I had a similar situation when I was in college. I was in a restaurant. This guy came up to me and asked if I could give him five dollars for gas because his family is outside in a car and they are stranded. He looked like a homeless man, so I gave him a $10 bill and I let him on his way.
About a year and a half later, I was walking to a grocery store on the same road and the same guy with the same story came up to me and I told him I had nothing. Now, I'm sure he needed the money, but to be deceitful about it is not the way to go about it. Just say, "I'm hungry." I have more respect for someone who will be honest than someone who will make up a crazy story just to get $4.00???
Anyway, rest assured that the odds of his mother being dead were very low. And believe me, if he comes in again with a similar story, like they always do, you'll see him for what he is.
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