Does Not Compute

Story Submitted by Nicole:

Tyler messaged me online, and we got along well enough for me to suggest meeting.  He said that he'd pick me up at my place on a Friday night, and that he'd take me out from there.

Friday night came, and right on time, he pulled up outside of my house.  I went out to meet him, he jumped out, and said, "I got you some stuff.  Check it out."

He opened the door to his car, and I saw that it was packed, floor to ceiling, with old electronics: VCRs, monitors, circuit boards, and computers.  He started to unload the stuff, right there, in my front yard.

"What are you doing?" I asked him, "I don't want any of this."

He said, "It all works.  And anyway, you can sell it for whatever you want.  I'm giving it to you for free."  He went on unloading.

I said, "But I don't want any of it."

"Then sell it."

"But I don't want to sell it.  Stop unloading it and take it back!"

He groaned, "But it's like I'm giving you free money!  Don't you want free money?"

I asked, "Where did you get this stuff in the first place?"

He stopped unloading and said, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, now do you want free money or not?"

"No."

He shrugged, then looked at his car and said, "Since you're not letting me unload more of this, there's no room for you to sit in here."

I replied, "I can follow you to wherever we go, in my own car."

He paused in thought for a little bit, looking down at the ground.  Then, he said, "No, you can't."  He then climbed into his car and drove off, leaving the electronics he had already unloaded right there, in my yard.

The next day, I called a friend of mine who worked in a computer store.  I let him take away what he wanted, and threw the rest away.