A transient asked me for $16

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
If we started deporting illegal immigrants back overseas there would be no transients!

Not to rain n your parade, but its usually locally-born people who beg, not immigrants.

True. Or, at least that's how its been in my experience. I've never been approached by an immigrant. However, I seem to attract the white-trash, toothless beggers who need gas money. No thanks.

Well you know its funny, they say alot funny things are rooted in truth. If we werent overrun with people who gained access to country in an illegal fashion all those toothless beggars might have a better chance at getting something to do and get paid for it, besides picking up cans.

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar

Originally posted by: Yossarian
I wouldn't have given him anything.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Would you have given him the $16?

Not on your life. Add a poll, maybe?

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
I wouldn't have given him anything.

I would've given him an ass whooping, and told him that God doesn't respect men with a foot up their ass.

 

[LeadMagnet]

I was in London and a woman came up to me and asked for some money "She said she had just had a fight with her husband - she stormed out, and forgot her purse - now she needs 20 for a taxi to her Moms" I said no and walked away.

2 days later the same woman came up to me at a differnt tube stop and repeated the same story, not knowing she had already asked me 2 nights before. No one was giving her any money.

However there was a young guy in a sleeping bag laying on the ground begging for money saying "I need money for drugs and hookers" and lots of people were laughing and giving him change.

 

[lokiju]

No, never. I work for my money, whereas these fvcks don't do anything.

 

[Howard]

God didn't send down Jesus to save your stupid ass just so you could extort money in his name!

 

[EmperorIQ]

i recently had a case of this. some guy drove up to me and asked for 5 bucks (this was at the gas station so i assumed it was for gas) i told him no, i don't carry cash, he then rolled his eyes and said "fine 1 dollar then" I said no again, and he just sped off

one other time a person was driving around a parking lot asking others for for money. when he got to me he was telling me a sob story about how his mom has cancer, never implying that he wanted gas money to drive to the hospital to see her or anything, but either way i didn't give him my money. mainly because people who are desparate enough to beg for gas money shouldn't drive around looking begging for it.

 

[Xenon14]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Perhaps transient isn't the PC term, but I know of no other.

I was parked in the carry out spot of my favorite Italian restaurant when a guy appeared at my driver-side window; the window was down. He said, "Hey man, nice car; I like the color too" to which I expressed thanks, and then he went into the pretty normal "I need some money" request. He needed $16 dollars for a reason I couldn't quite understand, but I did catch that he and his wife were supposedly in a hotel waiting until Sunday morning so they could get to church. He asked "in the name of Jesus Christ" (I live in the Bible belt, and so many people "applying the sign" on corners quote scripture, etc. to try to elicit sympathy) if I could give him $16. I said no for two reasons: I never carry much cash on me, and I don't give it away either. I offered all the change I had on my console totalling at least $5, but he then said I could drive to his hotel to give him the full $16. I said no, and he then told me I was an ass for driving a nice car and not helping out a fellow man. He then said I was going to be judged one day, and likely I'd end up in hell. I was very nice to the guy the whole time, and not a moment condescending.

Anyway, what's with the audacity of such people these days? I can appreciate people going through hard times, but how can you honestly try to bite the hand you request to feed you? He even went to other people in the parking lot and said, "See that man over there? He's going to be judged, and he doesn't know it."

Would you have given him the $16?

No.

I don't understand why you would be judged for retaining your own money and doing what you please with your property. Each individual's purpose for existing is to pursue their own interests (so long as they don't violate anyone else's ie. your interest in killing someone violates their interest in living).


The point is it's your money and on those grounds alone you retain the right to keep it or give it away. If you had no choice but to give the money away, then the money was never yours to begin with. I'm sure a person that curses everyone to hell when they do not get their way, does not have the intelligence to comprehend such a concept.

 

[Spamela]

i usually give them a dollar, sometimes more.

"homeless" threads always bring out the hate

 

[Bryophyte]

You should've told him to go ask his church for money.

 

[Sid59]

lol .. using God to make you feel bad in the Bible Belt is a low blow.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: IndieSnob

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
If we started deporting illegal immigrants back overseas there would be no transients!

Haha, just when I thought your IQ couldn't get any lower, you posted this gem. Funny, most homeless I have seen in parts of the country I've lived (nyc, brooklyn, seattle) are mostly white and black, and are pretty much american born.

It was a joke silly bastard. Quite low brow...right up your alley. :laugh:

Funny, it looked like trolling to me