Do you give money to panhandlers?

[Sledge Hammer!]

This is just a simple poll to gauge whether others have similar feelings about this as I do. Personally I have not given money to beggars in the past ten years. Once in a great while I will be encountered in a parking lot by someone asking for money and I just keep walking. In a strange way I even feel angry that I have been bothered. Am I a prick?

[heytina]

When I am panhandled, I won't cough up unless they get the answer to my question right. "Who's your Daddy?"

I am hard of hearing, so I generally have to cup my hand over my ear and have them holler, "YOU ARE"

I'm your what?

"YOU'RE MY DADDY"

For entertainment like that, sure, I'll peel off a lil' cabbage.

I know a guy that makes them call him "Captain."

[Dew]

Depends on the hobo. If he looks crazy, I figure they can't help it and cough up a farthing. If they look lazy I attack. If they don't have any teeth I try and get a bj.

[Heap]

If I am eating a sandwich or burger outside, I will just give them what I have. You know they're just going to spend it on booze or drugs...

[Mr. Irrelevant]

**True Story**

back during my pizza delivery days. I had to deliver some pies to a construction site at a major intersection. The worker's gave me a nice tip, but it was all in 1 dollar bills. So while I was walking back to my car, I was counting the money and this hobo rolls up on me and asks me if I got a few dollars to spare. I say "No". Then he replies in a sarcastic manor... "Well I didn't know they could pay you with fake money." I double-take and then say... "Hey, they didn't tip me. This is the store's money not mine to hand out."

Then he asks me if I got any spare pizza. (As if I got spare slices of pepperoni stached in my glove box for some sort of emergency hobo relief effort)

The next thing I know, the guy fucking disapears like a fart in the wind. I look around and notice that he's made a mad dash for the pizzas that I just handed over to those construction guys. They tackled him and tossed him off the site before he even got within 10 feet of the pizzas. He was screaming like a fucking banshee too. Then he yelled (while crying) at me for not helping him out!!!

I laughed my ass off the whole way back to the store.

[dirty_pool]

I've heard of people who make around 70 grand doing this for a living. they rent a locker at a local subway/train station and stash their $200 sneakers and wallet etc there for the day while they handle the pan. then they get their stuff and head over to tower records. If I see the look of desperation, even if its for a lousy bottle of wild grouse or whatever, i'll drop a 5 spot as a tip of the cap to Jesus.

[TheWagesofSin]

I REALLY pissed off this young bum. He said to me, "spare change?" and I replied "No thanks, I've got plenty". He seethed like a motherfucker but I was bigger than him and he knew I'd take his ass down (I am, after all, a 300 lb. Mexican).

[Hole In Face]

I REALLY pissed off this young bum. He said to me, "spare change?" and I replied "No thanks, I've got plenty". He seethed like a motherfucker but I was bigger than him and he knew I'd take his ass down (I am, after all, a 300 lb. Mexican).

:rofl:

That reminds me of something. Anytime some douche ask me if I have an extra cigarette I always reply with a "Nah, it only came with 20 this time" and continue on my way. Really pisses people off.

[FatSlider]

There's this fairly young broad who sits on a pedestrian bridge downtown here with a sign that says "Stranded, please help." Thing is, she's been sitting there, off and on, for the past few years. So one day I said to her, "you've been stranded for what, a couple of years now?" She didn't respond.

Sometimes a panhandler will come up and say, "Can I ask you a question?," to which I reply, "You just did." That throws them off long enough to allow you to get away.

[Pull Out Method]

Depends. If they are playing an instrument or even singing... I'll throw em a buck. If they are just sitting there looking retarded, then no.

******True Story******But Not Savvy?s********

A few years back we were coming out of a minor league baseball game only to discover that it was hostess night, and every ticket got a free loaf of bread. Well, there are always panhandlers hanging outside of any sporting event, and this one dude was really putting on a feel-bad show. Grimy dog, wild hair, rotted teeth, the full meal deal. And to top it off, he was waiting at the crosswalk that everybody uses. So of course everybody just drops their bread and keeps walking. He must have had 200 loafs by the time I got there. So some chick drops another loaf and he goes nuts and starts screaming "Does it look like I need more bread?!"

That was the last time I gave anything to a panhandler.

[brooksy556]

I went to an opening day Orioles game a few years back. We didn't have tickets but a radio station was giving away 2 tickets to whoever could eat the most sausage in a certain amount of time. My brother and I figure we needed to win to get the tickets. On the way there, we bought 2 tickets from somebody on the street. Right after the purchase, a bum asked us for money to get food. I said, "follow me, we'll get you food". We signed this bum up for the contest and the radio station was pissed. The guy was filthy and smelled like piss. No one sat near him. All the contestants were shoving sausage down their throats while this guy was slowly cutting small pieces of and eating them with a fork. He ate his fill,got up and walked out. It was a riot.

