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Posted on 2/10/15 at 6:32 am to OldHickory
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My standard line is, "Sorry, man. I've only got plastic."
To really take away the guilt, I almost always have just plastic on me anyways. I'll give a dollar here and there. Sometimes i can appreciate the elaborate stories some of these guys throw at me. It's just a dollar
I lived in Austin this past summer, and I thought Highland/State St. had its share of beggars. They're EVERYWHERE in Austin, and normally they aren't even nice
Posted on 2/10/15 at 6:33 am to RBWilliams8
quote:Or new on the "job" and unused to begging. One story in FL is that one guy assembled a bunch of homeless looking people and set them at various intersections each day, picked them up at the end of their shift, and gave them a cut of their overall take. Probably sold them their drugs of choice, too. Nothing would surprise me anymore.
The ones who are embarrassed to ask for help tend to be the sincere ones.
This post was edited on 2/10/15 at 6:36 am
Posted on 2/10/15 at 6:45 am to Slippy
Simple, tell them to to McDonalds and get an application.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 6:51 am to Slippy
I give to my church, shelters, food banks, I donate clothes and other things to salvation army. These are organizations that are set up to help these people. Let the hobo on the go beg on the door step of these places.
Stay the frick away from my window.
Stay the frick away from my window.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 7:06 am to Slippy
When I saw a guy come out to be a firewatch with one leg, and a prosthetic was the day I no longer felt the urge to give handouts. He literally made $18hr to sit on a bucket with a fire extinguisher, and make sure nothing caught on fire. Plenty of good paying jobs out there if people are not to lazy or drugged out to work them.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 7:19 am to Slippy
I used to help out beggars every now and then.
Then a guy approached me while I was at a red light and asks for money.
I tell him that I don't have bills to spare, but he's welcome to the change I have, which was about $3 in quarters and dimes. I didn't need it and would have been happy to part with it. The guy rolls his eyes at me as if to suggest "oh, the old no cash excuse."
I told him nevermind. Made up my mind never again to give 1¢ of the money I earn to a beggar.
Then a guy approached me while I was at a red light and asks for money.
I tell him that I don't have bills to spare, but he's welcome to the change I have, which was about $3 in quarters and dimes. I didn't need it and would have been happy to part with it. The guy rolls his eyes at me as if to suggest "oh, the old no cash excuse."
I told him nevermind. Made up my mind never again to give 1¢ of the money I earn to a beggar.
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Posted on 2/10/15 at 7:29 am to Tigerlaff
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Posted on 2/10/15 at 7:37 am to Slippy
I usually keep a stack of those gospel tracts that look like 5 dollar bills for the homeless and for tipping restaurant workers that look like they need jesus. An eternal home in heaven is far more valuable than any money I can give them on earth.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 7:40 am to Slippy
Frick pan handlers. I don't give money to any of them. Who knows if they are really even homeless? A lot of them drive to their spot in their nice car and go home making 75K a year.
Also, if they really are truly homeless and aren't disabled, they should take their happy arse to McDonalds before it gets that bad and get a fricking job.
Also, if they really are truly homeless and aren't disabled, they should take their happy arse to McDonalds before it gets that bad and get a fricking job.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 7:41 am to Slippy
I get a lot of beggars in parking lots. It's always some story about how they need gas money to get to Biloxi or Pensacola. It's usually a large parking lot like lowes or Walmart, rarely a GAS station. I don't give them shite cause they are fricking crackheads. Mobile has seen a growth in homeless and panhandlers in the last 5-10 years.
The other day I had a guy come up behind me in a lot as I was getting in my truck asking for money for food. He shouldn't do that. Scared the shite out of me and I had my hand on my .38. (Not a very nice part of town). I told him no...as I drove off I saw the fricking crackhead stroll into NT Video (porn store).
Don't give these frickers shite.
The other day I had a guy come up behind me in a lot as I was getting in my truck asking for money for food. He shouldn't do that. Scared the shite out of me and I had my hand on my .38. (Not a very nice part of town). I told him no...as I drove off I saw the fricking crackhead stroll into NT Video (porn store).
Don't give these frickers shite.
This post was edited on 2/10/15 at 7:47 am
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:04 am to Slippy
I had a girl yesterday come up to me begging for $5. Said the wrecker company just towed her car because her brakes went out, she needs the money to get to her house. Wait, what? Why didnt you ride in the wrecker with your car to your house.
backs away and walks off. I see her in my rear view mirror doing the same thing to another truck behind me and they give her cash.
If you are going to lie at least make it believable. My son was giving me a hard time telling me to give her money, and I almost did until I thought about the situation. I then had to tell him she was lying and how I knew she was.
Cool Story, I know.
backs away and walks off. I see her in my rear view mirror doing the same thing to another truck behind me and they give her cash.
If you are going to lie at least make it believable. My son was giving me a hard time telling me to give her money, and I almost did until I thought about the situation. I then had to tell him she was lying and how I knew she was.
Cool Story, I know.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:05 am to Slippy
Your religion tells you to teach them to fish, not hand them a fish, does it not?
If I see them approach, I look them in the eye, shake my head and say "no."
If I see them approach, I look them in the eye, shake my head and say "no."
This post was edited on 2/10/15 at 8:08 am
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:12 am to Huey Lewis
St. Jude's is where my charitable contributions go.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:18 am to Jake88
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Your religion tells you to teach them to fish, not hand them a fish, does it not?
What religion teaches this? Certainly not Christianity.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:26 am to LucasP
If they are able bodied... frick them. They are choosing to be homeless and beg. There are other things they could be doing to help themselves.
When I lived in Las Vegas the same crackhead lady would beg at the intersection of Sahara & Las Vegas Blvd. near the Stratosphere right next to where the Sahara used to be. I saw her there every day, begging for money with the same "please" puppy dog attempt face. Every day. She'd go right up to your window when the light was red and say "please" with a sad face. I would always see people give her stuff. And since she was there every day, this obviously was a spot that worked for her. frick her.
When I lived in Las Vegas the same crackhead lady would beg at the intersection of Sahara & Las Vegas Blvd. near the Stratosphere right next to where the Sahara used to be. I saw her there every day, begging for money with the same "please" puppy dog attempt face. Every day. She'd go right up to your window when the light was red and say "please" with a sad face. I would always see people give her stuff. And since she was there every day, this obviously was a spot that worked for her. frick her.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:30 am to goldennugget
That's great, but the OP was asking what to do in context of his religion. You can tell beggars to go to hell all you want, it's your right, but you're not going to find any quote from Jesus saying it's cool.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:30 am to LucasP
Idk. It's not judeo-Christian tradition?
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:31 am to Slippy
I would recommend never giving money to a beggar directly but give to the organizations that care for the homeless.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 8:32 am to Jake88
No it's not. People attribute that quote to a lot of different people, but Jesus isn't one of them.
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