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To think this woman with ‘psychic abilities’ is a nasty scam artist?

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Vanillapeach · 03/11/2022 15:41

My DS came home from work yesterday and told me that he was writing out an invoice (car related) for a customer who was sitting at his desk, when she suddenly said to him out of the blue ‘there’s something not right with you, I don’t think you’re very well’ .
DS asked her what she meant by that, and she replied ‘ I sometimes get these visions and feelings when I look at people, and I urge you to see your Doctor because I think somethings wrong with you’.

My DS was obviously taken aback by her sudden outburst, but he just tried to ignore her. The woman (in her 70’s roughly) then continued with her claim that she believes my DS is ill and she also involved his colleagues by saying to them ‘don’t you think he looks pale?’ No one took her on though.
She then pointed to her throat and ran her fingers down to her stomach and added ‘it’s something around this area but I don’t know what’

She then offered my DS her phone number, just so he could let her know whether she was right about him if he saw the Doctor, and her number was stuck on the back of her phone, almost as if she gives it out a lot I think. My DS copied the number, he doesn’t know why.

The woman then left but before she did, she also said to my DS ‘you need to be careful driving too’ . WTF!

Anyway, when he told me, her words had clearly played on his mind all day, but myself and his work colleagues told him that she’s a fraudster.

Now I’ve just received a call from my DS, on his lunch, to say that the woman’s been back in today ( she’s having work done on her car), approached my DS and said ‘oh I know what’s wrong with you’, as she took his palm and added, ‘it’s your white blood cells because you’ve got all these white dots’ … we’ve no idea wtf she’s talking about!

My DS decided to play along with her and ask what she could do for him, to which she replied that she’s a ‘bit of a healer’ and that ‘mediums always contact her asking her to join their groups but she declines’ apparently.
He asked what she charged, to which she replied she doesn’t, she just ‘tells people what she visualises in them because she’s got empathy’

Now I’m fuming on my DS’s behalf. How TF can someone say all this bollocks?
I believe she’s a scam artist, but what does she get out of it if she doesn’t charge?

thoughts please.

OP posts:
alexdgr8 · 05/11/2022 00:41

i think he should tell his manager, and it should be entered in the incident book.

Lincslady53 · 05/11/2022 06:53

If you work with the public you come across all sorts of odd people in your working life. I had a woman tell, just conversationally that I would be going to hell because I wasn't a practising Christian, I had someone refuse to deal with one of my staff as she thought he was possessed. Another used to ask me to pick his lottery numbers as I looked lucky. Oh, we had a Beryl Cook picture in the window of women dancing on a bar,. It was just the lower legs in nylon on show. A lady stormed into the shop ranting that it was disgusting and we should take it off display immediately. We had to get the centres security to remive her. There are thousands of unhinged people out there, some who need help, some who are getting help. All he can do is treat her fairly, but do not get personally involved or he will have to put up with her on an increasing basis.

Mummadeze · 05/11/2022 07:00

I totally see why you are angry on his behalf. It is unsettling and cruel to worry him like that. However, if I were in his shoes, I think I would go for a general check up just to put my mind at rest. I think her advice will continue to play on his mind otherwise, even subconsciously.

kingtamponthefurred · 05/11/2022 07:22

Mummadeze · 05/11/2022 07:00

I totally see why you are angry on his behalf. It is unsettling and cruel to worry him like that. However, if I were in his shoes, I think I would go for a general check up just to put my mind at rest. I think her advice will continue to play on his mind otherwise, even subconsciously.

Good luck with getting a doctor's appointment for that.

Nocutenamesleft · 24/11/2022 17:35

A friend of mine reads tarot and she says you can always tell the people who truly have a gift for reading cards. Because they don’t charge….

take what you will from that. But it’s well known that those who are good in that industry apparently don’t charge because it brings bad karma…

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