Are homeless people now more upperclass?

It sounds to me like all of the scenarios are cocky, selfish, and unappreciative, however, I do think I might have a further explanation for scenario 3. Perhaps the person is homeless by choice. Perhaps they like to wander, and maybe have friends where they can go and take showers and stuff, or they just plain don't shower at all! Maybe they use their fat money rolls to stay at hotels whenever they feel like they need to get clean? It could be that a person who is without a place of their own and a car, who is using public transportation or foot to travel, and is not paying rent, bills, car payments, insurance, gas, etc., is saving up their money so that they can look well off, despite the fact that they wander the streets? I'm not saying that's the case with most of them, or even all of them, but I'm sure it is for some. It may even be possible that they value food and clothing over shelter, so they take shelter in covered bus stops and similar places in order to avoid rent and reroute the budget from that into being able to survive. I couldn't imagine not having a roof over my head or clothes or food, and I am WELL below the poverty line. Both my fiance and I are on SSI, yet we still get by. I don't really know any other way to live, but maybe those people do. Either that, or maybe I'm reading too much into it. Maybe they're just a really good beggar, so people like you that give them money feel sorry for them and give them boatloads. lol I dunno really, but personally if I gave, it'd be to a shelter. Then maybe it'd go to those who really need it!

I have similar experiences: Scenario 1: "Give me Five Pesos($0.12)" It's not much really, but the beggars dictates the amount they want from you. It varies from from five to 20 pesos. There was one instance that a kid slapped/hit my lap real hard because I wont give him a 20 Peso bill. Scenario 2: I opt to give away foods instead of money. There were several instances that I gave a beggar a loaf of bread and he/she threw it away. Scenario 3: I was surprised to see a beggar come into the bank, approach me, bring out rolls of notes from her pocket and asked if we could change it to bigger bills. It was about PHP9,000.00 (USD200.00). This happened thrice. According to a Chinese proverb, "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; Teach a man to fish, then you feed him for a lifetime." I don't give money anymore but I do donate to several trusted foundations.

snowstormz not here in southern cal in orange county you do notrun into that at all, you find people just like yourself who are dazed with shock as they have suddenly become homeless, middle class people who are not out asking foryour blasted handouts, they are with their small children in any homeless shelter they can get into where they can spend just one week, they will be fed, they must shower each afternoon, but also they must leave the premises and not come back until four oclock in the afternoon. these are proud, hurting people who will not beg one cent from you and no they do not have homes and they are not out scamming they are scared spitless,they are only homeless as they have no friends or relatives to help them and to give them shelter.these are people who lost their jobs from being laid off, and their home from running out of money because of no job,it so easy for all us who have money and homes and jobs to lump them all together as worthless bums. can you call a two week old baby a scammer, a bum? somebody should try to help the people that come from the same damned class as you do I read all these comments that show you people have no idea of what is really going on and evidently do not give a damn as long as you have money,homes, and jobs Give these people jobs, and help them get into an apartment, do not scorn them, who knows you may land there yourself if you lose your job?

That is so true. I remember, when I was in Florida, my niece was helping in a soup kitchen as part of her credits in school. People who were supposed to be homeless and jobless who went there every Wednesdays for food, were coming in cars.

"HELL, I'm planning to start begging for change as of TOMORROW 9 to 5 b/c I NEED MONEY FOR MY BILLS!"

Homeless people are homeless for a variety of reasons. Some have met truly unfortunate consequences and some are homeless by choice. I don't ever give homeless people money, mostly because I rarely carry cash and you never know what they will spend it on. I have given homeless people food and bottled water before and they have always seemed very grateful. Interestingly enough where I live a fair number of homeless people downtown are actually college educated. Think about that.

I have ever met these people in public square.They usually wear ragged clothes and have a pained expression.At first i gave money to these people squatted down on the side of street.But then i found i could say them everytime i went there.So i never give any cent to them.They empoly our sympathy to earn money. Now i often take a detour round these people when i go out.

Most of the homeless who begs for money are just purely syndicate. They ask money and when you give them food they will just throw it to you. Ive encounter such incident many times, where a kid was begging for money because he said that he didnt have a lunch yet so gave him my burger but in return he just throw the food at me and ssaid he needs money not food so I am confused. Since then I am very careful in giving anything to beggars because I didnt give money.

i think it's depend on the situation friend. Not all most homeless people want to be sympathize and empathize like your scenario 1. I don't know exactly about the homeless people but i do know the word "beggar". Because in my country there are many beggars and the numbers are rising every year. That all not because the poverty, but somehow it become a profession like other jobs. The type are varies and it's an organization. Some said why they choose this profession are because quite easy to get money and even they have nice life from it. That's why the government in my country forbid this profession and create a team to do regular patrol in the street to catch the beggar and give them a best solution to train them some skill and hope they will use it in the right purpose. But there are also real homeless people and poor people in my country, and they will get a help from people surrounding and they realize that they are not alone.

I think it depends on if they are really "homeless". There are real ones, but there are also "pretending" ones. People realize it is quick way to make money, so some people pretend to be homeless and get into this "work". I just want to say, it is not a fault to be kind and merciful. If they do fake things and get money from you, they would get retribution some day, and your kindness would also be rewarded accordingly. Good luck!

It depends I usually give to those old ones.. most of the young homeless person are just pretending, some of them are syndicate members, so i prefer giving the old ones. some times i realized that I am lucky enough compare to those homeless people out there, so Im thankful and i would be grateful share some of my change some times.,but i hates whenever i heard complaints from them, I remember last time when i am walking along the street i drop some penny to the old man , but the man complaints, he said just this?? I never turn a back with that old man and continue walking. he's pitiful for having a hard life and a bad attitude.:(

that is really a problem about the homeless. in china, although the homeless won't reject your change, they will reject your food, they inly ask for money. and you know we have the relief stations for them, but most of them don't like to stay in the relief station forthere's no money for them. i don't know what's wrong with the homeless.