In Seattle (Belltown) many years ago there was this woman that me and my friends called "sobbing lady." When you first see her, sobbing and frantic and saying

In Seattle (Belltown) many years ago there was this woman that me and my friends called "sobbing lady." When you first see her, sobbing and frantic and saying she was robbed, you really want to help her because she seems legit. When you ask her what happened, you start to realize her story makes no sense, and she's either dealing with mental illness or addiction or both. When you see her for the 20th time of course, sobbing and frantic, you realize she's obviously just grifting and you ignore her. I could imagine an outsider determining that we are callus and cold, seeing me and my friends ignore a sobbing old lady crying out for help.