If you get asked to go somewhere and its an obvious "set-up"...

Eww, take one for the team bro. All these people went out of their way for you

Who’s doing the setting up? Set-ups I’ve walked into by friends are typically what someone above wrote - I get to some strange place to find them and a woman I “have tons in common with!” - i.e. we’re both single. :rolleyes:

Someone on Craigslist wanting to me somewhere dubious? Um, no. Pretty much any stranger asking me to go somewhere - nope. In my 20s I saw an amazing number of people wander off to an alley with someone they don’t know for some suspect activity - always a :smack: moment for me.

Did the OP mean ‘set up’ as in set up for a blind date? I thought he meant ‘set up’ to be beaten, robbed and humiliated. I didn’t understand why he would even contemplate it.

Look over there! What’s that?

[runs away]

If it’s someone I know, I’ll presume basically benevolent intentions and go along.
Some stranger saying they’ve found someone injured in the alley? Sit tight. I’ll call an ambulance and patrol car for you.