re: I'm Sick of Panhandlers

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2. I'm on my way home after working my arse off.

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I snapped and was way too mean to one a couple years ago. I was working a double in a restaurant, which was normally early morning until ~3pm and then 5pm until ~11pm.. so you get a little break. But it was a day where we were slammed so I was at work the entire way through without a chance to go home and power nap or anything. Right before the 5pm shift started, I was able to sneak away from work and walk to the Circle K next door for a Red Bull. I was fuming because I really needed a break and was starving. A bum out of nowhere asks me for money and gets angry when I say no.

I went INSANE. I had just worked my arse off for the cash in my hand and I was not about to give any of it away to someone sitting in front of a gas station asking for money.