[TheWagesofSin]

lmao lmao That's a good story...I love imagining the bum- chewing slowly, thoughtfully, enjoying his meal...:rofl:

[baba booee]

I never give to bums and about two weeks ago I was reminded why. I ride my bike off-road around Buffalo Bayou close to downtown Houston about three days a week. There are a lot of bums who hang out around there and one day as I was riding one that I see all the time was standing in my path with a sign that said “I need a new bike”. I kind of laughed as I went past but somehow it touched my heart and something inside me said I should get this guy a bike. I was going to go to Goodwill or someplace like that to get it. So the next time I rode I went up to the guy and told him I would get him a bike – not a new one but a good one. He gave me a disappointed look and said, “Can I get a receipt on that?” I said “No, I don’t think so” and took off.

[senility]

I was in San Francisco and as a rule, I consider all panhandlers are scammers. But I was at Fisherman's Wharf and some seedy bum ask me for money to eat. I said no and a few seconds later I see this same bum digging in a trashcan outside a snackbar. I kinda felt bad at that moment so now I offer to buy the food. They usually decline. Like the clown outside the Home Beanpot asking for hotdog money while sucking on a cig. Uh-huh . . .

[Franks n Beans]

Had the dis-pleasure of seeing some methadrone walking pass stopped cars at a light. His clothes falling off while he was shaking a dirty stirofoam cup. He looked able to dig a ditch. I have no pitty for these bastards.

[CommunistaCow]

Nope, never. In fact, I've almost gotten into a few fights for not giving some of these scumbags anything.

The last time was next door to The Oyster House in Boston. I was about to head into a sports bar a few doors down from said Oyster House, when an obviously drunk boogie asked me if I could spare a few bucks. I replied that as I believed he was merely looking to buy a drink, I would not give him money, but I would gladly buy him a beer of my choosing. Fucker told me to fuck off.

Go figure.

[djb]

I went to an opening day Orioles game a few years back. We didn't have tickets but a radio station was giving away 2 tickets to whoever could eat the most sausage in a certain amount of time. My brother and I figure we needed to win to get the tickets. On the way there, we bought 2 tickets from somebody on the street. Right after the purchase, a bum asked us for money to get food. I said, "follow me, we'll get you food". We signed this bum up for the contest and the radio station was pissed. The guy was filthy and smelled like piss. No one sat near him. All the contestants were shoving sausage down their throats while this guy was slowly cutting small pieces of and eating them with a fork. He ate his fill,got up and walked out. It was a riot.
lmao lmao
Hillarious, I wish you had video of that. Someone must have taped it. I hope it ends up on YouTube.

[Taco Teo]

The radio show I listen to on my way into work in the morning (Lex and Terry) has a show where they go down to the areas in Dallas where all the bums/panhandlers hang out and play Meal or No Meal. Premise is obviously the same as Deal or No Deal, but instead the "prizes" range from like 2 m&ms to a night in a hotel room and a bunch of crap in between (an apple, food from jack in the box, new shoes, etc). It's quite entertaining. God, I'm a bad person for laughing at that, aren't I?

[volodya]

In my city, during the summer, you'll see these fucking panhandling kids. Probably early 20's and they always have these starving dogs that they travel with. So one time, when I walked by them and they asked me for change on my way into a pizza place, I told them "Sorry, I've only got 50's." When I came out they asked "Now do you have change?" I told them yes, but I have a job and I earn my money..."what the fuck do you kids do?" The reply......."We TRAVEL man! I've been across the country like 8 times!" By that time I was about done with one of my two slices and I tossed the other on the ground to one of there dogs(and that pizza was loaded..peperoni, sausage, italian sausage and ham).


i kinda still regret wasting that pizza....

[Franks n Beans]

In my city, during the summer, you'll see these fucking panhandling kids. Probably early 20's and they always have these starving dogs that they travel with. So one time, when I walked by them and they asked me for change on my way into a pizza place, I told them "Sorry, I've only got 50's." When I came out they asked "Now do you have change?" I told them yes, but I have a job and I earn my money..."what the fuck do you kids do?" The reply......."We TRAVEL man! I've been across the country like 8 times!" By that time I was about done with one of my two slices and I tossed the other on the ground to one of there dogs(and that pizza was loaded..peperoni, sausage, italian sausage and ham).


i kinda still regret wasting that pizza....

Oooo kreepy, you got '666' in your gloid#

[Spooner]

Taco, that sounds like a bit right out of Brad Rifkin's portfolio. That's a gas.

[Mr. Irrelevant]

The radio show I listen to on my way into work in the morning (Lex and Terry) has a show where they go down to the areas in Dallas where all the bums/panhandlers hang out and play Meal or No Meal. Premise is obviously the same as Deal or No Deal, but instead the "prizes" range from like 2 m&ms to a night in a hotel room and a bunch of crap in between (an apple, food from jack in the box, new shoes, etc). It's quite entertaining. God, I'm a bad person for laughing at that, aren't I?

Meal or no meal... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I wonder if they use brown paper bags instead of briefcases. Or crack-ho's instead of hot magazine cover models.

