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Old 02-22-2020, 07:22 AM
 
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ders a homeless outreach in Penn station, literally the busiest terminal in America?

who what idiot that was OK?????

I normally don't go to Penn, but I took the Amtrak last year an wuz like whats up with all these homeless people camping next to every platform?
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Old 02-22-2020, 07:41 AM
 
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When I was in Magnolia bakery last week in Penn, a guy came up to me and insisted that I buy him something. He pointed to one of the most expensive cakes behind that counter and told me "I want that one." The store clerk finally chased him out of the store, but it took a while. The guy said that he wasn't leaving. Just before I left, another man came over and started pestering me, again insisting that I buy him cupcakes. Ten feet outside of Magnolia, another came over. As I walked from Magnolia towards the Seventh Ave. side, I didn't see a single cop. Zippo. No national guard, no cops even at their "stations." Like Yogi would say, "It's deja vu all over again."
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Old 02-22-2020, 08:13 AM
 
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When I was in Magnolia bakery last week in Penn, a guy came up to me and insisted that I buy him something. He pointed to one of the most expensive cakes behind that counter and told me "I want that one." The store clerk finally chased him out of the store, but it took a while. The guy said that he wasn't leaving. Just before I left, another man came over and started pestering me, again insisting that I buy him cupcakes. Ten feet outside of Magnolia, another came over. As I walked from Magnolia towards the Seventh Ave. side, I didn't see a single cop. Zippo. No national guard, no cops even at their "stations." Like Yogi would say, "It's deja vu all over again."
You should have told them to get the F out your face

Who the hell asks somebody to buy them cakes and cupcakes, homeless or not
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Old 02-22-2020, 09:16 AM
 
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Meh

You act like Port Authority was a pleasant place at one point in time. In my lifetime it never has been. Maybe in yours I guess.
Never. Not in anyone's lifetime.
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Old 02-22-2020, 09:31 AM
 
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Never. Not in anyone's lifetime.
I know
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Old 02-22-2020, 11:40 AM
 
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You should have told them to get the F out your face

Who the hell asks somebody to buy them cakes and cupcakes, homeless or not
I was thinking that. If you're so hungry, how is eating a fancy schmancy decorated cupcake going to be nutritious. Everything is behind a counter so you have to ask for the sweets, unlike pret a manger right across the hallway. Anyway, I don't look like I am in any condition to start a confrontation, but thankfully, the store clerk could be more threatening.
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Old 02-22-2020, 01:10 PM
 
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There's 2-3 really disgusting and mentally unstable guys in Penn Station everyday. Usually at the men's bathroom. Recently they are hanging out near the entrance more, I guess there are nobody monitoring or forcing them to move aside.

One guy you can smell like 10 yards away I almost kicked him since he suddenly decide to lay down on the floor in front of me.

If there's anything to be done, they should enforce a rule where only ticketed people can enter the entire station.
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Old 02-22-2020, 01:20 PM
 
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On my way back to NJ late night. I saw a whole bunch of homeless sleeping in the Atrium of Penn Station. I don't know what is going on in NYC anymore.
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Old 02-22-2020, 06:01 PM
 
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I was thinking that. If you're so hungry, how is eating a fancy schmancy decorated cupcake going to be nutritious. Everything is behind a counter so you have to ask for the sweets, unlike pret a manger right across the hallway. Anyway, I don't look like I am in any condition to start a confrontation, but thankfully, the store clerk could be more threatening.
Next time you tell them to get the F out your face

Seriously
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Old 02-23-2020, 09:24 AM
 
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People are too soft and too politically correct these days to do what it takes to restore QOL to the OVERWHELMING majority of the population. And those that are looking to vote for someone more hard-line who will make the tough decisions to clean up a city are so easily guilted into voting against their best interests by the ravenous media who will call you a nazi.
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