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Do you give to Panhandlers?
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:37 pm
I got conned a couple of times so I don't often do it
Gave one guy some money and he almost cried tears of joy about how he could feed his grandmother with it. Saw him drunk that night in front of a grocery store.
I have a wealthy lawyer friend who almost always gives a couple of bucks. Makes her feel like she's making a difference.
Do you give?
Gave one guy some money and he almost cried tears of joy about how he could feed his grandmother with it. Saw him drunk that night in front of a grocery store.
I have a wealthy lawyer friend who almost always gives a couple of bucks. Makes her feel like she's making a difference.
Do you give?
This post was edited on 4/11/16 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:38 pm to TigerBR1111
Good Christians are supposed to give all their stuff away.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:40 pm to TigerBR1111
One time the Circle K beggar told me he wanted to buy beer instead of his usual lie so I gave him a few bucks.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:41 pm to TigerBR1111
I used to, but, see the same people over and over in lakeview and midcity everyday asking for money.
Same people rotating between the same spots. If they took half the effort they give begging for money and applied it to a real job they would be pretty good workers.
But, guessing the amount of money they make standing/sitting in the corner why get a real job.
Same people rotating between the same spots. If they took half the effort they give begging for money and applied it to a real job they would be pretty good workers.
But, guessing the amount of money they make standing/sitting in the corner why get a real job.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:41 pm to TigerBR1111
Nope, make them earn their money like Jesus said.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:41 pm to TigerBR1111
I've tried given food away and they scoffed at it...I've also seen people give money away only to see the people take off in their expensive cars...
I will donate to a reputable charity. Not doing it any other way.
I will donate to a reputable charity. Not doing it any other way.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:41 pm to TigerBR1111
No. I refuse to help someone that won't help themselves. I will tell them to go to the local Labor Finders and make an honest day's pay.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:42 pm to TigerBR1111
I usually try and give them food. But one didn't return my Tupperware so I stopped.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:42 pm to TigerBR1111
I give to many. I don't give $20 to the guys on the off ramps or the artists telling me about how they are out of gas.
But I have this gift of intuition. I'll give someone a few bucks.
But I have this gift of intuition. I'll give someone a few bucks.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:44 pm to TigerBR1111
Yes
Once I've decided that I've got the cash to spare and I'm going to give it to them, I give zero thought in to what they will do with it.
quote:
I got conned a couple of times so I don't often do it
Gave one guy some money and he almost cried tears of joy about how he could feed his grandmother with it. Saw him drunk that night in front of a grocery store.
Once I've decided that I've got the cash to spare and I'm going to give it to them, I give zero thought in to what they will do with it.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:44 pm to TigerBR1111
I usually don't give anything. Case by case issue and depends on gut feeling about truthfulness.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:44 pm to TigerBR1111
Nope. Most are just lazy, able-bodied people who don't want to work. frick em.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:46 pm to TigerBR1111
I'll give some cash if they have drugs that I like. Their coke is generally terrible, though.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:49 pm to TigerBR1111
frick no. More often than not, most people begging for money do so because they have already wasted their resources and need more to feed their addiction. I know addiction is a disease, but I look at it as me helping them out more by not giving them money.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:49 pm to TigerBR1111
I've bought a six pack for a few of them, just because I knew that's what they were really wanting and the fact I'd probably want to get wasted if I were in their shoes. (yeah yeah, I know it's usually their own fault for the position in life)
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:49 pm to TigerBR1111
People that sit on the side of the road at intersections? Hell no.
Aggressive ones that get up in my face in parking lots that claim they just need gas money or a bus pass? Almost never.
But homeless folk that I see day in and day out near downtown Dallas where I work? Yes. Most of those ones usually ask if we need help cleaning/carrying equipment or otherwise try to avoid bothering anyone and just want to be left alone. Those ones will get some change, a sandwich from 7/11, or a bottle of water b/c I know they are legit sleeping in the streets.
Aggressive ones that get up in my face in parking lots that claim they just need gas money or a bus pass? Almost never.
But homeless folk that I see day in and day out near downtown Dallas where I work? Yes. Most of those ones usually ask if we need help cleaning/carrying equipment or otherwise try to avoid bothering anyone and just want to be left alone. Those ones will get some change, a sandwich from 7/11, or a bottle of water b/c I know they are legit sleeping in the streets.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:49 pm to TigerBR1111
I drive by this corner where a different panhandler is out there everyday. The only time I gave money was when this one guy with severe cerebral palsy was out there. I don't care if he used that money for heroin, but he didn't look like a druggie just looked in need.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 5:54 pm to TigerBR1111
I give them herpes.
More than they ever gave me
More than they ever gave me
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