Some people make a pretty good living bumming at intersections. A dingbat doing it in Austin years ago with two kids and let the newspaper interview her. She said she’d made enough to buy 5 acres and was saving to build a house. She suffered a huge drop in business.
I like the ones who claim they’re disabled vets. It that was true they’d be getting a check every month.
GYPSIES!!!!!!!!!
Not always. There is a difference between service connected disability and non-service connected disability.
Right off I77 and Forest Drive is an entrance to Fort Jackson.
More often than not, there is one to three panhandlers in the afternoon.
Last week, the spouse was leaving choir practice and one with a sob story hit her up. She declined and left. I say she did the right thing since word would probably get out that’s a new area to infest.
I know about helping the poor and downtrodden. I’ve been there, mostly my own fault. With that being said, I NEVER once considered being a beggar. It is unthinkable.
I’ll give to reputable local charities though.
“I like the ones who claim they’re disabled vets.”
My wife passed a beggar in a wheelchair. When she came out of the store she saw the beggar behind the McDonalds - figured he had got enough for a burger.
Another guy came walking out with a couple of coffees. The “disabled” guy got up out of the wheelchair and switched places with the guy, who then wheeled himself out to another intersection!