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i tell them to go away
one time i gave a crackhead .75 in downtown corpus at a stoplight, and she started pounding on my window because she wanted 5 ing dollars.
last time ive ever given money to a homeless person. i live in austin now, and i dont even acknowledge the worthless piece of s who have dogs to lure in people. i feel bad for the dogs. i even had a dude ask me to buy him a beer because he was having jitters from coming down.
if you dont give them money, they start insulting you or taunting you about your girl, etc.
i tell them to go away
This is what you do, it works. When pulling up to a stop light, stop about 2 or 3 car lengths behind a car. The homeless man has to walk a ways to your car and hopefully the light will turn green by the time he gets to your hood. If the light is still red and he is getting close to your window, start driving up to the car in front of you so you can pass him up. 9 times out of 10, he doesn't double back, he just goes to the next car. BOOYA!
I hate people who....nevermind.
There's no guarantee I'm not giving money to one of the Mercedes guys, so they get jack from me. The Salvy gets all of my donations, clothing, etc. I usually just ignore them. I did have one guy start pounding on my window and yelling, so I brought my cell phone up like I was taking a video. Like some other person here said, he just took off.
If approached on the street or in my car, I'm an asshole to them, every time. I never give handouts.
My special christmas wish is that every bum on earth be thrown into a giant hole, doused with gasoline, and set on fire. It should be a televised event
+1 Love this thread!
I think I"m going to start handing out the address for Haven for Hope, a bus schedule and bus pass.
Why are you so anti-Capitalist?
tax free cash in hard
then there are a few who cant get onto welfare or too good for that , so they go begging or play some on the street to earn easy money...
if you goto asia, some of these beggers work in groups and pay their pimp/boss to operate on the corner or buzy street...you see them come in vans and , its all organized and .
sourcandy...when can i tap that?
They must pull that with guys only, because in all the cities I've lived and as many times I've waved them off, not one has ever persisted or become indignant with me. But yea, if it ever does happen, it'll be the last time any one will recieve change from me or my kids; and my kids are a pretty easy mark for those guys.
There are a lot of Gypsy's in the Balkans who send their little children to beg on the streets all day at traffic lights and restaurants for example. I used to give them something from time to time, but once someone on the streets asked me for money and I gave it to him and after that there was a phone ringing and next thing I see is the begger pulling a f*cking blackberry out of his jacket. Since then I don't give anymore.
They start to get more and more rude every year. They come to your car and start washing it before you even got the time to tell him if you want it or not and then they ask for money because they washed your car. But you did not want them to wash the car in the first place.
Now I usually just tell them to go away and not touch the car. Many times they still touch it and start washing the windshield. So I turn my wipers on, then they go away.
They are called politicians.
If I saw a beggar approaching me IN MY CAR I would probably wonder how they they got my car.
How maturesourcandy...when can i tap that?
I thought I read somewhere recently that san antonio was considering some kind law regarding the panhandlers hanging out on busy intersections...
I laugh at them and the burn a $20 right in front of them.
you know you'd go straight to when you die right?
From what I've read in this thread many are already on their way.
Lived in Hollywood for many years and hollywood,ca. is the homeless capital of the usa...
So I am pretty hardened to all the tricks, scams, guilt-trips that they will use.
Having said that, it isn't about the homeless guy as it is about me...or you..or any poster here.
If you examine this...it comes down to why or why not we are giving or not giving...giving to assuage our guilt?...giving to make OURSELVES feel better?
not giving and justifying why we don't give? not giving and recounting some bad experience with a professional scammer to justify it again?
It is really all about you and I.
After all of that...I sometimes give for no reason at all...and I sometimes DON'T give for no reason at all. Not from guilt...not from some superior at ude...etc...
and when I DO give...I just randomly do it...and I tell myself that I am no better for having done it--and no worse...
When I am pressed by an aggressive panhandler...I just look at him straight in the eye and I say, ``I DON'T GIVE MONEY AWAY!''
If he persists...I just repeat it again and again.
I have lately taken to ignoring these folks. I was in Las Vegas a few years back at a stop light on Tropicana going over that bridge toward the strip. Had a guy panhandling with a freaking blackberry on his belt. I laughed my ass off at that one.
Usually i have my son with me, and id rather not risk leaving he window and/or door open at an intersection. I'd hate to have to murder a bum that was trying to commandeer my car with my son in the back.
A lot of homeless people are getting cell phones now, actually. It allows them to be contacted if they ever apply for a job, and if they do have any family, it allows for the minimum of communications. Don't know how they afford it, but I read it online a couple years ago that it's an increasing phenomenon.
If it is a new face I am more likely to give but if it is the same face I see every time I'm at the same corner I don't.
You see, what you do is motion him to come over to your car and very slowly open the window while staring into his eyes with no emotion at all. When he gets closer, hand him the the burger king cup that has been sitting in the cup holder for the past couple of days and then grab your water gun that you filled with Dr pepper this morning and spray him in the face and then drive off. Remember to time the stop light correctly or the panhandler might try to get into your car and kill you.
I just look straight ahead.
this is me when this situation arises
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