Who gives money to the homeless?

[1989rps13]

So ya just wondering how many people give money to the homeless. I usually tend to give them like a buck twenty five if they dont look like they have a bottle of liquor on the side or on some drug stuff. I usually tend to give them only to the ones that are not aggressive as to them going by your damn door and staring at ya for a damn nickel. In the end though i do it cause you help em out and it makes you feel good. Plus I think that if you give you will also get back when you really need it. Who agrees?

[blackrms13]

i see those ppl who are not disabled but asking for money, just go get a job!

[DreamN]

This pretty much sums up how I feel.

I Don't Have Change! - Clips - South Park Studios

[ayuaddict]

i always give them a cigarette.

they usually appreciate it a lot and makes me feel good.

one lady, however, decided she would complain about how she doesn't smoke and acted like it was her right to bitch about me offering her a FREE cigarette.

yea i don't get it.

[murda-c]

Haha this one time a guy asked my dad if he could buy a cigarette from him, and my dad was like, "here have one for free." Then the guy asks "can i have a couple more?"

My dad comes back over to where i am and he's says "n****s aint shit" and my sister and i pretty much died laughing.

As far as giving money to the homeless, i've seen way too many people beg for money right in front of the day laborer waiting area, or turn down job offers from people in cars.

If i give to charity, it's gonna be through a trusted organization. Or i'll just help out the broke mofos in my family.

[lucky7]

i used to carry around bottles of water in my camera bag, and i'd give those away. but ive had them thrown back at me before.

so now, i only give change away. and its only when im buzzed up and they make me laugh. for example, one dude was waiting outside a bar in detroit one night. a few of my buddies and i were drinking some beers, getting all sauced up. upon leaving, we were confronted by this homeless dude. he stopped all of us in a group and said, "i have a question for yall." "whats the greatest nation in the world?" we all said this one, usa ofcourse. he smiled, tipped his hat off, and said: "Do-nation." at the time, it was hilarious. i think he got like $10 from all of us together. i appreciated that. usually these guys give us "advice", and then expect money for it. lol, seriously. "this a bad neighborhood fellas." "you should toss me a few bucks, im just lookin' out for yall." pfffft, i know where im at.

[exitspeed]

Originally Posted by lucky7

i used to carry around bottles of water in my camera bag, and i'd give those away. but ive had them thrown back at me before.

so now, i only give change away. and its only when im buzzed up and they make me laugh. for example, one dude was waiting outside a bar in detroit one night. a few of my buddies and i were drinking some beers, getting all sauced up. upon leaving, we were confronted by this homeless dude. he stopped all of us in a group and said, "i have a question for yall." "whats the greatest nation in the world?" we all said this one, usa ofcourse. he smiled, tipped his hat off, and said: "Do-nation." at the time, it was hilarious. i think he got like $10 from all of us together. i appreciated that. usually these guys give us "advice", and then expect money for it. lol, seriously. "this a bad neighborhood fellas." "you should toss me a few bucks, im just lookin' out for yall." pfffft, i know where im at.

And Detroit has an abundance of homeless too. One time this dude said he can rap and if I like his rap asked if I can donate some money to him. His shit was whack and then when he was done he actually asked for $20. I ROFL. I told him to GTFOH.

[irax]

depends where the homeless is at... and if the look legit too...

some of these guys in Down Town San Diego make like $100-$200 an hour! so I pretty much don't bother.

[SDS13COUPE]

I usually give em all the change in my pocket. I look at it this way. Some of them get where they are from their own stupidity, others thru unfortunate occurances. It's not good to support drinking/drugs and shit like that, but when your at the bottom of the barrel and that's all you look forward to. Fuck it, I still give em change. If that makes sense.

[ILoveMyRHS13]

I don't; instead, I go buy them a sandwich and a bottle of water. No need to give them drug money to support their habit more.

[ryguy]

Originally Posted by ILoveMyRHS13

I don't; instead, I go buy them a sandwich and a bottle of water. No need to give them drug money to support their habit more.

I do this too, when I come out of work there are usually 2 or 3 homeless guys that I run into while I'm walking back to my car. I take cake and stuff like that from work and give it to them. The ones who scarf that shit down immediately I know are the ones who are for real. There is this one guy who inhales the cake every time I give it to him, and I have given him change a couple of times.

[ZenkiKid]

Originally Posted by ILoveMyRHS13

I don't; instead, I go buy them a sandwich and a bottle of water. No need to give them drug money to support their habit more.

thats what i do too.

