Beggars and Begging (1 Viewer)

Otis said:

What can I say ..... I wilt under pressure.

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It wasn't pressure Otis mate ,your just easy

Whilst I feel sorry for them, most beggars are fully functioning humans. Get off your arse and at least try and get a job.

After going to NYC, there isn't as much an issue here as there is in America. Went to the Yankee stadium, which is in the Bronx, and all around there, was people in desperate need of help

A little story: I was in a "Liquor Store" in Vegas, and a guy walked in and asked me to buy him some crisps as he'd just got out of hospital and had no food etc. I went with the theory that he'd asked for food rather than booze, so bought him a big bag of Lay's and he was most grateful and went on his way. The store owner said he would of kicked him out, but he asked for food so left it, but it's legal to have loaded guns in Nevada so I'm glad it went okay :bag:

Ashdown said:

No one wants to be like that, it's heart breaking. There used to be a girl who sat up on the Barracks car park, asking for a spare quid, young { 18 }, quite pretty, blighted by God knows what sort of shit in her life......we always gave her some money in the hope she'd use it wisely. My wife would have took her home if we'd got room.

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She wouldn't have accepted. If it's a girl she's almost certainly doing it to support a boyfriend or gangmaster, not herself.

skybluedan said:

It wasn't pressure Otis mate ,your just easy

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Yep true, just a wine gum and a cheeky wink usually breaks down all my barriers.

A few months back i gave a pasty to a homeless man on Bridgnorth high street, when I walked away I realised he wasn't homeless but a busker. He seemed grateful anyway. It's the thought that counts.

I try to give a few quid and food to the homeless people I pass regularly. Even if I don't have anything I let them know and they appreciate someone actually replying to them and treating them as a fellow human.