New York City
I met this girl while I was still serving my country in Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC) as an intelligence officer. So I was spending about every third weekend in NYC. It was brilliant and I felt pretty cocky, given my job and all.

So I get off the train at Penn Station and get in the cab line to get a cab across town to my Girlfriend's abode.

There is this official looking AA (African American) guy who seems to be directing the cabs. He tells me (figuring me with my short hair cut and non-citified clothing for the rube that I am), after speaking with the cab driver, outside of my ear shot, that I need to give him $20 in advance of the trip because its a long way and its a busy train station.

Not being accustomed to NY Citified ways, I hand him the $20 and get into the cab. Before we drive away I start to figure out the deal and mention to the cab driver the $20 advanced payment seemed a bit steep. I turned and all I saw was the AA running away like Ben Johnson running away from an Olympic official with a urine test kit.

Oh well. We live and learn I guess.
( Citadel Because the world needs less morons, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 4:32, 4 replies)

I'm puzzled...
Why is the conman's ethnicity relevant to this story?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 9:27, closed)

Enzyme,
Because the writer is a daft racist!

We shouldn't need to be told that the thief was Black, we should know it already! LOL!
(Papa Chocolat, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 10:03, closed)

Papa Chocolat
Thanks for that. Now I understand how US military intelligence works: if in doubt, check skin colour. Anyone slightly swarthier than an albino Swede is de facto suspect. Silly honky me.

It explains sooooo much...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 10:59, closed)

Enzyme:
Where do you think the coppers at Stockwell Tube got their 'intelligence' training?

"He looked foreign, so I put 7 Glazer rounds in his face"
(Dionysian Aut viam inveniam aut faciam, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 15:14, closed)