[cserrano86]

Fuck bums. I get into it alot with them. I never carry cash so when they ask me, I honestly feel bad saying no but its the truth. I work in LA so if i encounter one while I'm at lunch they see me in a shirt and tie and think I must carry wads of cash and when I tell them no, there's been a few instances where they start cussing me out. Fuck that.
1. It's not my fault you failed in life.
2. Go try to earn money in a decent way. Selling oranges, flowers, fruit, corn, ice cream. Fucking hold up a sign for 10 dollars an hour. Fuck that...
3. I'd rather support starving people in another part of the world...

[1989rps13]

Originally Posted by cserrano86

Fuck bums. I get into it alot with them. I never carry cash so when they ask me, I honestly feel bad saying no but its the truth. I work in LA so if i encounter one while I'm at lunch they see me in a shirt and tie and think I must carry wads of cash and when I tell them no, there's been a few instances where they start cussing me out. Fuck that.
1. It's not my fault you failed in life.
2. Go try to earn money in a decent way. Selling oranges, flowers, fruit, corn, ice cream. Fucking hold up a sign for 10 dollars an hour. Fuck that...
3. I'd rather support starving people in another part of the world...

true very true. But i disagree with number 3. There are more starving people in the U.S. than in any other part of the world. Learned it in my sociology class and i couldnt believe it but yeah...

[cserrano86]

Originally Posted by 1989rps13

true very true. But i disagree with number 3. There are more starving people in the U.S. than in any other part of the world. Learned it in my sociology class and i couldnt believe it but yeah...

Yeah true. I'm not saying I would do it though. Lol... I'd just rather waste 15 bucks on a claw machine like I did today at Six Flags...

On a positive note, I do recall this one time we went to lunch and were confronted by a bum outside the restaurant... So this guy tells one of my buddies, "I'll bet you a dollar I can tell you where you got your shoes" so my buddy says, "Fuck it, go for it. I didn't get them anywhere in this country so good luck." The bum says "That doesn't matter to me because right now, you got them on your feet." Ha!
We were rolling so we gave him a buck... Bastards are getting creative...

[DALAZ_68]

honestly I got pissed off at a guy...

so i went ot mcdonalds bout 2-3 years ago...and this bum out side was like, can u spare change,, honestly i didnt have any (paying wiht debit)

i felt bad so i went out of my way to buy him a breakfast meal with Oj

i go outside , give him the food and tell him sorry no change but heres breakfast on me...he takes , doesnt thank me, i walk away....from my rear view mirror i see this motherfucker throw the food in the trash can...oj and all...

4 days later, same mcdee's, same MF, asked me for some change, i just ignored him, i had cash and asked for 2 dollars in quarters, i made sure that MF heard my shit...and ignored him...

the only homeless i help out are those who ask for food,if im walking out of a restaurant and he askedme for my leftovers, obviously ill be like sure since i usually dont eat it...and then i give themn like 2 bucks for a drink and tell them here buy urself something to drink, one guy teared up on me, which was crazy...

but others though, who i offer my food to, bitch out and ask for money, fuck em i say... help those who want food...and not the ones asking for money

[Stoichiometric]

Originally Posted by cserrano86

Fuck bums. I get into it alot with them. I never carry cash so when they ask me, I honestly feel bad saying no but its the truth. I work in LA so if i encounter one while I'm at lunch they see me in a shirt and tie and think I must carry wads of cash and when I tell them no, there's been a few instances where they start cussing me out. Fuck that.
1. It's not my fault you failed in life.
2. Go try to earn money in a decent way. Selling oranges, flowers, fruit, corn, ice cream. Fucking hold up a sign for 10 dollars an hour. Fuck that...
3. I'd rather support starving people in another part of the world...

AMEN~ or in your case, NEMA.


Why do you have a dislike towards the lower case "t" as seen in your signature.

"t" is just a letter of the alphabet.

[stiizy]

You know what i know you guys gonna give me shit for this but:

Fuck that hell no i don't, I believe that most of them did that shit to themselves so why should i help them get a beer or some drugs when that's what fucked them up in the first place???

Even Gambling too....

I dont give money to them, I dont care how deep their fake story is....

I had one bum though i was coming out the liquor store with a few cases and he ask me for a dollar for a beer so i just gave him a beer...

[Brian]

Sometimes I do.
It is never anything more than coin change though.
I gave 75 cents or so to a guy not too long ago and then he said, damn! i only wanted a quarter.
so i told him to keep it and maybe one day if I need some money, somebody will give me some.

[lucky7]

^ cute story.

there are so many of them where i go in detroit, i'd go fucking broke if i gave them all a dollar. lol.

