Indecent proposal

Earlier this week, I was on my way to the playground with my son, when I noticed an agitated looking Asian man trying to make eye contact with me. I am often accosted by agitated Asian people, so I figured that this one would be disposed of by the usual “I’m sorry, I don’t speak [Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog, etc.].” But this guy was seriously persistent. He was saying something to me about his car and beckoning me to come with him. I had my son in the stroller so I was very wary, but I followed him halfway down the block to his minivan. He jabbed his finger at the passenger side window. Ok, I’ll bite. I peeked inside and saw his car keys lying on the passenger seat. Ouch. Just as I was about to say something bland about coat hangers and triple-A, he walked to the back of the minivan and opened a small rear window. He gestured at my son and then I finally get it. This guy wanted me to put my two-year old baby boy IN that window and somehow convince him to scramble over two rows of seats to the front of the vehicle, retrieve the keys, and return to sweet freedom of the back window. Uh-huh. I declined. Some people will do anything to save a buck.