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Do you feel sorry for bums on the street?
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:27 am
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:27 am
I don't at all. The only way I feel when I get approached for money is annoyed.
I normally fill up on fuel at the Costco by my office, but was very low on gas the other day and had to stop at a local station to put maybe a gallon in. Of course, a bum approached me mumbling mostly incoherently but managed to spit out something about needing $2.50 for gas (yet my car was the only one in the station). I declined and he proceeded to scream at me, calling me a "racist motherfricker." I told him I wouldn't give him my money if he was white either.
I see the same two bums every afternoon on the way home from work at the intersection of Boulevard St. and Freedom Pkwy in Atlanta.
With the current job market, there is no excuse to be on the street. These people could make exponentially more money with half the time spent working a job at Walmart or McDonald's as opposed to begging on the street and playing in traffic.
I normally fill up on fuel at the Costco by my office, but was very low on gas the other day and had to stop at a local station to put maybe a gallon in. Of course, a bum approached me mumbling mostly incoherently but managed to spit out something about needing $2.50 for gas (yet my car was the only one in the station). I declined and he proceeded to scream at me, calling me a "racist motherfricker." I told him I wouldn't give him my money if he was white either.
I see the same two bums every afternoon on the way home from work at the intersection of Boulevard St. and Freedom Pkwy in Atlanta.
With the current job market, there is no excuse to be on the street. These people could make exponentially more money with half the time spent working a job at Walmart or McDonald's as opposed to begging on the street and playing in traffic.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:29 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Not if they annoy me in any way.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:30 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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These people could make exponentially more money with half the time spent working a job at Walmart or McDonald's as opposed to begging on the street and playing in traffic.
That's probably not true, unfortunately.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:31 am to VolsOut4Harambe
A few. Ones that are severely mentally ill and have no one.
The rest, nah.
The rest, nah.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:31 am to VolsOut4Harambe
When I was station in San Diego, way back in 1992, me and a buddy walked to the nearest place to buy a carton of cigerrettes. Two bum approached us as we were leaving, asking us for a pack, and one tried to win us over by saying he was in the Navy in the past. I told him that he should've stayed in, and keep walking.
Drug addict liars.
Drug addict liars.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:32 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Nope. Stop sitting here begging me. Go chase the trains and be a traveling hobo drifter foraging on your own. I could respect that.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:32 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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I don't at all. The only way I feel when I get approached for money is annoyed
I do for some of them but I don't donate.
Regardless of how they may have ended up in that situation living on the street is a desperate way of life and a sign that someone has just given up control.
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These people could make exponentially more money with half the time spent working a job at Walmart or McDonald's
Would Walmart or McD's hire someone who shows up to work every day off the street and smells like complete arse?
This post was edited on 7/26/22 at 11:33 am
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:32 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:32 am to greygoose
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When I was station in San Diego, way back in 1992, me and a buddy walked to the nearest place to buy a carton of cigerrettes. Two bum approached us as we were leaving, asking us for a pack, and one tried to win us over by saying he was in the Navy in the past. I told him that he should've stayed in, and keep walking.
Damn, ya'll were some cheap asses. Cigarettes were so cheap back then, plus you got them tax free on base.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:33 am to VolsOut4Harambe
No and whats worse is the newest thing Ive seen around my area - young immigrant families with Mom and Dad begging for money at intersections with signs saying ' hungry family needs help' or something while their kids play with toys next to them.
Go get a damn job, DAD. You are just raising future beggers
Go get a damn job, DAD. You are just raising future beggers
This post was edited on 7/26/22 at 11:34 am
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:34 am to VolsOut4Harambe
With all of the help available out there, I don’t feel sorry for anyone on the street not working to get off.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:34 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Generally no. I guess some do have mental issue and no support family at all though, that is sad.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:34 am to VolsOut4Harambe
the ones that are clearly having some kind of psychotic episode, yes. The able bodied people, who a lot of time look pretty clean and healthy, no.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:34 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Do I feel sorry for people walking up and down a curb with a cardboard sign after I just left work for the day...No, I do not.
I feel sorry for their dogs
I feel sorry for their dogs
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:35 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Not one bit.
Rode to lunch with my BIL years ago and he orders 2 extra cheeseburgers, a french fry and coke.
Tried to give it to the "homeless" guy by the interstate and he screamed out "I don't want this fricking shite, you motherfricker" Give me $20!!
frick all of those people!!
Rode to lunch with my BIL years ago and he orders 2 extra cheeseburgers, a french fry and coke.
Tried to give it to the "homeless" guy by the interstate and he screamed out "I don't want this fricking shite, you motherfricker" Give me $20!!
frick all of those people!!
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:35 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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f Boulevard St. and Freedom Pkwy
got damn I'd strap up over that way. Got a buddy that used to live on Hogue street right there off boulevard back in the day. Then they moved a block down the street into a place off the jackson st bridge. I'd hate to live in that area
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