As a trucker I get approached frequently by people while parked 9-10 they ask for money cuz they're out of gas have kids in the car etc.. I offered once to put $20 gas in car for lady she got pissed when I wouldn't just give her the money.. most of them are drug addicts drunks or con artists... there's a lady in laredo tx that begs at an exit ramp off I 35 looks pathetic dirty and sick.... locals told me she drives a lexus has a nice house with a pool not far from where she sits and makes $3-$400 a day from suckers... sadly most of the ones you see holding signs are just like her.....
homeless people/odd people on the streets
- Thread starter YowYan
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little story: When my parents first moved to Holland, they were fairly.. poor. However, they took in a homeless, drug addict. In their own home.. when I was about 2 years old, I guess. That homeless drug addict got a job, a wife, 2 beautiful and succesfull daughters, and died a year ago leaving his family behind.
It's often the poor that are the most generous because they lived through the same harshness of life. Nowadays, my parents are doing well financially though
It's often the poor that are the most generous because they lived through the same harshness of life. Nowadays, my parents are doing well financially though
YokoKurama
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Dreckerplayer
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I guess it's because we both have parents who come from nothing, why we're more compassionate with the homeless.
Darthlawsuit
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Most of them are drinking, smoking, or doing drugs and I have no interest in people that create their own problems.
I am forced to ignore them, where I come from they pop up from every corner of the street, especially in the big cities. If you don't ignore them you'll end up being busy all day talking to them and giving out your properties. In the worst of cases you end up with nothing on you when you get back home, that is IF you get back home. Sometimes they come knocking at the door asking for a meal, and we gladly do so everyday. There's this one guy who comes around every single day asking for a piece of bread and he says that that is all he eats in a day, and in the case there're any leftovers left we gladly hand them to him.
When I was much younger there was this one old guy who always came in to visit us and walk around the house (we have a huge house) for the most part of the afternoon but then left again. Sometimes he stayed over for dinner. He never stole anything from us, he just came in there to have people to talk to.
So yeah, I'm pretty much used to it, but since I'm currently living in a wealthy country you don't see that many of them around,but when I do I try not to give them money, but instead food or something to drink.
When I was much younger there was this one old guy who always came in to visit us and walk around the house (we have a huge house) for the most part of the afternoon but then left again. Sometimes he stayed over for dinner. He never stole anything from us, he just came in there to have people to talk to.
So yeah, I'm pretty much used to it, but since I'm currently living in a wealthy country you don't see that many of them around,but when I do I try not to give them money, but instead food or something to drink.
cant say ive ever come close to a coherent conversation with a hobo. most i encounter seem to be starting off into the distance or just rapidly looking around while muttering something that i either cant understand or just sounds legitimately crazy. or they just keep their heads down while pushing a grocery kart.
Well, I've never encountered a homeless person who really talked to me or anything. Usually they're just like "hey got some money?" and if you don't they walk of cursing and if you do they just take it and go. If they wanted to talk I'd listen because I feel bad, but the ones around here aren't like that.
I heard that there is such a thing as Hobo Appreciation Day but I'm not sure if that is real or not.
I heard that there is such a thing as Hobo Appreciation Day but I'm not sure if that is real or not.
~WastelandSociety~
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I ignore everyone I see... but whenever I see poor people out on the street and they are asking for money I will try to give them whatever money I have on me and hope they spend it wisely.
Uzumaki Kato
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i remember long time ago i was with my friends we were walking until we saw a wierd homeless woman she said alot of weird things she said if we dont give her 2 dollar she will call his son that is a tiger and going to invade our house and alot of weird thing like that. she was so annoying she was following us everywhere until we decided to give her 2 dollar and she still say that she we call his tiger and she got away
