Do you give bums money?

[ZarakiKujata]

In all seriousness though I heard from a social worker when I was ~16-17 that you shouldn't give them money because it allows them to stay on the streets/reinforces the idea that they don't need the kind of help they would get for w/e their problem is at a shelter

[Fievel]

Just gas em.

[aduidarnenye]

Depends on how pathetic they are.

If they're standing, probably in the 15-55 age range, relatively healthy looking, and speaking coherently I refuse to give them money.

If they're in a wheelchair, legless, drooling, armless, a woman in a burka crouching in a subway stairwell, blind, or any other way extremely pathetic I'll give them some money.

I absolutely refuse to give the teenagers money, especially when they're fairly well dressed and have their oh-so-witty cardboard signs giving away hugs for money or talking about anarchy.

[Pirian]

Just glass em bro.

ftfy

[SephYuyX]

lol no

[Odesseiron]

Nope. Because if you give them money one day, they'll magically be there the next day asking for the same amount of change for the bus or whatever else. It never stops. The best is the women who at Xmas go up and down the main street where I work and say they need money for their kids xmas gifts. Bitch if you weren't trying to panhandle people and had a real job... The funniest though is the thing is a laminated piece of paper.

-Edit; A vet or something I might do something for. But if it came down to it, I'd go to the pizzeria and buy them a slice of pizza rather than giving them cigg/liquor money

[Toxictaru]

The other day I was on my way to work, and got to my train station. I had an empty bottle in my hand from a drink I got at the store. This guy came up to me and asked me for it (I always see like 3-4 people digging in the trash trying to find bottles to cash in for the 10cent return). I asked him what he was going to do with it, and his answer was hesitant, and I could clearly smell something on his breath. I told him that I wasn't going to feed him more alcohol, and to stop being so fucking lazy. I immediately put the bottle in my bag to bring to the recycling at work, and gave him a smug little smile. He told me to fuck off.

Generally though, no. I work for my money, what little of it I get, and I have to support two people off of it already. People sometimes think "oh, its just a bit of change", but when I have to occasionally search my apartment for a bit of change to pay for transit, it makes a difference.

[Fievel]

ftfy

I was gonna put that at first, but then didn't.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I have before but I am more likely to give food/water or a bag of cans/bottles to a recycling homeless person who I see digging through garbage cans. Most of the time I have no money in hand and I dislike reaching into a wallet or purse for people. Other times their attitude and honesty effects my willingness to help. Where I am also relates to willingness because personal safety is more important to me than being charitable. I wont give some one change if it puts me in any physical risk.

[Xiona]

Last weekend I was in the city (NYC) and stepped out of the car to check a parking sign when a dude approached. He made some small talk about my mohawk, which is typical, and then flawlessly interjected, "So hey, Im HIV positive and need money for my meds... but right now I'm hungry so can I get a buck or two for some McDonalds?"

My brain hurt for a second, just long enough to auto-pilot reply with "Sure".

A lot of the time i don't give out money unless I believe the sincerity of the request.

[Fievel]

Bums with fucked up attitudes piss me off. There is one who is always at the AMPM down the street from me gets PISSED if you don't give him money and gets in your face saying shit like "I KNOW YOU HAVE MONEY DONT BE A HOMOSEXUAL"

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Last weekend I was in the city (NYC) and stepped out of the car to check a parking sign when a dude approached. He made some small talk about my mohawk, which is typical, and then flawlessly interjected, "So hey, Im HIV positive and need money for my meds... but right now I'm hungry so can I get a buck or two for some McDonalds?"

My brain hurt for a second, just long enough to auto-pilot reply with "Sure".

A lot of the time i don't give out money unless I believe the sincerity of the request.

Lol I get small talk about mohawk too or "DANG did that hurt? spare some change?".
Your post made me smile.

[Blarg]

I usually give bums new gaming pc's but you only want money so that's too bad.

[Fievel]

I usually give bums new gaming pc's but you only want money so that's too bad.

lol'd

[NynJa]

Fuck no, I've been at my shit minimum wage job for over 4 years, not even making enough money for myself. I'm not going to give them what I dont have.

Even if I had money, they're just too lazy to GET a job, screw em.

[Fievel]

A lot of them give the lame ass excuse of being mentally handicapped. I fucking hate that excuse, I work at several different hospitals and at every single one there is at least 3-4 people working in the OR who are mentally handicapped and perform there duties PERFECTLY.

tl;dr: No excuses, get a fucking job.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I have given money to the guys with the "No point in lies, I need change for a beer," signs.

[Fievel]

Guy at Venice beach who has a sign that says some shit like "Donate to my marijuana fundraiser"

I'll give money to him anytime, I mean at least he's being honest.

[Blarg]

those kinds of signs are good ways to get money from the younger generation but they could just be lying and using that when they actually need money to buy food and medicine for their dog

[Fievel]

Fucking assholes, I've been had!