Honest opinions wanted here.
Here's the scenario. My friend (she's 26) foudn herself having to return home much later than she expected. This meant she had to get the last train home from Birmingham city centre.
There was a mix up on the departure board which meant she got on the wrong train and ended up in a tiny train station in a village quite far from any major city.
She was clearly distressed as she got off the train and a couple overheard her conversation to her friend. She explain she had only £10
On her, no bank card on her and no idea where she was and no charge on her phone to call anyone to see if they could pick her up.
The couple said they would take her to the main train station in the nearest city which was 10 minutes drive away.
So she got in the car. They dropped her off at that train station at 1am.
She then found a pub willing to let her charge her phone and then when the pub closed she returned to the train station at 2 am. It was at 4am before she realised she could do an emergency transaction using her natwest online banking app.
She comes across as someone who would be comfortably well off so I'm guessing the couple thought she had money but she had explained she did not have her card on her.
She then paid a lot of money for a taxi home.
Now obviously it was nice of the couple to give her a lift the the main train station, but it didn't actually help her much. And they left her at 1am with no cash on her, outside a train station which was boarded up and closed.
That doesn't sit well with me and isn't something I would do. Or am I being unreasonable? Obviously it was unwise of her to travel back at that time but she was not expecting that morning when she left the house to be travelling at that time.
Honest opinions wanted here. And I'm genuinely not the person this post is about.
Just genuinely interested in what others opinion is.