[Bullish]

You see people like that around here alot too. In shopping centers or other places where they can get lots of people passing by. They usually have a picture of a baby and a sign that goes something like ‘Please donate to help us provide a funeral for our little brother sister or child that has died’. These people can be very aggressive and in your face, almost demanding money and they can be intimidating. Always the same type of people, always black, and usually always a con. Just another panhandlinng scheme.

I guess people fall for it and think giving them money is really going to a good cause. The money’s actually going to end up going to the local drug dealer.

[dfwgator]

Do people even carry cash with them anymore, I don’t.

I was actually surprised when I saw a $10 bill in my wallet, I wonder how long it’s been there.

[Verginius Rufus]

The first time I was in Rome, many years ago, I went to the Vatican Museum and after leaving had to pass by a lot of people begging for money--many if not all of them were gypsies. Some would be holding a baby (who knows if it was their child). I remember one was supposedly collecting money to fight cancer in children. Right--like the money would go to that cause.

Gypsies begging people for money are a pest in Greece too, at least they were the last time I was there. It's easy to see why they are unpopular.