Ottawa panhandler gets $1000 a week.

[alkemyst]

I think it waws a hardcopy episode about 10 years ago where they interviewed the guy that works the NYC airport with blind/deaf cards....

He REPORTED $60k per year income from that. The kicker is his vision and hearing were fine.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: compman25

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: deftron
You guys in Canada have like $1 coins and higher right?

Thats the only way I see that even halfway getting there.


No way a panhandler would get that in the US.
I'm sure they average less than 50 cents a person here (whatever change in persons pocket), so they'd have to get that much from almost 300 people a day to clear a grand in a week.


If they worked 10 hours a day, thats 30 people an hour giving at least 50 cents... or one person every two minutes

I'd say the majority of people dont give that much or just pass, so yeah, I dont see how this could work, unless you guys in Canada have alot more change in your pockets and are much more generous to panhandlers.

Years ago, I watched a news show that interviewed a NYC panhandler. He claimed to make $25K during the summer, but would usually blow it down in Atlantic City.

There was also a national news show that did a report on a panhandler in Denver about a yr ago. He made over $100k a yr. and that doesn't include the free food people would give him.

yeap. the local news channel did a show on one that would DRIVE into chicago area panhandler (claiming to be a disabled vet).

he owned a bmw and a $400k house. the guy was makeing over 100k (taxfree!) a year.

it was insane. wich is why I NEVER give anything to them.

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: skace
Even if they get paid 100k, I doubt the money is worth being treated like shit all day long.

Not much worse than working retail for a quarter of that. 🙂

 

[Old Hippie]

I've been retired for @ 4 yrs. and just last week was thinking I was a little bored.

This isn't sounding too bad.

Pick your area, pick your days, name your hours, no formal dress requirements, no pesky W2s to screw-up my real income.....I'm liking it....alot! :laugh:

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie
I've been retired for @ 4 yrs. and just last week was thinking I was a little bored.

This isn't sounding too bad.

Pick your area, pick your days, name your hours, no formal dress requirements, no pesky W2s to screw-up my real income.....I'm liking it....alot! :laugh:

Lots of girl watching thrown in too.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie
I've been retired for @ 4 yrs. and just last week was thinking I was a little bored.

This isn't sounding too bad.

Pick your area, pick your days, name your hours, no formal dress requirements, no pesky W2s to screw-up my real income.....I'm liking it....alot! :laugh:

We have real life bum fights here for our more profitable lights and esp exit ramps.

I don't know about change so much as I alway see at least a few bills held out at each light like this. I have also seen usually the female ones get coffee and shit thrown at them by some wannabe badass usually in a big pickup.

 

[Barfo]

*considers career change*

 

[PepePeru]

I gotta give props to the homeless in Canada.
I saw in the National Geographic about some homeless people living in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Talk about a hard fucking life.
Homeless in Florida / So. Cal got it freaking easy.

 

[hanoverphist]

i had some old lady come up and ask me to help hehr and her daughter yesterday. i asked what kind of help, as i can help with car probs if needed. of course she smiled and said "money". i said nope, i dont do that. she was near no cars broken down, had no one around her and was asking for help. i dont fund people for crappy stories especially, so i held firm on the no. she actually asked me why i wouldnt help. lol. rather than get into an argument with a bum, my kids and i walked into the store and ignored her. she went to the next car parking and did the same thing. i have no sympathy telling panhandlers no. if its a relatively entertaining story, i may give a buck or some change, but thats very rare.

 

[Hacp]

Any guides? I wouldn't mind going into pan handling as a second job. You probably need a strong deep voice, which I lack.

 

[ghostman]

Living in NYC, this does not surprise me at all. On the subways, I see the same beggars over and over again. They sing a song or give some overly-repeated speech. They walk down the subway aisle and people drop a dollar here or a few coins there. Assuming they get a total of just $1 for that 5 minutes worth of work, that's still $12/hr. That's much better than minimum wage. During the holidays, I see beggars easily collecting $5 for each act.

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: deftron
You guys in Canada have like $1 coins and higher right?

Thats the only way I see that even halfway getting there.


No way a panhandler would get that in the US.
I'm sure they average less than 50 cents a person here (whatever change in persons pocket), so they'd have to get that much from almost 300 people a day to clear a grand in a week.


If they worked 10 hours a day, thats 30 people an hour giving at least 50 cents... or one person every two minutes

I'd say the majority of people dont give that much or just pass, so yeah, I dont see how this could work, unless you guys in Canada have alot more change in your pockets and are much more generous to panhandlers.

one person in mpls - 40K a year

one person in DC area - 100K a year

it's possible, just not favored by very many people...