[Conservababe]

I once worked with a sweet man with a soft heart. One day, on his way home from work, he stopped and gave this bum begging on the interstate ramp ten dollars.

He then went on a couple of errands and stopped to buy beer at a convenience store. When he got to the check-out, there was the bum paying for a suitcase of premium beer, while my friend had a less expensive brand.

He told the story the next day and said that from then on he would only give food. Well, another co-worker spoke up and told him that it wouldn't be a good idea. This man had stopped and tried to give one of these bums, who was wearing an "I'll work for food" signs, a couple of hamburger meals. The bum told him "don't give me that s**t man, I need money".

[Physicist]

When he got to the check-out, there was the bum paying for a suitcase of premium beer, while my friend had a less expensive brand.

"How do you think I got 'So Rich'?"

[Buggman]

*chuckle* I've a few similar stories to tell. I find that offering to buy the guy a meal instead of handing him a buck actually saves me money, since so few take me up on it.

I remember one guy whose routine was to claim that he just needed a couple of bucks to get a token so he could take MARTA across town to some shelter that would take him in. Instead of a quarter, I gave him a token. He about pitched it at my head. lol

[Graybeard58]

This man had stopped and tried to give one of these bums, who was wearing an "I'll work for food" signs, a couple of hamburger meals. The bum told him "don't give me that s**t man, I need money".

Interesting contrast - My wife and grand daughter had just left a Hardee's drive thru and came across an "I'll work for food" pan handler. They gave him a bag of burgers and he cried. Then sat down on the curb and ate them.