So I was walking home from my first day of summer class today, when I ran across an older woman and her husband. It was in the middle of a parking lot, and the woman had a distressed look on her face. She was holding a fake, handcrafted silk flower.
"Excuse me sir, do you have a moment?" she said.
"Sure, whats the matter?" I said.
"My husband is very distraught, and we just moved to this area, and we're both out of work. I applied at many places, and am waiting for replies. But until then I've been selling these flowers to get by. If you could just buy this from me..."

I had no physical money on myself. None. I never use it. I really only use my debit card, and so I told her, "I have no money on myself. Sorry." I've given change to people who've needed it, even a few dollars worth of change in a bag to a stranger who needed it for bus fare. I would've given some if I had it, and if she didn't do her next actions.

She looked me up and down. Her eyes stopped at my chest, where my pentacle and Mjolnir pendant are. "Are you Christian?" she asked.
"No." I quickly replied. "I'm a neopagan; I honor the gods of my Celtic and Nordic ancestors."
"Well then what is this?" she said pointing at my mjolnir. Many people mistake it for a 'broken cross'.
"It is mjolnir, the hammer of the thunder-god Thor who protects humanity from evil."
"Why aren't you Christian?" she said in an accusing tone.
"I am not Christian because he is not my god. He is a modified middle eastern god impressed upon my ancestors and yours. The Wal-mart of deities."
"Jesus loves you."
"Well so do Odin, Baldr, Freyr, Thor, Cernunnos, Dagda, Danu, and others. You're not going to guilt me into anything, and right now I have nothing to give you, although if I did I would. I don't want to talk any longer, and I will be on my way." And I turned my back and headed home.

I would've given her something if I had it, and I honestly didn't have any money on myself. But it just seemed to me that she was trying to guilt me. If I had been a Christian, she would've been asking that to goad me into giving her money I didn't have. If I hadn't been Christian, and if she could've plainly seen that, she would be TRYING to guilt me into being one - or something.

Anyway, there has been so many people looking for jobs/begging/proselytizing lately in this area.