What will you do if someday you become a beggar on the street?

In a sense, we could learn a few survival tips from beggars but I dread the day that I'll be begging on the streets. But one can't really be certain on a lot of things. We've heard stories about riches-to-rags people. Still, begging should be the last resort. Personally, begging for me is not really a good survival skill. There are still ways to earn in order to survive.

Its no wonder there are so many beggars on the streets. Begging for a living is much easier than working every day from morning till night. There are no taxes, and its a free life. You take the good with the bad, and you have nothing to worry about. When you get to know your way around its much easier than maintaining a house, because you just go with the flow. When it rains you stay under the bridge, and when its cold you wrap yourself up and sleep on a sewer grate. Now isn't this a wonderful life?

Hi there, I have never imagined myself to become a beggar someday. I have been sick for years and it is a lifetime ailment... I need medicines for my maintenance... if i skipped it i would probably die... being a beggar on the street is indeed intricate. you need to cope up with different circumstance. for instance, beating the ever changing weather, they need to search for food from the trash, they need to look for a place to sleep everynight, etc... i hope i could do something to help them out like giving them a shelter or providing them food everyday.. i wish those corrupt officials could extend their help to those who are in need.

I would never be a beggar. I could not stupe that low! I also would not be that desperate to something like that! I would rather look into other avenues to survive then live on the streets and beg to survive!

I don't think I can ever survive being a beggar knowing I have had a home for so many years and has never hungered nor skip meals before. I have never thought myself of becoming a beggar someday. I just don't wish to suffer that much. I wish to survive every day of my life so as not to beg for food or shelter. Good thing I have my parents with me who will help me in times of crisis, but I know they will never be their all the time that is why I am starting to really save and invest a little so as I will be able to survive even without having work.

hi wildlittlefan if some day i would be a beggar?what should i d o!? honestly ill be panicking and i don't know what to do being a beggar is not easy, id rather try my best not be a beggar but ill try to find some work ,

Sounds like you have begger (panhandler) and homeless mixed up. While some that are homeless do panhandle not all do. Also not all that are panhandlers are homeless. For me been there and done that on both but not at the same time. First of all its usually not a choice but just something you have to do. Like they say 'sh!t happens'. Most homeless people do not call it homeless either. Its called camping. I went camping for 3 1/2yrs. Most the time i had a auto as shelter. I also had a job. Most cities have feeding sites to. I also had a propane stove which i cooked on sometimes at parks. Panhandleing i have only done once. I lived ina house then and had a job. I just wasnt making enough money and needed some asap. I was out doing the panhandling with a neighbor that does it all the time. He says thats his job. Thats how he pays his everything. I also know of a family that used to do it as a family they also lived ina house.

I would cetainly hope that my life would never come to anything as disxouraging and despairing as begging on the streets. If i did face this challenge, i would like to do so with dignity. /there is no shame in trying your best. there is is only shame in never trying at all.

No I never want anything like that to happen to me I would not like it, but if I had no choice than I guess that I would have too. It's just really sad to see people begging for money to be out in a position like that would be horrible because we get used to our lives in our apartments or our houses.

It seems it is not an interesting subject , actually nobody like being an beggar. I dont know how about the situation in other country . But in china , beggar has been regarded as a job. this should be an attitude of life which be choised by the lazy person. Somebody even take that as a crime!! for eg, they will kidnap some children even make them criple then let them begging in the street!!!. So this is not accepted and should be serious punished by the law. In the other side , I dont think we may can become a beggar , everybody have a skill to make life. So If you want to work , you also can servial without problem

They say everyone is a paycheck away from becoming homeless which I believe. i have came close to being homeless a couple times. Once when my ex-roommate put my stuff outside because I wouldn't giver her 200 a mo + pay all the utilities which i thought was wrong.Luckily my step-sister let me camp out on her couch until the at across the hall came open. Also when the floods of 2008 hit I had to evacuate my apt with a newborn. Luckily my nephew & his wife came to my rescue since I had no money for a hotel. It would have been hard to stay in a make shift shelter with a newborn. Could I beg. I don't know. I think if it came to feeding my daughter probably.

Marvelous thinking. Exactly it is really very very difficult to be a beggar. A beggar can face the coldest weather without heat and the same in summer season also. Definitely he or she can be the coach to lots of people on surviving in the tough time in life is more than 100% true. Its a great philosophical thinking. Very Impressive

There is a good guide for this in an old book written by George Orwell 'Down and Out in Paris and London' Same rules would probably apply with a bit of imagination and innovation.