‘You drive a better car than me!’: Charitable worker outraged after catching ‘homeless’ elderly panhandler he gives money to every day driving off in a brand new car
That was one foul-mouthed elderly cyclist. No wonder she was run over. She should be more grateful to the people trying to help free her.
Gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmeyeahbutitgets35milespergallongimmegimmegimmegimmegimme.
I sat eating my lunch in my car watching a “homeless” person with his sign reading: “Will work for food. Please give, God Bless.” A nicely dressed woman brought him a bag and a drink from the nearby McDonalds and stood praying with him. He looked contrite and grateful. When she left he threw the bag and drink behind some bushes and continued to beg. As I got ready to leave the weather was getting bad and he walked through the lot to the edge, got into a moderately nice car (newer than mine) and drove away.
Calm down guy. She’s gonna need the money for Tony.
F=Fix I=It A=again T=Tony
I once knew a guy who lived in a loft in downtown Los Angeles. He warned us not to give to any panhandler because they are all professional beggars. One of them, he said, bragged to him about having taken a break from panhandling to vacation in Tahiti.
OTOH, there are a handful of schizos who are easy to spot. They should be institutionalized.
But the scammers seem to outnumber the schizos 4:1.
A penny saved is a penny earned!!!
Then if you took advantage on all the other programs.. ebt, housing, medical. . That $20 to $30 become pocket money..
On my travels I see panhandlers on highway medians. They are always stationed at intersections and always have a sign. I drive by these same spots a couple of times a week and there are different people there nearly every time. But never two people. An amazing coincidence that two people never show up at these prime spots.
And then I begin to wonder about the clothing and other accoutrements. They look rough...almost too rough.
But perhaps I am overly mean and suspicious, ever since I saw one of them talking on a cell phone.
This sort of thing has gone on for a long time. I remember my mother telling me that when she worked as a social worker about 50 years ago she found many cases where the clients were living better than the social worker.
If the government is giving away something - anything - there’ll be a line of people waiting for handouts.
I never give a dime to panhandlers anymore.
There are many govt programs we are paying for that can handle it just fine
Why should I help finance freeloaders and their substance abuse problems?
See it all the time.
I don’t ever give money to professional beggars.
One day I’d like to respond with, “You know, funny thing, I was just going to ask you if you had any spare change.”
Years ago I was a cab driver. One “poor homeless man” was always on a busy street corner with his “Will Work for Food” sign. Local police were cracking down and our boss gave him a job driving a cab. He lasted less than a week. He made more money panhandling than driving a cab. Several days later I saw him showing up in a new Mercedes.
I lived in NYC for several years, about 30 years ago. All that time, there was a guy begging in the same spot outside Grand Central Station. A real fixture for years on end. After I moved away, he made national news. Had a house in New Jersey, a daughter in college, etc.
At exit 96 on Interstate 85 here in Gaffney, SC, there is a gang of beggars who sit at the top of the exit ramp. One sits in a wheel chair with his hand out. My wife saw them unloading the wheel chain once, and the guy who was supposed to be disabled ran across the road, took a seat and started holding up a sign. This gang lives up the road from me, and are known drug addicts.
You could tell the guy was really ticked off – he started rambling about all kinds of nonsensical things like killer-iced tea during his tirade…