Here's the thing- these people are usually full of shite about the reason they want money, but they absolutely are destitute. They probably live locally, crashing on someone's couch for a short period. Their only living expense should be food, but almost 100% of the time they will use the money they manage to get on tobacco, booze, and other drugs. They'll move on eventually if/when the well runs dry, but as long as chumps are funding their vagrancy they will maintain a holding pattern and drink deeply from the teet of gullibility/guilt.

One of my friends found himself in a situation where a small group of these bums crashed in his living room for about a month. Scum of the Earth, but they consider themselves akin to modern day "beats" or hippies.

I just tell them "naw man" in as dismissive a tone as I can muster.

This post was edited on 4/27/16 at 10:41 am

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Posted by Perrydawg

Middle Ga Area

Member since Jan 2014

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Posted on 4/27/16 at 9:22 am to ManBearTiger

I treat panhandlers like I treat wild animals, do not feed them and they will eventually stop coming around. I also tried to avoid areas where I know they frequent, but this is easier for me to do where I live versus a city like BR or NO. My buddy and I came out of a gentlemen's club in Atlanta one night and it was like the walking dead coming from every dumpster on the block asking for money at 2 AM. I thought we were going to get shanked when I told them all my money was in the strippers G string. I did learn a valuable lesson that night, do not skimp on the $10 valet parking at the titty bar in downtown Atlanta.

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