“Personally, living in a NYC neighborhood, I hate to see these guys peddling loosies. They attract drunks and homeless.”
And themselves get robbed quite often. This was why Sterling was carrying because he had probably been robbed for his illicit funds in the past.
These people also stand in front of businesses and open doors for customers in a ‘polite’ way in order to solicite a tip.
Yesterday, as I was coming out of the Union Square Barnes & Noble, I had a joker in dreadlocks hand me a ‘poem’ he had written. Like a dope I took it! Then I looked at him and said ‘You want money, don’t you?” He went into his Homey the Clown act, using $10 dollar words involving grants and fundraising. I handed the poem back to him and walked on.
This happens all the time in urban areas. Everyone gets fed up with it.