy and I am actually thinking she seems like she may be going somewhere she isn't suppose to be.
We get to McDonalds and there's a shopping cart from Target there. She said it was hers and that it was nice of them to have left it there. Hmmmm.. I go get the shopping cart and put all of her stuff back in it and then she said that maybe she should go to Target or over to Steak&Shake before she calls her friend. OK, now I really don't know what to do with this woman. She THEN asks if I had a business card and if I could give her bus fair. So I asked her, "Are you sure you have someone that will be here to pick you up? " She said she did but I really wasn't convinced and I was concerned for her. Now I was very sure she wouldn't be getting ANY personal information from me because now I can just picture her calling and asking for things.
Well, I leave her but I am pretty sure that as I'm backing out, she's trying to flag me down. I do not stop. Instead, I go over to the Target parking lot and call the Fishers Police Department. Of course, I couldn't give them an accurate description of her other than she's old and heavy set with a shopping cart in McDonalds. (I'd be EXTREMELY terrible if I had to describe anyone to a sketch artist). I don't think they had any problem finding her.
I called the Police Department and they sent out a couple of cars to check her out. I then drove over to Steak and Shake and parked there until they arrived. I really wanted to make sure she was ok. They let her go and I got out and asked if she was ok. I gave them some more information about her telling me she had just come from the hospital so they went over to check on her again just to make sure she wasn't a runner. She told them she was on her way out of state (can't remember now which state he told me).
It was very interesting and I really wasn't sure if I should call the cops or not. She wasn't a danger to people but I wasn't sure about to herself. I called a couple of people to try and help me determine if I should call or not but no one answered.
I really wish you could make these calls anonymously instead of having to give them your name and phone number.
She gets up and comes over to my table and asks if I could take her to 116th street. She said she had tried to call her friend to come and get her but her friend didn't answer. She had just come from the hospital where she was there to have some stuff done on her legs. UGH! Now I'm looking at her and she is reminding me of my mother in her later years. My mom had Alzheimer's and when it first started, she didn't care about her appearance. But this lady seemed to know where she was, etc. She had clothes on that had some holes in them. I asked her if the shopping cart was going and she said no. So I told her I'd take her. I then also bought her a couple of tacos to take with her.
So we head on down toward 116th street on Allisonville. I'm not talking to her because I really didn't want to know about her nor did I want to give out any personal information to her. I didn't ask her her name, nor did I offer mine. But once we get down to 116h street, I ask her which direction are we going and where am I taking her. Well, she said I think we turn left but I'm not sure. I need to go to Commercial Drive. Well, I don't know Fisher's streets. So we go a little further east on 116th and then I start probing to find out where I need to take her. I figured I was taking her home. She said she needed to go where McDonalds and Steak and Shake are. Oh, well, I know where those are.
Oh, somewhere between Allisonville and McDonalds I did tell her she could use my phone to call her friend but she said she wanted to wait til she got to McDonalds. Alright.. so now it seems a little more fishy and I am actually thinking she seems like she may be going somewhere she isn't suppose to be.
We get to McDonalds and there's a shopping cart from Target there. She said it was hers and that it was nice of them to have left it there. Hmmmm.. I go get the shopping cart and put all of her stuff back in it and then she said that maybe she should go to Target or over to Steak&Shake before she calls her friend. OK, now I really don't know what to do with this woman. She THEN asks if I had a business card and if I could give her bus fair. So I asked her, "Are you sure you have someone that will be here to pick you up? " She said she did but I really wasn't convinced and I was concerned for her. Now I was very sure she wouldn't be getting ANY personal information from me because now I can just picture her calling and asking for things.
Well, I leave her but I am pretty sure that as I'm backing out, she's trying to flag me down. I do not stop. Instead, I go over to the Target parking lot and call the Fishers Police Department. Of course, I couldn't give them an accurate description of her other than she's old and heavy set with a shopping cart in McDonalds. (I'd be EXTREMELY terrible if I had to describe anyone to a sketch artist). I don't think they had any problem finding her.
I called the Police Department and they sent out a couple of cars to check her out. I then drove over to Steak and Shake and parked there until they arrived. I really wanted to make sure she was ok. They let her go and I got out and asked if she was ok. I gave them some more information about her telling me she had just come from the hospital so they went over to check on her again just to make sure she wasn't a runner. She told them she was on her way out of state (can't remember now which state he told me).
It was very interesting and I really wasn't sure if I should call the cops or not. She wasn't a danger to people but I wasn't sure about to herself. I called a couple of people to try and help me determine if I should call or not but no one answered.
I really wish you could make these calls anonymously instead of having to give them your name and phone number.
