We went to get a hamburger and there was someone asking for money outside the building. I wanted to help, but didn't have any cash, so told them so, but then remembered a moment later that we had an un-activated visa gift card we'd gotten from a mail-in rebate in our wallet with $10 on it, so I gave them that

I don't know what about it was wrong but they seemed to get all upset about that, saying that we ought to have cash next time (will there be a next time??) and they didn't seem to understand that even though you couldn't get cash off of a prepaid debit card that didn't make it worthless

came away from that whole interaction feeling vaguely threatened and uneasy and I'm pretty sure that $10 has just gone to waste now but ugh