[Booze]

Yes I give to beggars. I've got no choice. The government takes it straight out of my pay packet, & everyone elses. I guess it's probably the same in big cities over there, but we seem to have several strata of beggar in London.

In the West End, you've got your traditional, genuinely homeless, sleep in a shop doorway type bum. Old school style. Predominantly white, very passive. I now look upon these dudes pretty fondly.

Then you've got your aggressive, in your face, Eastern European gypsy types. Usually women with kids, & sometimes babies. Who never cry, prompting the Mayor of London to investigate whether the women are doping them or if they're even real. These fuckers spend the day walking through Tube trains shaking a Burger King cup.

Reputedly, they're all sent out by gang bosses who take most of their money at the end of the day. One thing's for sure. These people ain't sleeping on no street. They've got a home address, they're claiming housing & child benefit (which probably gets kicked up to a gang boss too) & they're milking the system for everything they can. Anyone who gives money to them is a sucker.

A third category of beggar has started to emerge over here in the last year. The crip. There's a middle eastern looking dude at my local tube station with one leg. I guess you're supposed to think he got it blowed off in the 'Ghanistan by some naughty soldiers. He probably does very well out of all the liberal guilt flying around these days. But this fucker is getting housing AND disability benefit.

Last week, when I came out of Tottenham Court Road station on my way to buy the wifi dongle for the DS, there was a kid at the top of the stairs. He was about 17, had no arms, a Brazil vest on to accentuate his deficiency, & a Burger King cup in his mouth. This was full of coins, & he was shaking it incessantly. And I just thought... "oooh, you presumptuous fucker..." :thumbsup:

[FatSlider]

The worst class of beggars are the politicians who make the situation described by Lee possible. We've got 'em here too.

[dirty_pool]

Yes I give to beggars. I've got no choice. The government takes it straight out of my pay packet, & everyone elses. I guess it's probably the same in big cities over there, but we seem to have several strata of beggar in London.

In the West End, you've got your traditional, genuinely homeless, sleep in a shop doorway type bum. Old school style. Predominantly white, very passive. I now look upon these dudes pretty fondly.

Then you've got your aggressive, in your face, Eastern European gypsy types. Usually women with kids, & sometimes babies. Who never cry, prompting the Mayor of London to investigate whether the women are doping them or if they're even real. These fuckers spend the day walking through Tube trains shaking a Burger King cup.

Reputedly, they're all sent out by gang bosses who take most of their money at the end of the day. One thing's for sure. These people ain't sleeping on no street. They've got a home address, they're claiming housing & child benefit (which probably gets kicked up to a gang boss too) & they're milking the system for everything they can. Anyone who gives money to them is a sucker.

A third category of beggar has started to emerge over here in the last year. The crip. There's a middle eastern looking dude at my local tube station with one leg. I guess you're supposed to think he got it blowed off in the 'Ghanistan by some naughty soldiers. He probably does very well out of all the liberal guilt flying around these days. But this fucker is getting housing AND disability benefit.

Last week, when I came out of Tottenham Court Road station on my way to buy the wifi dongle for the DS, there was a kid at the top of the stairs. He was about 17, had no arms, a Brazil vest on to accentuate his deficiency, & a Burger King cup in his mouth. This was full of coins, & he was shaking it incessantly. And I just thought... "oooh, you presumptuous fucker..." :thumbsup:

I have a British professor and I really dig this kind of info Lee! :tipofthecap: Oh and and I read it in an english accent too :thumbsup:

[GoblinJuice]

(I am, after all, a 300 lb. Mexican).

That explains everything.

[TheWagesofSin]

That explains everything.

You should be happy there's one non-white person who hangs out here. It gets old, all you gueros talking your pinche bullshit, man. I'm mexican and I came here as an immigrant and I'm damn proud of my heritage, and you will never take that away from me.

[Franks n Beans]

You should be happy there's one non-white person who hangs out here. It gets old, all you gueros talking your pinche bullshit, man. I'm mexican and I came here as an immigrant and I'm damn proud of my heritage, and you will never take that away from me.

I dunno, I've never been known to have a good judge of character but for some reason I think you're not telling the truth.

[Roland Schwinn]

I was in San Francisco and as a rule, I consider all panhandlers are scammers. But I was at Fisherman's Wharf and some seedy bum ask me for money to eat. I said no and a few seconds later I see this same bum digging in a trashcan outside a snackbar. I kinda felt bad at that moment so now I offer to buy the food. They usually decline. Like the clown outside the Home Beanpot asking for hotdog money while sucking on a cig. Uh-huh . . .

San Francisco is a bum’s paradise. City hall declared it a refuge for the homeless a few years back so instead of occasionally clearing them out they just accumulate on the streets. When I was there a few years back they were scattered about in the streets with the smell of piss and shit permeating the summer air. Cops just ignore them. San Fran is a pretty fucked up city, I can't see how non-homos could live there...

[KEVDIDIT]

SOMETIMES I WILL, IF I FEEL LED TOO DO SO.:tipofthecap: