And if an average person, not drunk, politely asked most people. “Forgive me asking, but I am so hungry, can you please loan me a few dollars to find some food? Can I do something for you to earn enough for a meal”. Most people would do so. If one refused, the next would do it.
Also at most every restaurant I’ve ever seen, if some person down on his luck and not just an obvious bum asked if he could clean the parking lot, or carry out the trash or something for a small meal, they would do so mmore often than anyone could believe.
Hunger is no excuse.
In our little rural town there are seven "downtown" churches who rotate serving lunch to the homeless always on the same day each week. Not only do they get a hot lunch, they are given two sandwiches for dinner.
Every bum and freeloader in the southwestern part of the state knows this and how to get to the handouts.
There is no need to ask politely, they just show up. Our little church was part of this until we moved to a new location and someone else took our place.