do you give money to beggar's

[friendowl]

like when you come out of the store
or are putting gas and some stinky
dirty human being asks for change
do you help em out
or
are you fucked up and talk shit
i myself like to talk with homeless people
i find there stories very interesting and real
some crackhead asked me for change right now
i told him what do you want the money for
he say life fucking sucks for me i want to get high
i respected that and gave him a buck and a joint
he was very respectful and said thank you in a way
that makes me feel bad for some people
life can get very very ugly
death is even a better option for some but they hang in there

[Funkamander]

If somebody needs money enough to ask total strangers out of the blue, I'll always give them whatever I can.

[geonagual]

Homeless people are everywhere around where I live. On the off ramps. In the median in the middle of the street. In front of the liquor store, grocery store, donut shop. I don't give money to everyone of them. I do sometimes though. I like this sign the best

"Why lie, I need a beer"

I always give someone abuck who has a sign like that.
I would love to make a picture book of homeless people
and tell a little story about them
I am always surprised and interested when they tell a story of where they came from and how they ended up where they are in their life. Always seems like it could happen to any of us.

[Twisty1]

Went to America 3 years ago and there was a huge que on the highway, we halted to a stop and saw a beggar with a sign saying *Jesus loves you* we were bored wating so we got all the change out of our dashboard used for those fecking tolls, and gave it al to him :) we knew he was gonna buy booze and fags with it but what the heck, its his life not ours.

[OtterPop]

One time i gave my dealer a ride to the store and he left a half in the car while he was gettin some beer. I saw a bum across the street so i pinched out an 1/8th and gave it to him. Guy looked like I had made his year, he even called me his brother. Dealer got back in the car and just kept sayin "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HALF?" lmao

[nychaze]

when i have money i do

[Funkamander]

For the record, they do buy food, too.

Sure, a lot of them buy alchohol or drugs, too. But think about it. You can't eat garbage food exclusively, you'd start getting some serious health problems pretty quick. And, it's only gonna get harder and harder to steal food, the longer you're homeless. Because you're only gonna look and smell weirder and weirder.

[cannabis campbell]

No

only because beggars around here pretend that they are homeless, and they normally sit there with a their pet dog so people feel sorry for them but they have a house but they just cant be bothered working.

Anyone can get of their fat ass and get a job, i dont see why these people cant just because they are crackheads / smackheads / alcholics, they need to sort themselves out.

[Fengzi]

I used to but then I met this homeless guy who was just a slacker. He was a young guy, mid 20's, who could easily have gone out and gotten a job. He started telling me how he liked to be homeless and jobless. He didn't have to get up in the morning and go to work, could do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted, etc., etc. Basically he found it more fun to get his money by getting it from people who worked than to earn it himself. The guy really had this attitude that I couldn't stand. It was like "haha, I don't have to work but you suckers do"

Now I fully realize that a lot of homeless people really have problems, and their situation is not they're fault, but for every one of them I bet there's 3-4 more like the guy I met. I work my ass off for what I have and I'm not about to give it to some lazy slacker who just doesn't want to work. It's unfortunate that they milk the system and take away resources for the people who really need the help.

[OptimusPrime]

i usually give them money (change and $1.00's) if i have any, especially when i see kids my age out by themselves living on the streets. i couldn't imagine what that must be like.

but i also agree with campbell, there was this dude that used to stand on the corner of the off-ramp of a freeway. every day this guy would be out there, then one day the local newspaper did a story on him; turns out this guy had a fucking H2 Hummer and some big ass mansion out in the suburbs.

[Doctor mj]

FUCK THE HOMELESS

[Powder Puff]

If they play a cathchy tune, then yes, yes I give them a penny or more.. What ever change I've got..

[Big Calhoun]

I used to give them money, but no more. I've seen too many of them turn around and smoke it up. I do, however, by them food. When I lived in New Jersey, I would occasionally buy them boots and gloves in the winter. If I'm going to help someone, I'd rather know where the money is going.

[halo]

If i have money on me i will. I believe most of them are respectable people who just got a stroke of bad luck. Although some are just moochers. I was watching this news report when i was in detroit and it showed this homeless guy begging for money then when he was done he walked about a half mile away and got into a big escalade with huge rims and drove off.

[thcbongman]

If I lack compassion I apologize.

Homeless people that want to be homeless won't be begging for money. They choose to live their live in seclusion. While there are those that struggle, there are many beggars that make homeless look terrible.

I use to be generous with the homeless, I gave a couple $20 bucks to buy some new pants. Then I realized the reality:

Half of who beg have jobs. Almost all of the "regulars" refuse to do a lick of honest work.

I have a good friend who is homeless. He put himself in that situation, and at least he's making it with honest work. You can't say the same about all of them.

