Weirdness at the Grocery Store

So here’s what happened:

I was going to the grocery store (for the thousandth time this week – I never get it right – which is a post for another day.) Anyway I had on a baseball hat and sunglasses. A guy stops when I get out of the car and looks at me.

He says: “Hi, how ya doing?”

I say “Fine, how are you?”

He approaches me, “Not so good I just found out I have to go to jail. I don’t have anybody on the outside. Can I talk to you?”

Me, “I’m sorry to hear that.”  I walk on.

It was clear he didn’t recognize me.  Here’s the thing: the only thing I could come up with is that this guy actually thought that some random woman would hook up with him so she could care for him while he’s in jail. He opened with that line. Not an “You’re cute” or a “hey Baby” My first response was “Oh my! Are things that bad out there that he actually thought this approach might work?”

I mean to start out with by saying essentially: I have nothing to offer you, not even my physical presence, but will you hook up with me and do for me? as if it might really work.

Did I miss something? Am I that out of the loop?

Just wondering ….