Shell666 0 #26 October 20, 2006 Quotemaybe so. Most of the panhandlers I've met are not swallowing their pride about it at all. They're perfectly at peace with what they're doing. I've even heard one say that she didn't want to suffer the degradation of having to get a job & work for a boss. To her, panhandling was less degrading than a job. Hmmm ... I have job. I have a boss. Don't find it degrading at all. Honestly, I find it quite rewarding. QuoteDifferent people view things in different ways. Most of us would find it humiliating to beg for money on the street, but there are others who have absolutely no problem with it. You're right. I find working for a living and earning an honest dollar better than begging for money from someone who works for a living earning an honest dollar. 'Shell'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bisqit999 0 #27 October 20, 2006 oh man....similar experience. Standing outside a bar having a smoke. A homeless guy came up and asked for a cigarette. I took one out of my pack and handed it to him, During the transition from my hand to his it fell onto the floor. I picked it up for him and handed it to him. He asked me if he can have a new one since that one fell on the floor. I put the cigarette back in the pack and gave him nothing. I couldn't believe it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #28 October 20, 2006 There used to be the same guy sitting outside a coffee shop I hit on my way to work every morning. Apparently they gave him a free coffee every day. One chilly morning on my way out of the parkinglot, I stopped and geve him a pair of clean wool socks I had in the car. he thanked me and tried to give me a couple of bucks for them. A friend of my wife's runs http://www.bagsofgrace.org/ and through them I found out that socks are a highly prized item. I don't care if this guy wore them or traded them. I know they helped him. He had a prime spot though for food donations. I'd see him on the corner weekend nights when I worked late. He usually had 4 or 5 PF Changs leftover bags by 10 or so.-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reginald 0 #29 October 20, 2006 I like the “homeless” guy that panhandled at a nearby highway intersection. He had $120 Nikes on. Hey wait a minute, I don’t have $120 Nikes. Hmm, those jeans don’t look too worn either. Hmm, he just got a hair cut. Damn, he probably has more money than me. It actually got me angry when I saw people handing him money out the windows of their cars. I wouldn’t give him a dime. Damn scammer. Now I had a guy roll up to me a couple of weeks ago in downtown Dallas were I live and ask for a buck so he could get some food. He clearly was in dire circumstances, he smelled bad, was disabled physically and apparently mentally (it looked like head trauma from an accident), wore filthy clothes and was clearly bad off all around. I’m walking around with $500 in cash on me and a full stomach, several skydiving rigs in my apartment, computers, cars, all the trappings of a gainfully employed reasonably successful 39 year old professional. I had a $20 in my front pocket I handed him. His one eye lit up with joy."We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daremrc 0 #30 October 21, 2006 (as heard on the streets of detroit) Man with american flag on a toothpick, in my face :"Hey man, do you know what the greatest nation in the world is?" me"I dunno, buddy, I gotta run" Toothpick man: " DOnation! now can ya help me out?" I never give homeless people money, as a rule. I lived downtown for 5 years and would get bothered at least once, if not 3x a day on the way to my car. This guy got a bill. Good judgement comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
