Get a f***ing job you bum!

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Amorphus

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Here's an idea, though, which I would use, except I live in suburbia:

Buy Burger Bucks, and keep them on hand. When homeless people ask for money for food, give them a few bucks in Burger Bucks. They'll be all the more likely to use them for food, sicne people seeing a bum asking for money for burger bucks will either think he stole them, or he's a druggie. Either way, your money is at least not going towards drug addiction.
 

Freejack2

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Actually that bum was your boss Rocky. He says you should be nicer to the bums. :p

Anyways I've heard there are "bums" in Chicago who make 30k a year begging in Chicago then drive home to their house in the suburbs. :roll:

There are of course genuine bums who have had a life that deserves giving them a dollar or two...
 

Nitemare

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Originally posted by: Robor
My friends told me a story a while back. The 2 of them are in the car when they see this guy walk behind a bush. A few seconds later he comes back out with the same clothes on only now he's got his shirt untucked and dirt all over him and his clothes. Yes, he went behind the bush, "bummed himself up", and came out with a sign to beg for money at the intersection under the overpass.

I feel bad for those who are truely homeless and down on their luck but I think the vast majority of the bums begging for money are simply lazy, irresponsible, losers by choice.

Should have went behind the bush and taken a dump on his personal items.

They made it illegal for bums to beg for money on the street, at bus stations and after dark locally. It was getting rediculous seeing the same bum on the same corner day in and day out. City looks much better now. Maybe a few of them actually decided to get a job....doubt it though they probably moved on to greener pastures.

Heard the other day, I think it was the Jerry Agar show, where a woman was living about 45 minutes away from San Francisco was driving there every month to pick up her $300 check....San Fran gives you $300 a month if you are homeless...which will almost cover parking in the city
 

Dedpuhl

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Originally posted by: NightCrawler
Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
When I first saw bums, I felt sorry for them. One day, my dad and I were going somewhere. We saw a man w/ a sign that said "hungry. Will work for food." He looked like he could use a meal, so we went to Burger King and got the man 3 whoppers. When my dad pulled up to hand him the bag, he said "I don't want this." He asked for money. That was the last time I ever thought about helping one of those leeches.

He could have been Paranoid and thought you were going to posion him. Maybe that's why he wanted the money he didn't trust anybody to buy him food.

PS: You should not judge all homeless people by one that didn't want burger king.

I thought the same thing. Then, I talked to some friends (this happened in '92) and they had similar stories. Besides, many people in this thread have confirmed many bums don't want food; they want money.

I will never give a handout to a bum.
 

UnatcoAgent

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I will never give a handout to a bum.[/quote]

Seriously, it's lke giving a kid candy after they're done something retarded.