[hahaitsdoogle]

I used to give them money, but no more. I've seen too many of them turn around and smoke it up. I do, however, by them food. When I lived in New Jersey, I would occasionally buy them boots and gloves in the winter. If I'm going to help someone, I'd rather know where the money is going.

lol yeah, hes ganna give the boots to the next homeless guy for a BJ HA

and no. i havent seen a homeless person since i moved here, i used to live in a suburb of detroit ( redford ) but now i live in oakland county - 3rd Wealthiest county in the world. i dont see bums, ever.

[Ruthless2oo6]

IMO i think most of these homeless have no fuken shame, there crackheads! they dont want to help themselves so why should i spent the loose change i have in my pocket. What i do now is everytime i have change i save it all ina Large Jack in the box cup, when it gets full, i go exchange it and i have easily more than 100 bucks. Fuck the homeless,

[sweetnhighz]

ive done it before and will do it again, theres nothing wrong with people that are not as fortunate as you to help them out. which if they go get a beer with that change thats them, im just glad i know i made somebodys day hopefully....but the homeless tears my heart up. i wish i was a billionaire like these fukers are, i would make sure there is no poverty in the states....

[thcbongman]

ive done it before and will do it again, theres nothing wrong with people that are not as fortunate as you to help them out. which if they go get a beer with that change thats them, im just glad i know i made somebodys day hopefully....but the homeless tears my heart up. i wish i was a billionaire like these fukers are, i would make sure there is no poverty in the states....

It's better to teach a man to fish than give him a fish. There is nothing wrong with showing compassion for fellow a human being, but giving them a fish doesn't teach them any lessons. :)

[JunkYard]

I've never given a penny to homeless people, but only because there aren't any in my area. (That I know of)

If I had the extra money, and a homeless person asked for some change, I'd give them a few bucks, but you can't help them all.

I also agree with thcbongman, give a man a fish and feed him for a day, or teach a man to fish, and he'll be able to feed himself for life. ;)

Although, the latter would take a great deal more effort...

[sweetnhighz]

if i can ill take that fish back and smack um in the face with it and put his ass to work!

[Das Boot]

I once saw a big fat black homless man standing in front of a mcdonalds. He had a sign that said, "Make my hamburger dreams come true." And he had drawn a detailed picture of a hamburger on the sign. I gave that man some change.

[da haze meister]

i live in cleveland
has one of the highest poverty rates/homeless rates in our country
yes, if i see a homeless person, i give them money.
i gave a homeless guy a dimebag before.
i just put myself in their situation
if i had to go through that
it would suck
and also it makes you feel good.
like
makes my day when i make someone elses day.

[gjpop2000]

I once saw a big fat black homless man standing in front of a mcdonalds. He had a sign that said, "Make my hamburger dreams come true." And he had drawn a detailed picture of a hamburger on the sign. I gave that man some change.
Wow, maybe he should be an artist? :p

[CBsDankNugs]

if they look like they smoke alot of crack i tell them to fuck themselfs

[prplchknz]

if they ask me I will. But one time I gave this homeless guy some money when i was at taco bell and he kept harrassing me some employees chased him out of the store and said they'd call the cops if he came back. he freaked me the fuck out. I still give money to homeless people but now I'm very careful about it.

[gjpop2000]

if they ask me I will. But one time I gave this homeless guy some money when i was at taco bell and he kept harrassing me some employees chased him out of the store and said they'd call the cops if he came back. he freaked me the fuck out. I still give money to homeless people but now I'm very careful about it.
Do you think he was stoned or drunk, or just insane?

[prplchknz]

I know he wasn't drunk. and he had been there all day so probaby not stoned so I'm guessing insane. or a crackhead craving for some crack.

[flamingskullballs]

most bums i take em to perkins....i dont want my change spent on booze, so i spend $7 or so and get em a dinner

[The Figment]

I rode a 24 speed MT Bike across country last summer...on a whim. Left Boston On June 12Th Got home (ElDorado Ks) 9 1/2 weeks later,(Labor Day) All I had was My Bike an Trailer,Tent,Stove,Sleepin Bag,Clothes,Bike tools,Ect.
I left Boston With 120 Bucks. If it Wer'nt for the kindness of the folks I met I would have Starved,Stunk,My Bike would have not gotten the repairs it needed Ect.Homelessness isn't caused by any one thing, some folk have mental/emotional Problems,Some are Drug/Acohol related,AND Some of us do it Intenaully (sp) Any Tour/Deadhead can relate...There are just some experences that No amount of money can buy!!
Just in case yer wondering...I have a apt,Car(Shitheep) an work in a Balloon Factory...So not all homeless folk have Problems that put us there...some are just Round pegs in a Square System:D

[SensiRide]

No I dont believe in giving money to them but I bought one who looked really thin and hungry a happy meal once and he was so delighted, it cheered my day up.

