Homeless people

[tld221]

Originally Posted by tld221

i will agree, most of the time they are annoying - they all that their sob stories and in my case, disrupt what you hope will be a peaceful commute home. then you've got to dig in your pockets for loose change which they will spend on anything from cheap boose and loosies to their children's school shoes. i had a homeless guy (according to him, he was a war vet and the government only gave him $60/month to live for him and his wife) follow me during my lunch hour last week and it freaked me out.

see look! its me, empathizing!

ok, for real though, i'm done. i said what i needed to say many times over, and so did Kevin. we'll agree to disagree and all that jazz.

[valkyrie]

You know how they have "No Soliciting" signs for your house? They should have "I'm an asshole" stickers that you can wear in public, so people don't try to talk to you. I would totally put one on my boobs the next time I go out to a bar!

[christiangirl]

I'm too tired to read every post on here, so I didn't, just so everyone knows.

Anyway, I feel like i should be all righteous and say, "You bastard, care for all of your fellow man" but I can't. I live downtown and get hit up for change everyday, mostly by people who, in my eyes, don't deserve it.

EXAMPLES OF WHY CG DOESN'T TRUST HOMELESS PEOPLE:
I got hit up by a guy and I offered him the gallon of milk that was in my fridge, but he told me he couldn't drink milk after all the beer he'd just had.

A man outside the chinese restaurant I came out of asked for money to buy food. I said I don't have any, but "I just bought these egg rolls would you like one?" He turned up his nose to it and said "I don't like egg rolls. You ain't got no card?" (as in a credit card)

A man begged me to buy him some tacos from taco bell. The woman at the register told him it was illegal to ask me that and offered him like 7 tacos that they would have to throw away otherwise. He said, "No, I don't like that kind."

A man begged for money so he could buy food for his daughter (who was no where to be seen). I told him I had no cash, but just bought groceries and offered him some, and he said "Oh no, I couldn't take your food from you" and went on to the next person.

A man asked me for a quarter and I gave him a dollar. Ten minutes later, I walked back by him, and he asked me for a quarter.

The same man, got used to me giving him change when I saw him, so one day didn't even ask. He yelled, "HEY!" and when I turned around, he moved his index finger in the "come here" sign, then held out his hand to me.

A guy knocked on my window at the drive through and asked for food. i smart mouthed him and rolled the window up and went to a different place. I felt bad for taking my bad day out on him, so I bought an extra meal, drove back to where he was and gave it to him, apologizing for my rudeness. He took the food and pushed the drink back at me and said, 'I don't like this kind, you can have it back."

One man and his wife asked for money and when I said I had no cash, he actually got excited and said "Oh good, you can buy us some food with your credit card!" and FOLLOWED me to the grocery store. Because I'm nice (to the point of insanity) I bought them a rotisserie chicken anyway, but you see the point of the story. The list goes on and on and on.

I care about others, I do. I donate my clothes to a homeless shelter I used to volunteer at and now I volunteer at the humane society (puppies smell better). But I'm in college. My course load is too heavy to have a regular job, so I make cash babysitting and signing up for random medical studies. 1 out of every 3 times I go to a fast food place, I bought food for somebody begging next to my car. Many times I've had the response, "I don't like this or I don't drink coke." If someone who's two seconds from broke bought you food, BE FREAKING GRATEFUL. I know there are people who genuinely need help, but until there's a way to distinguish them from the rest of the riff raff, get away from my quarters. It's laundry day.