But under the best of conditions taking favors from strangers went against the grain with her.
We'd been taught never to take anything from strangers.
When I was little, my mom used to make me watch this commercial about not taking candy from strangers.
She knows to look right before left when she's crossing the street, and not to take sweets from strangers.
Don't you know better than to take candy from strangers?
"My mother says not to take candy from strangers."
No, he is not desperate enough to take advice from strangers.
They could get run over or start taking sweets from strangers in cars.
"Your father wouldn't like you taking rides from strangers."
And she was willing to even take hints from strangers at this point.