[whitekat]

i have in the past.....mostly change......but it depends on the attitude of the person asking.........

[psychopixi]

There aren't too many homeless people begging around here, but there are plenty of people who sell the Big Issue. It's a magazine which they employ homeless or otherwise destitute people to sell, and the sellers write some of the articles themselves. I know a couple of the guys who sell it, and frankly it's a complete con. One guy (that I'm actually trying to avoid, cause he keeps hitting on me) was telling me about how he's just bought himself a new computer, and a few weeks before that it was a new TV. I'm like, what the fuck? This Big Issue thing is supposed to give them enough money to get food, clothes and pay bills, not to get fucking plasma screen TVs! So no, I don't give money to those people. I do give money to buskers though, if I like what they're playing. There's this one really pretty girl who normally plays the flute close to where my boyfriend works, and she plays it really well, so I normally give her some of my spare change.

[HiddenBeauty]

I thought the people who sold big issue were meant to be homeless?

I give to buskers because they have a job and that is being an entertainer.

[FLORIDA MON]

Yes, I usually give money to any homeless person that asks.

(I am often downtown clubbin or sometimes just chill out at The Globe with a Tucher.)

Many of these folks are mentally ill and a little compassion never hurt anyone.

[psychopixi]

I thought the people who sold big issue were meant to be homeless?
I thought so too, but not this guy! He was showing me pictures of his computer on his new(!) phone while he was standing there in the Big Issue "Working Not Begging" shirt with his magazines. *shrugs* Don't ask me what's going on there, I have no idea.

[flamingskullballs]

I rode a 24 speed MT Bike across country last summer...on a whim. Left Boston On June 12Th Got home (ElDorado Ks) 9 1/2 weeks later,(Labor Day) All I had was My Bike an Trailer,Tent,Stove,Sleepin Bag,Clothes,Bike tools,Ect.
I left Boston With 120 Bucks. If it Wer'nt for the kindness of the folks I met I would have Starved,Stunk,My Bike would have not gotten the repairs it needed Ect.Homelessness isn't caused by any one thing, some folk have mental/emotional Problems,Some are Drug/Acohol related,AND Some of us do it Intenaully (sp) Any Tour/Deadhead can relate...There are just some experences that No amount of money can buy!!
Just in case yer wondering...I have a apt,Car(Shitheep) an work in a Balloon Factory...So not all homeless folk have Problems that put us there...some are just Round pegs in a Square System:Dyeah man, htats what im talkin about!

ever read jack kerouac?

[Big Calhoun]

The funniest 'presentation' I've seen was years ago in Brooklyn, NY. My girlfriend and I at the time were riding around on Flatbush Ave. We get stopped at a light and this homeless guy comes out with this sign:

"Hey, I need your help" <flips sign>
"I got a flat" <flips sign again>
"I'm flat broke!!"

I pulled into a C-Town grocery store and bought the guy like 40 bux in groceries. That was creativity.

[D.Boone]

only if its for weed and i get a hit off the blunt

[nightlight]

yeah, i generally help out as much as i can. the few that arent looking to just get wasted and work i have invited over to help out with whatever. this one guy i paid 8 dollars an hour to shovel the snow from around my old house. invited him in for some food and when he noticed the bong smoked a bit too.

[beachguy in thongs]

do you help em out
or
are you fucked up

I like the options you gave. :smokin:

[poorprincess]

I get stopped about once a month. There are three homeless guys walking around my town who stand outside stores and at gas stations and shit. I give them money cuz I'm usually putting my baby in the car and I stand up and their right behind me and I figure it's give em the money or get stabbed.

I'd give it to them anyway if they asked nicely but it pissed me off the other day when some guy asked me for money at the gas station and I had only my bank card and thats what I payed with and I didn't even have any change and I said i was sorry and he got all, "THANKS ALOT MAM" like I was just lying about not having any money. And if I was lying about it it's MY GOD DAMN MONEY and he should consider it a privelege that I'm taking that dollar away from me and my child so he can eat/smoke/toke/or drink. But I let it go, why? Because it would be stupid to start a fight with some poor homeless guy just because he's mad at me for not giving him a dollar.

[ForeverZero]

I make it a rule not to give money to anyone wearing nicer shoes than I am.

Theres this guy in Harvard Square whose always in the same spot everytime I go by, but hes also always wearing a different pair of Nikes....

[kewlgirlnj]

i usually don't give money. Cause most of them are going to drink it away and NOT use it fo survive. It's one thing to drink (which I do) and smoke weed (wich I also do) but these people should spend the $$ on food and shelter..Anyway, thats the way I see it. I offer to buy them some food or clothing.

