It happens more often than you'd think. I once met a guy that made two hundred bucks a day, tax-free, just by panhandling. He also happened to own his own home. Still, with the holidays coming, I thought "Why not? Maybe he really needs this." And then he acted like I was being selfish by not giving him more. Instead of that nice warm and fuzzy feeling that you're supposed to get when you help someone, I ended up leaving angry and disgusted. People suck.
That's usually how I respond to beggars. I can't even comprehend the thought process behind begging. What kind of person just asks random strangers to give them money?
I guess when one's homeless, accepting donations is usually a last resort. It's humiliating but it can feed a person... ... but then, there are those people. I once was walking out of Wal-mart while shopping for bathroom and kitchen supplies with two of my roommates and my girlfriend. This was about a year ago, and I had only started my current part-time job, so I was making even less then than I do now. We came out of the front doors, and a man asked me if I wanted to donate to care packages for troops serving abroad. I really didn't, since I'm generally pretty iffy on making any statement that would remotely imply that I approve of our government's actions abroad, and because when I do donate to charities I prefer to seek them out myself so I know where the money is going, but also because I didn't have a whole lot of money and had already planned to use all of it. I told the man, "No thanks," over my shoulder, because I was driving and my friends were relying on me to take them other places that day because they were in a hurry, so I didn't want to stop to chat. I did, however, look over my shoulder and see a livid, indignant look on his face. How dare I not donate to his cause above all others. How dare I believe my own personal time and money be better spent on things I actually believe in. He looked like he was thinking of something to say, and I definitely heard him mutter some unkind things under his breath. I guess I, the broke college student, am just another walking sack of cash. The moral of the story is that you can't really bother with people who aren't going to be nice to you in the first place.
Nothing tops off a twelve-hour work day like coming home to a two-hour discussion with a thirteen-year-old about quantum physics and Big Bang cosmology.
[video=youtube;EFX_cEcZGHM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFX_cEcZGHM[/video] I just remembered that this existed
I never give homeless people money. Ever. Period. If I do something for a beggar, I give them food or buy them a meal. Because that's what they need, a meal. Let's be honest, probably 50% of beggars are also substance abusers, and I'm all for giving them food to help them survive. I'm not willing to buy them smokes or drinks, which is probably what your money will go towards if you give it to them. And if they aren't substance abusers, well, then they'll appreciate the meal. And as for the greedy beggars, well I just have no kind words for them. Leeches, is what they are.
it's always better to just donate to charities that help homeless people. everyone is better off that way.
I LIVE! I've been without a computer for a few days no, and my friend checked the problem today and found out that my HDD was corrupted. Crap. So I bought a new 3TB hard drive and now have my computer back, but with 0 personal files, and I don't think I have a backup. It's like a beloved family member waking up from a coma but having irreversible amnesia.
I think the amnesiac family member would be more fun. You can't tell your computer that it owes you fifty bucks.
I lost my hard drive not to long ago myself and lost everything. It made me invest in an external, there are some things I wish I had backed up before.
Speaking of not sleeping, I'm getting another fatass overtime paycheck next week. Chances are I'll be working over Christmas too and making double. My body may not be ready but my wallet can't ****ing wait.
