begging for 60 cents

That happens a lot here, I went to the ATM one day and I wasn't even done with my transaction when a man came over and started asking me if I could give him bus fare, he was diabetic and he forgot his medication at home and didn't have any money to get home. It wasn't funny to me that he came up to me while at the atm, but it was funny that I had seen him the day before at the grocery store and a department store the day before that. I said just a minute, wait til I'm done. My doors were already locked, it's not a real good area to be in, rolled my window up except for about two inches and asked him why he keeps coming to town, not bringing his meds and money to get home every day. He said "what?" I said "I can't help you, I seen you down the street yesterday and the day before, telling people the same thing and if you are that short on cash, maybe you should just stay home." I haven't seen him since. I've been asked for gas money. No, I'll put a couple dollars in your tank, but no money. I've been asked for money for food. I'll buy dinner but I wont give you money. Most of the time though, I have found that the beggers that ask for money for gas and food, really don't want anything other than money. I also see the ones that stand holding signs saying "will work for food" but when someone offers them a job, they refuse and stay begging on the corner. I guess their work consists of holding a sign, bugging people. My daughter told me about a guy in her neighborhood that does that and at the end of the day, goes into a fast food restroom, changes his clothes, walks a couple blocks and gets into a really nice car. He probably makes more than most people at a regular job and don't pay taxes on it.....

some of those ppl who beg, are not able to work in some conditions because of health issues .... however, my reaction to peapole who beg is to tell them, on a rised voice : "Go to work if you want money, stop begging."... few weeks ago i found out that beggars win more money than a person who works on the lowest sallary. Here in my country, a beggar told me he makes arround 800 Lei in a week (that is arround 200-250$) multiply with 4 (weeks in a month) its about 3200 Lei (arround 1000$) a week ... so, stop giving money to beggars, send them to work ...

I would assume that is there was a guy standing outside of a resturant asking for a certain amount of money 60 cents instead of a dollar or just begging for change that he may need that amount of money to pay off his bill. Maybe he ate there and was 60 cents short and they wouldnt let him leave until he pays the bill.

That's just an odd amount to ask for.. and did they give a reason? I mean normally beggars don't say exactly how much they want.. they just ask for change or whatever. When I was a teen, a friend of mine and I would go to the mall daily and beg for quarters. Sometimes we'd say we needed to use the phone to call our moms, or sometimes we'd say we needed bus fair. We'd do this until we each earned $6 and could afford to eat at the buffet place. We didn't do it because we were poor and didn't have food at home.. we did it because we wanted to and our parents would never give us the money to eat out everyday like we did (and yes, we pretty much did do this every single day). Because of this I never trust people begging for money. I figure they always have an ulterior motive that they're not telling you.

There has been quite the increase in begging here too I noticed. There is this one store here that you can not even pull in the parking lot without someone asking you for some money to help them out. The jobs that are replacing the lost ones here are nowhere near as high paying as the ones that left but the truth is that there are jobs. I am not cold or heartless about the need here but I think that harassing people while they are pumping their gas is a little too much.

Most of the time they are scammers. I know once I was at the dollar store and there was a six year old girl who was buying her mom a stuffed animal for Christmas and her dad only gave her a dollar for the item (he should have realized that there is tax on toys because a six year old may not have known this)when the cashier has told her the item was 1.06 she started to cry because she only had one dollar. I was behind her and I put back my candy bar and gave her the six cents she needed so she could buy the toy. She told me I cannot pay you for helping me and I told her that it was okay. I helped you because you are such a pretty little girl. She gave me a hug and said thank you. I was also in Wal-mart the other day and there was a Veteran holding a sign that said I am 23 years old and served in World War II. I know this man was a scammer because if he was 23 years old and World War II was fought in 1941-1945 there was no way he could have served. I did not give him anything. I believe in helping our military, but since he lied there was no way I was helping him out.

he may have applied and been turned down. i know someone who has put in 30 app's this month and not a single call back. but anyway..we have a street here that's become really bad for panhandling. and the odd thing is,most of them are 20 somethings.sometimes i'll give them change if i have it,but i resent 4 times in one block. it's even worse if you smoke.they'll happily clean out your whole pack for you.

I agree with you..how about earning it? Well it's probably easier to beg money off someone then to invest your time working. But then again we don't know the whole story. I have also helped someone twice in the grocery store line when they were like a buck too short....I can give a buck....one person actually looked for me until they found me to return the buck? Not necessary but it restored my faith in people!

That happens so often. I would help people, but there is no way to know if they really are in need or just scamming/panhandling. Years ago out here in CA it was a huge thing that people would stand with a sign saying "homeless,,,need food" or something like htat...and after investigation, most of these people were making quite a nice living doing this! They'd just make themselves look poor and dirty etc....people believed what they saw. They'd even bring their kids out and have them sit with them. Shame..as maybe some of them really needed it...but like me, most stopped giving as you just didn't know if it was a scam or not....same thing as at the holidays with the bell ringing thing.

horrible to hear,these kind of things must never be allowed and we must grace them,this is so bad and hurting to know

Hi Snuggle, i know what you are saying...I have experienced a couple of giving money to a person asking for a quarter.. now he did not look like a dirty begger, but he was just walking the street in an area constantly... We daughter went to a Mall later and saw the same man walking around in the mall looking like a pimp...she said he was clean dress and strutting... He is the person who makes it hard for me to even give someone any money on the street...even tho we are suppose to help others. I just truly dislike the feeling og being a sucker...I guess the best way to look at it, is thats its just a quarter or 2 quarters, give it from the heart and forget it...

Nice post, times ar ehard for alot of people. never know- maybe someone stoled his wallet. I understand not wanting to give anyone money like that. Im the same way. Mine started here in Mexico years ago. I used to give this lady at the border a dollar everytime I crossed into the usa. i did it, because shed sit their holding her kid. After I gave to her 30-40 times, a man told me that the baby was a doll. I was so darn mad. I now give to any one.