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We Trust Strangers Even When It Doesn T Make Sense To Do So Essay

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Most people who watch or read the news on a fairly regular basis has probably come across a news story about someone being harmed/ killed while responding to a Craigslist ad. That’s exactly what happened to Aaron, a videographer who responds to Josef’s Craigslist ad about needing someone to come and record him (Josef) throughout the day for his unborn son. Josef builds a trust with Aaron even though Aaron has many doubts about him he still trusted Josef. But as soon as Aaron turned his back Josef killed him. Josef says at the end of the movie that Aaron must really trust him because he never turned around when Josef approached him from behind at the park. Even though Aaron said to the camera before going to sit on the park bench that he was filming just in case Josef tried to do anything that way there was evidence. …show more content…

Because we feel guilty if we don’t trust people.” And she is right. Aaron felt guilty not trusting someone who claimed to have a terminal illness. Wouldn’t anyone? If I was meeting someone for the first time and they told me they had cancer I would believe them. Americans are all too trusting of strangers. The article goes on to talk about how everything is built on trust especially sites like eBay or in this case Craigslist. No one except the “seller” knows the condition of the said product, if it really exists, or if they will actually send the item once they get their money. Earlier this year a Colorado woman responded to a Craigslist ad about baby clothes. When she went to the house to get them she was stabbed and her baby was cut from her stomach. The suspect took the unborn child to the hospital claiming she had a

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