[orangeman]

No, I never gave money to begging people but if I had the spare money I would..I'm a generous person but in certain situations I gotta look out for my self first, and my financial situations is no exception :p.

[minnesota man]

Yeah, a couple times I've given $20 to bums in Venice.

Oh yeah, you're not going to believe this but once, after hurricane Katrina, there were some refugees put up at a abandoned Wal-Mart here in Texas. I got $100 out of the bank and went to the Wal-Mart refugee camp and gave the bill to a thuggish lookin black dude on the other side of a chain link fence. Of course we also donated clothes, books and stuff as well.

[Ripper]

short answer yes, Its like Pt Barnum 'Theres a sucker born every minuite u just happened to coming by at the right time'

Yeh i cant help it although in scotlandthe Big Issue makes a diff cos there street vending(if they can get the job) instead of begging

peace rips

[king kong bong]

i give em all the time. they can use chunk change and dollars more than me.

[moneyman10k]

I usually tell them to take a shower, shave and go apply at micky d's, they will hire anyone, then you won't need to beg.

[geonagual]

I still think, I should make a nice coffee table book of the homeless
it will feature them in their best pose and a small autobiography and you tell their lives thru what they tell you. Could be some funny and interesting pieces. Now, don't go stealing my idea.

[The Figment]

I make it a rule not to give money to anyone wearing nicer shoes than I am.

Theres this guy in Harvard Square whose always in the same spot everytime I go by, but hes also always wearing a different pair of Nikes....

Thats where i started my bike trip from... Stay away from the "Pit" LOL

[Puff Piff]

yea back before the middle class started moving further and further away from the top in the USA. But now..:mad:..sorry

[Euphoric]

sure i give them extra $ if i have it. good karma ys :)

last time i gave this dude 5 dollars at a bus station. he started guarding my luggage while i smoked a cig. then hes like hey u should stand in the sun its warmer there u know. i think then he was my bodyguard.

i was tripping pretty good on dxm at the time. i was listening to cradle of filth. it was great getting this homeless black dude the headphones and watching the expression turn to horror. hheh
it was a cold day, he gave me his gloves before i got on the bus.

[Jennifer K]

Once in awhile. Depends on the person. Just this afternoon I gave a lady some money. I see her quite often outside the store that I go to before work. I've never given her money before but she was honest and said she needed a beer. She looked so sad and tired. Couldn't imagine living life like that.

[witeshdow07]

i gave 10 dollars to a beggar in philly last month
he said he was going to do marjiuana research
and i trust that he bought some and then resarched what he bought as well as it could be researched.

[minnesota man]

sure i give them extra $ if i have it. good karma ys :)

last time i gave this dude 5 dollars at a bus station. he started guarding my luggage while i smoked a cig. then hes like hey u should stand in the sun its warmer there u know. i think then he was my bodyguard.

i was tripping pretty good on dxm at the time. i was listening to cradle of filth. it was great getting this homeless black dude the headphones and watching the expression turn to horror. hheh
it was a cold day, he gave me his gloves before i got on the bus.

Wicked story.

[xblackdogx]

there are ALOT of homeless people by me
see the same people everyday alot of the time
it's hard to walk by, and not give money
when things might not be there fault-as to why they are out on the street
i do like to talk to some homeless people also...
see their story, etc.

any change i have at the end of the night has
been going to people living on the street
almost every night

i'm pretty broke, wish i had more
but i know they are 10x worse off than i am
so i give 'em a quarter or two, and
tell them as always BE SAFE!

[hempomatic]

i gave money maby once.. but then saw him go in and get a pack of cigs and wass pissd and never gave again since he said that he needed money for a hotdog......

[poorprincess]

yesturday I was getting in my car and hussle man(thats the name of this begger that everyone in town has given something to) runs up to my car and starts trying to sell me a bag of shrimp! At least he offered something. But I dont like shrimp. So I said no thanks. Last time he offered to clean my wind shield and I said sure(even though the ink from the news paper made it even dirtier). At least hussle man is trying to work for it.

[ForeverZero]

i usually don't give money. Cause most of them are going to drink it away and NOT use it fo survive. It's one thing to drink (which I do) and smoke weed (wich I also do) but these people should spend the $$ on food and shelter..Anyway, thats the way I see it. I offer to buy them some food or clothing.

These people are stuck living on the street, and despite what many people believe, most of them are not gonna better their situation with a shower and a shave. So why shouldn't they get a little buzz on to get 'em through the night?

[whipits5000]

i usually am the one asking, but when i have money i give it to them, because well shit, i owe it to someone