He explained he was waiting for a friend who was 30 mins late, and wanted to contact her. As he spoke, I had to make a judgement call whether to trust my personal mobile to a 20-something mainland Chinese stranger. Hmmm.
He showed me a paper with a local number. Ok, that's legit. At least he wasn't trying to make an overseas call with my mobile. So, I dialed, and when his friend answered, I handed it to him. While they chatted in Mandarin, my friend arrived.
"He's borrowing my mobile," I explained. Immediately, she frowned and was suspicious. In the meantime, this foreigner obviously had problems explaining where he was. So, long story short, I took over the phone and told the girl on the other end how to get to Starbucks, City Hall.
The girl seemed to get my directions quickly and we hang up. My friend relaxed, realising that the stranger wasn't trying to pull a fast one and the two of us went off to dinner. And as far as we know, there was a happy ending for the stranger and his friend too.
I wonder though... my mobile was one of those free ones given whenever subscribers renewed their subscription. Would I have lent it if it was an I-phone, or a Nexus?
Hmmm...
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