Panhandling revisited- "faking the funk"
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I don't trust panhandlers. We see them here allot on the side of the freeway exits wearing nice clothes and such. I remember reading or watching something about making like up to $400 a day doing that?
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How do you deal with panhandlers?
Many of the people you see panhandling downtown, live or at least get meals at the downtown men's mission. There's also an inner-city ministry that hands out things like socks and toiletry to street people on a weekly basis.
By giving money to these two ministries, I feel more good is being done for street people, vis a vis their material needs, than a handful of change given to random panhandlers. (As to them, I do make a point of being respectful even when I'm refusing to give them anything - Ottawa is fortunate in that we don't have the aggressive and abusive panhandlers that I encountered some years ago living in Toronto.)
Many of the people you see panhandling downtown, live or at least get meals at the downtown men's mission. There's also an inner-city ministry that hands out things like socks and toiletry to street people on a weekly basis.
By giving money to these two ministries, I feel more good is being done for street people, vis a vis their material needs, than a handful of change given to random panhandlers. (As to them, I do make a point of being respectful even when I'm refusing to give them anything - Ottawa is fortunate in that we don't have the aggressive and abusive panhandlers that I encountered some years ago living in Toronto.)
I rarely give money to panhandlers. I once passed 3 different places of business that had help wanted signs in their windows. Within half a mile a young man with a sign that says Will Work for Food. I turned around and offered to take him to these places but he said he would walk. An hour later he was still out with his sign.
Had a man ask me for 2 or 3 dollars for bus fair so he could get to the hospital to see his mother. I offered to take him to the station but he refused.
Had a man ask me on the street for a couple of dollars for food. When I offered to take him & get him something to eat he refused.
Had a man ask me for 2 or 3 dollars for bus fair so he could get to the hospital to see his mother. I offered to take him to the station but he refused.
Had a man ask me on the street for a couple of dollars for food. When I offered to take him & get him something to eat he refused.
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I usually give them a dollar. Normally I do not have time to stop and inquire as to their needs, as in taking them to a resataurant to get a meal, etc. I usually have a buck to spare. Found out that my best friend from high school was homeles for a while, and picture myself giving him a buck, which is a pitttance compared to what I waste on eating junk food and renting movies.
I don't give to panhandlers or the homeless often, but when I do, I won't give money. Usually it's food of some sort.
Used to be a guy who would hang out in the parking lot of the local Save-A-Lot grocery store, and he would always ask for change because he was hungry. Some people, including me and/or my wife, would give an item or two from what we just bought. On a couple of different occasions I saw people taking him into the store, presumably to buy him some groceries.
Used to be a guy who would hang out in the parking lot of the local Save-A-Lot grocery store, and he would always ask for change because he was hungry. Some people, including me and/or my wife, would give an item or two from what we just bought. On a couple of different occasions I saw people taking him into the store, presumably to buy him some groceries.
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No money. But I have bought a burger or two.
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[quote author=Ransom]
By giving money to these two ministries, I feel more good is being done for street people, vis a vis their material needs, than a handful of change given to random panhandlers.[/quote]
This quote was lifted from a blog I was reading on the subject, and think it apropos.
By giving money to these two ministries, I feel more good is being done for street people, vis a vis their material needs, than a handful of change given to random panhandlers.[/quote]
This quote was lifted from a blog I was reading on the subject, and think it apropos.