[The ROMAN]

Originally Posted by 1989rps13

So ya just wondering how many people give money to the homeless. I usually tend to give them like a buck twenty five if they dont look like they have a bottle of liquor on the side or on some drug stuff. I usually tend to give them only to the ones that are not aggressive as to them going by your damn door and staring at ya for a damn nickel. In the end though i do it cause you help em out and it makes you feel good. Plus I think that if you give you will also get back when you really need it. Who agrees?

So you have homeless people hanging outside your house? Do they fuck with your car and stuff? The reason I'm asking is cause my town is debating ruining itself by building a shelter and low-cost housing literally down the street.

To be on topic, when I go to NY I usually just say I don't carry change. I really just can't think of them as anything other than lazy. They are always hanging around Penn station yelling shit and acting messed up, why would I give them my money?

[Brian]

I have conflicting feelings about the homeless/bums.

1. I do NOT feel bad because, hey, pick up your ass and get some kind of job. I bet you could find SOMETHING. It might not be overnight, but over time, they will find something.

2. I DO feel bad sometimes for them because It seems that the ones that are "crazy" are sort of that way, not really because they want to be. I had a guest lecturer (spelling) and he was telling us all about some of the homeless in San Fran. Tons of them would just shout out loud in random public places. Outisde/church/stores. Well, I guess he did a lot of work with these homeless folks and it seems that they actually feel invisible. They are out there everyday asking for money, but people just ignore them day after day after day... year after year. So finally, they seriously begin to think they don't really "exist". They are talking to people, but the people don't talk back. They feel invisible.


I'm sick right now. ugh

[supportTHEezln]

Originally Posted by Brian

Tons of them would just shout out loud in random public places. Outisde/church/stores. Well, I guess he did a lot of work with these homeless folks and it seems that they actually feel invisible. They are out there everyday asking for money, but people just ignore them day after day after day... year after year. So finally, they seriously begin to think they don't really "exist". They are talking to people, but the people don't talk back. They feel invisible.


I'm sick right now. ugh

I live in downtown (LA), and I've noticed that a lot of homeless dudes literally just want to talk. Like, if you acknowledge them, they'll talk to you for a few minutes and then be like "cool have a good night" (or whatever), and walk away.

THEN there's those homeless guys in Little Tokyo that will swarm if you give one money. That's some crazy shit.

If I actually have change, hell yea I give it to them. Also, for those pessimistic people, whenever I have food and I'm in an area with a lot of homeless people, I almost always get asked if they can have some food rather than for money.

Originally Posted by aziankingz

wtf..cali homeless people are nuts.. they follow your ass around begging you for more once youve given them change..

Annnnnd lastly, if anyone lives in Los Angeles, ask your grandparents (if they're not dead, sorry) about homeless people prior to the closure of all the hospitals and work farms in Los Angeles.

[aziankingz]

when i was young like around 8-10 years old..i would give them some pennies.. but now i say screw them.. they had their chance and chose not to work and/or became a drunk/drug addict.. i hate the ones on the fucking train going to each car begging for money.. they smell like shit..and when they do it during rush hour bumping into people..its just nasty as fuck..

i once went to cali and this homeless motherfucker asks my friend for a dollar and she gave him one..the asshole had the right to ask for another dollar..his explanation was..burgers costs more than a dollar.. wtf..cali homeless people are nuts.. they follow your ass around begging you for more once youve given them change..

[HyperTek]

i usually whats in my ashtray if it gets filled with loose change by freeway on ramps... Ive once seen 2 bums almost fight for the freeway offramp spot *one guy was chillen there, while another bum walked up and was like "Thats my spot".

There was this one dude that was always at teh gas station who would ask for change, and if you didnt give it to him, he would be like "screw you i fought for this nation during vietnam and this is how you repay me?". Sucks but true, shit i get scared when they snap back at you.

[sillyvia13]

anyone got some change?

my paypal is
[email protected]...

[punk138]

one time at this off ramp some bum held a sign that said "please help me stay drunk"!

i was dying! so i gave him like 2 bucks.

another time a bum had a sign that said" food,beer, weed anything will help." lol

these dudes are getting creative.

[VROOOM]

wont give them money, but if they ask for food ill buy them something.

[HyperTek]

surprised they havent formed a bums union or demanded rights yet lol

[IdriveaNissan]

i dont give out money, not even change. if they want money, they can work for it. there are TONS of recycleable material waiting to be turned in if you look for them. people that hang out in a certain area everyday asking for change = too lazy.
and just in case you didn't know. there are many many crooks out there pretending to be homeless and they can make hundreds A DAY. so screw them and sorry for their misfortune.