Do you give to bums?

[itadakimasu]

in the rare occasion that i can in some way sympathise with said bum i will maybe give a few dollars, this has only happened once. one time it was a guy i had a class with who'd been kicked out and obviously had been on the streets for a while since he was really dirty and unshaven.. i gave him probably too much.

Now... the last guy i gave money to said he was from new york and needed money to catch the bus... i had 75 cents and gave it to him and kept walking only to see that the 75 cents i gave him was the gap seperating him from his next beer he would buy from the liquer store he then entered...

i work way too hard to give my hard earned money to somebody like that.

[Assertn]

I kinda got tired of giving to bums only for them to respond with, "can you give me some more?"

I think they prefer to live off free handouts than to actually do something productive.

[6Zabuza9]

homeless ppl in china freak me out

[Phoenix20578]

homeless ppl in china freak me out

Homeless people down here arent any better. I was in NYC a few summers ago for YSOP. We all had to wear blue shirts with the YSOP logo on them. We had to take a subway to get to the place, and at the station was this random homeless guy. He was rambling on about something. Then, he turns and looks at us and start shouting even louder. He starts saying "AND THE LORD SENT THE DEVILS IN THE BLUE SHIRTS TO PURSICUTE ME AND ALL THOSE WHO LIVE ON HIS WORLD!" He kept going until we ran away into the train. Later that day, at the soup kitchen we were sent to, I had to use the bathroom. I walk in, see the same random homeless guy, only this time he's going on about how hand dryers are Satan's way of turning Earth into hell. Needless to say I didnt have to pee anymore.

[KrayZ33]

well, where i live arn't many people which are poor and live on the streets, at least you don't find them begging somewhere often.

i do give away my change sometimes but it always depends...for example i can't stand ppl who "beg" for it and sit there with a sign "GIEV FOOT/MONAY PLEES" doing nothing..

i once spotted someone, old and fragile (well nearly every homeless looks like he is at least 120 years old....), on my way to school kneeling and bowing down very deeply! he was kissing the ground literally...well when school was over he was still sitting there, in the same postion and i was like "fuck yeah, this is nuts!" my knees were hurting just by watching him and i gave him some of my pocket money and it felt like he was going down even deeper and pressed his face into the ground ^_^

[Buffalobiian]

I never see any bums where I live, but I generally don't stay out too late in the city to notice the few who do hang around. I had an interesting experience in Hong Kong ten years ago though. My brother, mum and I went there to visit my grandma and we went to a nearby park. We were sitting on some bench and a monk came up to us. From what I remember, he never said a word, and kind of just motioned his bowl towards us. It had like a 50 and a 20 HK dollar note in there. I remember my mum was thinking "for real?", while my grandmother, having lived there a for decades, gave him a dollar. He left and walked 100m or so away, threw the coin onto the ground, and just stared at us. All I know is a decent monk doesn't do that.

homeless ppl in china freak me out

Not sure if he was homeless, but last year, I almost got nailed by some thief who dived down a flight of stairs on his bike in china.

[fahoumh]

I kinda got tired of giving to bums only for them to respond with, "can you give me some more?"

I think they prefer to live off free handouts than to actually do something productive.

I would have to agree here. I do believe there are some homeless that are so due, at least in part, to some kind of disability and/or have fallen through our social support net but I also believe that a majority of them are homeless because of choices they made. I don't expect any handouts in life so why the hell should I give handouts to someone who probably just gave up?

Call me heartless if you like, but my family was fucking BROKE when my sister was born, we had to live with some family friends for a few months and I'm sure my dad borrowed money from our closest friends. Now we live quite comfortably and we have ZERO DEBT. It's amazing what you can accomplish with some hard work and the support of family and friends.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Every homeless person I ever met said they just preferred to live that way. Never asked me for a handout though.

[Phoenix20578]

I kinda got tired of giving to bums only for them to respond with, "can you give me some more?"

I think they prefer to live off free handouts than to actually do something productive.

I have never had a bum ask me for more. Guess its a tristate thing. If that day ever happens, I'd ether knock him out or take back my money.