| Begging policy |
Sat, 05th Sep 09 8:50pm |
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Do you ever give anything to people begging for money on the Street?
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 | | ellen - 2009-09-11 12:11:51 | | | I buy the Big Issue occasionally but I don't just give to people who beg as I can never be sure it will be spent wisely. I feel bad for those who are genuine but sadly you cannot always tell | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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 | | LadyV - 2009-09-07 03:29:44 | | | TGV didn't point out the fact that he was giving out £20 notes! Now that is just ridiculous! Personally I'm not adverse to throwing a bit of loose change at some poor buggar who's worse off than me (not in a violent way!). I realise that it won't always be spent wisely, but I once happened to be close to somebody who ended up like that and would like to think that maybe it might be spent on a coffee and a sandwich. I always say 'No thankyou' to the Big Issue sellers as well. I find it quite ignorant how most people either ignore them or throw them dirty looks. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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 | | PeachPussy - 2009-09-06 22:57:29 | | | No I don't as like NG I feel it probably won't be spent wisely. We did sort of adopt a tramp once though. You may remenber the tall hairy chap that used to walk around Torquay some years ago. Well he lived in my husbands undercover car parking space behind the Regina Hotel. He didn't get up for a few days so we contacted the homeless shelter, they took him in for a while but he returned a some days later with new trousers and shoes. The Regina fed him with left overs and the night club gave him a few drinks now and again. We eventually found out he was called Barry and originally came from Kingswear. He found his wife in bed with another man, turned to drink lost his job as a plasterer then lost his job as a bus driver then lost his home. One day as we drove by Torbay Hospital Barry was lying over the wooden fence and nobody was taking any notice of him. My kids shouted "there's Barry the tramp" so when we got home I phoned the ambulance and they took him in. It wasn't the booze, it turned out to be a heart problem (my sister works in A&E). A few days later he returned to the parking space with a new haircut as well as a new outfit. Eventually, to cut a long story short he returned to Kingswear at some time where he was found dead about two years ago. It goes to show there are some sad cases out there, but it is often difficult to decipher the genuine from the scroungers. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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 | | TheGreatVisionar - 2009-09-06 15:38:49 | | | I don't do it if they beg but LadyV always tells me off, if I see someone down on their luck I often stop and give them some money. New years eve there was a bag lady walking the streets as I was coming home from a gig, so I stopped the car, gave her some wedge and told her to go and get B&B somewhere. Not sure if she did but would love to have been a fly on the wall at a hotel if she knocked on the door and just as she was told to go away she pulled out enough money to stay the night. Oh well, she probably slept on a bench and had a weeks supply of Scrumpy Jack, but at least I felt better. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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 | | NotGandalf - 2009-09-06 12:02:47 | | | Good one BC........ Here's a real one.........
Ten years ago I almost tripped over a bag lady as I left the theatre for my lunch break. She was asking for change and rifling through a rubbish bin. I never give beggars money as I am convinced they don't spend wisely. I had a pang of conscience as I ate my three courses so I bought a take away bagette and a coffee to give to the old girl on the way back. When I offered them to her, she screamed at me "Piss off or I'll call the police!" I was gutted - so I chucked the food and drink into the bin and walked away. When I looked back she was retrieving the stuff from the bin. Funny old world. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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 | | BigCol - 2009-09-06 09:36:48 | | | One freezing cold Christmas, a couple of years ago, I was on my way to the bank with my proud hard-earned Christmas wages wrapped with a big thick elastic band in my back pocket. As I got to the bank, there outside was a scruffy little bloke sitting on the pavement clothes all threadbare, no socks on with his shoes all open at the front and his toes poking through all blue from the cold. He was shivering and hardly able to get out the words “got any spare change Mister?”. I looked at his little blue toes and my heart went out to him. So I reached into my back pocket and pulled out my huge wad of notes, peeled off the big thick elastic band and said “’Ere y’are mate. You put that round your shoe.” Don’t anyone tell ME I’m not charitable. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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 | | denny - 2009-09-06 07:06:12 | | | No, not after watching a programme about how much they make and the big houses they come from. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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