Panhandler at Short Hills Mall (to buy, college, camp)

[peoj]

I had a woman carrying a baby ask me for money at the mall today. Anyone else encounter something similar? Seems like a new thing.

[G1..]

Did you remind her everyone at the Short Hills Mall pays by card? Where do the homeless camp in Short Hills ?

[peoj]

Originally Posted by G1..

Did you remind her everyone at the Short Hills Mall pays by card? Where do the homeless camp in Short Hills ?

Some people bring coins for the fountain you know.

[HudsonCoNJ]

What a coincidence. When I was a teenager in Newport mall I had someone carrying a glock ask me for money.

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by peoj

I had a woman carrying a baby ask me for money at the mall today. Anyone else encounter something similar? Seems like a new thing.

I have to say that I've never encountered a baby asking for money. That woman was carrying a very precocious infant.

[Mightyqueen801]

I had a woman in the city ask me for money for diapers and food for her baby once. She was about 60 years old. I laughed.

[zhelder]

Should’ve offered to buy her a pain au chocolat and a demitasse, or whatever the Short Hills Mall versions of “bread” and “coffee” are…

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I had a woman in the city ask me for money for diapers and food for her baby once. She was about 60 years old. I laughed.

When I was in college in center city Philadelphia there used to be a panhandler with a dog who sat outside Wawa. I along with many others, gave him money because I was concerned if the dog had food, lol.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by ocnjgirl

When I was in college in center city Philadelphia there used to be a panhandler with a dog who sat outside Wawa. I along with many others, gave him money because I was concerned if the dog had food, lol.

I saw people in lower Manhattan, the young white junkie contingent would sit on the street with a dog and even one with a cat. It's a sympathy ploy. They would pass the dog around. I'd see the same dog with different people on different days.

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by peoj

I had a woman carrying a baby ask me for money at the mall today. Anyone else encounter something similar? Seems like a new thing.

Sort of. The other day at the Short Hills Mall I had a 13 year old girl ask me for $600, for a pair of sneakers that looked like they were 30 years old.

I told her she's supposed to buy those sorts of things when she's with her mother and I'm supposed to think that they only cost fifty bucks, so she should talk to her mother about it when we get home.