I once new someone whose spouse was of Asian heritage. That person had been raised by a very loving and caring family in which personal virtues were of great value and importance. The lessons of that upbringing were well learned.
Hold that thought.
Scammers making literally billions of robocalls in attempts to perpetrate various frauds have been very much a news topic of late. Callers who impersonate government agencies, callers who present themselves as debt collectors demanding immediate payments, callers who convey urgent messages of loved ones in dire distress and so forth have been described in many venues.
The suggested response to such callers is often given in two simple words:
One day I was told that a scammer had telephoned where this couple lived and the spouse who was at home alone answered the call. It didn't take long to realize that the caller was bogus, BUT, this person could not hang up on the caller because to do so would be impolite and hanging up would break the most fundamental rule of that person's upbringing which was to be courteous and polite at all times to everyone and anyone no matter what.
That scam caller kept on pushing his bogus pitch. The situation actually dragged on for hours much to extreme spousal distress and upset.
The key point of this that in offering cautionary advice about such dealing with such abuse(s), be sensitive to and aware of whether the person to whom you might offer a well meant suggestion is actually receptive to that suggestion and to whether your attempt to aid is actually achieving its intended goal. In the described situation, it was not so.
Just in passing, we have recently been told in this household that our Amazon account is now locked, our diabetic strips supply is way overdue for renewal and that our student loan payments are overdue. Oddly, we haven't recently heard from the prince in exile who needs our assistance to transfer a large sum of cash nor have we heard about extending our car's warranty.
