Yesterday i saw a beggar carefully pull up a iPhone 5 from his pocket, is this an illegal act? It's like they are lying for money when they already have it..
I don't really have any money, so not most of the time. My father has a habit of buying two piece meals for the beggars outside of our local KFC though.
I gave a beggar $20 dollars and my friend was like "Dude, most of them bullsh*t.". Probably not word for word, but that was the gist. So I stopped giving money to beggars. Only the homeless and the people who ask for charity get my money!
I do when I have the money for it. There are a lot of pretenders in Georgia, which pisses me off, but God said help thous who ask for help, so yeah.
This.
I usually just buy them McDonald's if I can, but if not, then I give them all the money I have in my car, and a church in my town just organized an event yesterday where he got a group of people from the church or anyone interested to spend a few nights on the street to understand the struggle. They also donated a lot of money to the homeless.
No. I actually used to believe that the people that begged for money were homeless here in Norwary. I used to give them before all the time when I was a child, but now, I've seen the truth about them.
It's probably better to give money to a local soup kitchen or something like that, that way the money is more likely to go to the actual needy than possible fakers.
Occasionally, but it really depends on whether I have dollar bills with me and the person actually looks homeless and not faking. For example, my step dad once gave a hundred bucks to some dude in a wheelchair with no legs with a sign asking for change in the freezing cold winter weather in a snowstorm and with no jacket on. My step dad told him to get a motel room and some food. Some people really need some help.
I have before but I grew tired of seeing the beggers standing outside a 7 Eleven asking every person they could see for some change. In actuality, depending how many hours they beg a day and where they beg, they can make more money than the guys that actually give them change.
No. The only beggars i've seen here actually come from other countries to beg and I don't want to encourage that, plus, organized begging is often the case - the actual beggars end up getting only a fraction of what you gave them or they don't even need it.
I like to give them money, or buy them a pie, or just stop and talk to them for a bit. You get a lot of junkies where I live so you gotta be careful, but some of the legit ones are really sweet. I don't really have anything, most I've ever got in my pocket at the minute is like a tenner, but I'm going home to a warm bed and they're most likely not, so I do what I feel is right.
Also my dad has a rule where he only gives to women. He says they're more vulnerable out on the street, and they need it more.
Depends. If they give me a cigarette when I ask then I give them a hefty amount. If they ask me for a cigarette while they're smoking one, I look at them very harshly.
If it's a guy just hangin out, yes I'll give him some cash.
If he/she is cold, I'll remember to bring an old jacket. They're still people, I just hate beggars
If I'm carrying money, then yes. Sometimes I try not to, knowing lots of them are frauds, but the thought of people being homeless pulls on my heart strings too badly, so I end up giving them money/food anyways.
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