Homeless man's sign said, "Will work for food" (career, need money)
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Scam or not who's to tell. What I do know is I am a sucker lol We often see them and if I have the resources I will give them food but never money. Sometimes from my own home or if I have purchased a lunch, they get that. Did see one dude w/a dog and we gave him some dog food and water for the pup. You just never know if it's true or not and sometimes a little can make such a difference. On the flip side, if he's a ******* what's $3-4 worth of soup and bottled water anyway? I blow that on candy at the movies.
It's almost a scam. Most are not homeless. And they do bring in some pretty good cash.
Yeah, I saw a news report a while back, and some of these people, (not all, of course), are really raking in the dough. They interviewed some of them, and they flat-out said that they make a better living, panhandling, than they do having a regular job!
Isn't this the way it goes for a lot of things, it only takes a handful to ruin it for others. Just don't have as much honesty out there, as we did years ago. My humble opinion only.
Maybe the point of them having a sign saying "will work for food" is that they think NO one would actually want them to do work for them, but they might part with a little cash. On the other hand, if there was a dude out on my street saying he'd work for food, I would bring him in, make him a feast and have him finish all the jobs my 'significant other' has started and abandoned!!! Win win situation!
Last edited by fuzzymystic; 05-03-2007 at 11:42 AM..
Reason: trying to be nice
We have a lot of panhandlers in our area. There are times in the summer that you will have every corner in an intersection with them. I have seen someone away from the road pointing to the other person to what car to go to. There is one guy that is a regular and one time I was in another town over 20 minutes away and there he was panhandling there too. For someone who is homeless he sure gets around.
One of the news programs did a special on them and one guy was living in a high rise luxury building paying over $3,000 rent with a door man and he paid for it buy panhandling.
I am sorry, but I do not give my money to them. Let alone it would cost a fortune because I would have to pay everytime I go out. Besides, everywhere you go there are "help wanted" signs up. I just think it says a lot about a person that is so-called living on the streets but they always seem to have a marker handy to make their sign .
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Originally Posted by Dingler
I was passing a man who was begging for cash the other day. He had a sign that said "Desperate, I will work for food" I decided to strike up a conversation with him and asked him how he could get in tough spot when the economy in the area is booming and they are begging for people who will do grunt work.
He was incredibly well spoken and interesting. I told him I would hire him for an office assistant position at my company but first he had to clean him self up. I told him I would pay for him to get a haircut and a shave and pay him handsomely for a full days work. I said here is a Barber Shop lets go and get that haircut. He said no.
Here the man had a chance to be a real life business man and make alot of money. His gravy train had arrived. I was going to help him out, he just needed a short business like Haircut and a shave.
I saw him a week later with the same sign and I asked him again if he would accept my offer. The answer was still no.
Dingler, what you did was very admirable. My partner works for the mentally ill for the LA county. He has witness the worse. Your story definately put a smile on my face. But at the same time, I feel despair for the homeless that have many opportunities to get out. A few want out. But the many prefer to stay. And that's unfortunate.
Thanks for the post! Keep trying!!!!
why is it only men out there holding signs?? i dont see any woman??
which brings up an interesting point,,,but since i had my sensitivity training,,,i'll be quiet,,
I think we’ve all seen this type of problem and as so many have said it may be a scam 9 out of 10 times. There have been times when I will give money and there are times when I don’t and just keep walking on. I think it comes down to each situation as to weather or not you care to help or not. Personally I seem to feel the need at times and thus do provide some money. Did I get ripped off? Maybe,,,,,,,, but maybe there are more times that I helped someone and they are grateful! I’ll never know one way or the other. However if we can’t help our fellow man ~ who will. Would Jesus walk on by or stop for the moment and see what he could do? I think our conscience is our guide for telling us what to do in each case.
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