Is that bloke still sleeping under the Railway bridge near the Broomfield ? It must have been mighty cold for these people over the last week or so.
Once there was this Eastern European guy who was begging and said he was conned to come to this country had no food and nowhere to live. To be fair he looked a mess and said he needed £20 to get some board in a hostel for a night and to be able to call home and lget help. He’d not exactly got a lot of money. I had a fiver so I gave it him. It still played on my mind when I got home so I actually got another tenner drove back (it was nearly midnight) and found him and gave him the ten pounds. He said he was still £2 short and started swearing at me and saying I was a bastard for not giving him the rest he needed. That is the end of my philanthropy towards human kind.
Lurking scammers, really pissing me off.Fucking hell, town is crawling with them today.
Lurking by the car park pay machines.
Still, it's nice to know their rights will be protected just like Brits abroad when we leave the E.U. Bet they wore Nike trainers.There were loads of Romanian buskers / beggars as well all scattered about.
Those lads opposite the council house I haven't seen for a few weeks, usually 3 of them on a big mattress that they prop up during the day. Like you say they're genuine but so many chancers, I usually take a look at their footwear, was a lad outside the falafel place ny Broadgate a couple of weeks back with a brand new pair of Nike trainers on, he looked too well kept and another a bit further down a week later I saw with an iPhone.....maybe he was genuine but certainly didn't sit well with me compared to the lads opposite the council house etc
Still, it's nice to know their rights will be protected just like Brits abroad when we leave the E.U. Bet they wore Nike trainers.
Does this kind of thing happen much in Australia ?
It's sly to lurk around ticket machines and cash points. Especially now it gets dark early, if it's a woman on her own in the dark I can see it being a bit scary.
Martcov doesn't like you for having a different view to him on the EU
It seems a bit strange if it got to midnight and he could have in a warm bed for 20 quid. To go back and give him just under what he needed? Why? If I got that far, I would have given him the rest, or bought him to the hotel and checked him in. I would have given Grendel a like had the guy got his warm bed... Just didn’t understand the logic of wanting to get him a bed and then just not quite doing it..
But it's still no reason to be ungrateful about it is it? I haven't given to a homeless person since I saw one moan about being bought a hot chocolate from McDonalds and not getting money. It wasn't long ago in Nuneaton a woman coming out of Greggs bought some warm sausage rolls and the homeless guy begging just outside turned them down and was pretty rude.
The one outside the swimming baths at night who tried to start a conversation with my daughter so I would give him money nearly got put through the wall, never mind a tenner.
I'd have no issue helping when people are struggling. I wouldn't hand money over though.really fucks me off, they're literally making things harder for genuine cases. Scum.
But it's still no reason to be ungrateful about it is it? I haven't given to a homeless person since I saw one moan about being bought a hot chocolate from McDonalds and not getting money. It wasn't long ago in Nuneaton a woman coming out of Greggs bought some warm sausage rolls and the homeless guy begging just outside turned them down and was pretty rude.
The one outside the swimming baths at night who tried to start a conversation with my daughter so I would give him money nearly got put through the wall, never mind a tenner.
Sounds like a chancer, though to be fair I’ve given an old iPhone to a mate that became homelessness shortly after, so it does happen. Old tech is quite easy to get hold of.
Fucking hate that my compassion for the homeless has been worn down by these fuckers. Used to give happily, or offer food or something, then I came across the pros in Nottingham at uni, then recently had reason to go to town a lot and it just takes the piss these days. Every cahspoint, every ticket machine seems to have two or three waiting. Half unable to even muster enough English to ask properly.
Also, the cynical, stone hearted side of me always wonders how much is it the individuals own actions that resulted in them being in that situation? Must be horrible though - imagine having literally nothing to your name and nobody to turn to. Depressing and likely to make any addictions worse.
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