Those less fortunate....

[lifesaver]

Do you give money or anything to beggars? How do you differentiate who is legitimately down on their luck and who is just a drunk beggar person?

I never do. I dont know why, but I dont. Whenever I am at a gas station (as happened tonight) or someplace in a parking lot and someone approaches me, they usually just want cash. It happens to me about once a week. i usually act like I am in a big hurry and just say something like "Sorry, cant talk, in a huge hurry." And scamper off. Tonight I kinda felt bad for this one chick tho. She was probably 40 but looked 50 and just asked if she could talk to me for a minute, I told her no because I was in a hurry. She told me it wouldnt take but a second and had this kinda desperate look on her face. Knowing I didnt have cash anyway, I told her sorry and hopped in the truck. She probably wouldda knifed me had I talked to her anyway.

Its been my experience tho (amongst my friends) that if you were raised in a small town, you wont give money to the homeless. If you were raised in a large city, you sometimes do.

IS this ya'lls expereince? So you give to random beggars on the street?