Beggars.. Do they annoy you?

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#1 -supercharged-
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Seems like everywhere I go around in my city I always end up having some dude or chic ask me for some money. I've given in to a few and i've told a few to **** off and go find a job like the rest of us :lol:.

But whats your take on beggars? and share any stories you may have.

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#2 jakeboudville
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I stay away from them. Makes things easier
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#3 Bourbons3
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Yes they do, and I dont give them any money. They usually come on the train and ask everyone for money, to which someone usually saus "get a job".
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#4 jrlc1
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i tried and avoid them. there aren't many where i live (i don't recall seeing any actually)

but when I go to downtown LA, yeah they annoy me. Specially their foul smell. (pee, beer and sweat) :?

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#5 andrewkozis
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i just try to avoid them and get along with my life
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#6 TheHimura
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I don't see very many where I live.
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#8 Two400
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what would jesus do?
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#9 -supercharged-
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what would jesus do?Two400

Give them a helping hand duh

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#10 MRZA
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[QUOTE="Two400"]what would jesus do?-supercharged-

Give them a helping hand duh

or turn their water into wine
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#11 muppet1010
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well in manchester their seems to be less home-less people than there ever was, but i will usually give spare change to them.
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#12 jrlc1
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I blow them off and laugh at them because they want drug money. Mostly here they are males who need drugs for sex.roulettethedog
i don't do that cause i'm scared they might do something. You can't trust crazy people. besides i wouldn't fight them if it ever came to that simply because i don't want to touch them *shivers*
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#13 MagnumPI
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They get arrested where I live. By the regional transit police, train security.Also patrolmen if they are caught on the street. So I don't see too much of it around where I live.
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#14 kitty  Moderator
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i dont see any where i live
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#15 jrlc1
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They get arrested where I live. By the regional transit police, train security.Also patrolmen if they are caught on the street. So I don't see too much of it around where I live. MagnumPI
lucky. we can't put them in jail because they are overpopulated as it is. i hate going to the train stations, that's where they gather. they stink and pee around the station so you could imagine what it smells like. Also I never go into the elevators in the subways i would throw up.
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#17 alex1889
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breggers are actually great and very smart, now i must go 2 the soup kitchen , 2 get mi some soup, hmmm
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#18 RogerC44
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Sometimes they annoy me.

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#19 xbox360_4_lyf
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Seems like everywhere I go around in my city I always end up having some dude or chic ask me for some money. I've given in to a few and i've told a few to **** off and go find a job like the rest of us :lol:.

But whats your take on beggars? and share any stories you may have.

-supercharged-
bring an Ak 47 with u nest time that should show em or throw job leaflets at them
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#20 Taalon
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[QUOTE="-supercharged-"]

Seems like everywhere I go around in my city I always end up having some dude or chic ask me for some money. I've given in to a few and i've told a few to **** off and go find a job like the rest of us :lol:.

But whats your take on beggars? and share any stories you may have.

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bring an Ak 47 with u nest time that should show em or throw job leaflets at them



Pleaaaaase....change your sig. Accsepting?!
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#21 CommanderShiro
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Well I've been to a third world country, and its quite depressing to see everyone around you begging for money. The beggars range from the elderly, war vets, children, etc.
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#22 maximusmmii
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where i am from we call them homeless people. and i am annoyed by the fact that society has allows them to remain homeless.
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#23 Bourbons3
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where i am from we call them homeless people. and i am annoyed by the fact that society has allows them to remain homeless.maximusmmii
There's a housing shortage here, so where would they go.
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#24 playstation2004
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I give money. Then stay away.
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#25 -Karmum-
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There's no beggars in Southern New Jersey. :lol:
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#26 megagene
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They don't annoy me. If I have some spare change or an extra cigarette I'll give it to them. If not, I just tell them I have nothing and to move along. On any given day, I get approached on average by five homeless people. It's just a part of life that I'm used to...
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I just say "I don't have anything for you." And try to get on with my life. I don't presume that I know enough about them to know that they could be doing something better for themselves. For some people, that really is the last and only option.

I wouldn't mock them, or laugh, or hate them for their misfortune. It's a troublesome aspect of our society, but not something that we're likely to be rid of any time soon.

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#28 Cyrax-Sektor
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Only if they insist on bugging me. Or when it's some rich fat-arsed creep just pretending to be a beggar for extra bucks. Last time I checked, the poor community don't have iPods.
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#29 double_decker
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I just tell them I'm poor and have to work for a living and I can't spare any. Although I have given money to a few because I asked them what they were going to get with it and they were honest and said booze. I respected their honesty and gave them enough to get a good drunk on.
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#30 Lonelynight
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They really annoy me if they come out to me, but I just pity them most of the time
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#31 FragStains
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Yes, they annoy me. And it isn't my responsibility to provide for them. If I am in the mood, I'll give them something, if not, I'll either say no, or ignore them. I love when they loiter around the ATMs and outside stores to harass people. Then mix in some drunken wandering around the park and urinating on themselves while swearing at passersby.
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I stopped giving them money. I'll give/buy them food if they want it, but they never take me up on the offer, and always make excuse after excuse why they can't eat it.

yea I think they annoy just about everybody. Luckily I live in a small town and barely see any beggers.

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#33 Mercury_May2112
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I stopped giving them money. I'll give/buy them food if they want it, but they never take me up on the offer, and always make excuse after excuse why they can't eat it.

yea I think they annoy just about everybody. Luckily I live in a small town and barely see any beggers.

jrhawk42

I find it funny when they want money for food yet they aren't willing to take food you give them.

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#34 HellsAngel2c
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where i am from its actually illegal to beg, so they dont actually approach you directly. They just sit their with a cup out. So.. no, they dont annoy me.
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#35 hair001
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They dont annoy me (in general, when they come on trains then thats a problem) but I don't give them money, they will proberbly just spend it on drugs anyway
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#36 mac906
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I stay away from them. Makes things easierjakeboudville
I do the same, I'd rather not start anything that can be completely avoided.
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#37 Dr_Neptune
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the only time i have given money to them was in south africa. and they were children of about 12.
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#38 makaveli2344
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Very annoying, So Sad.
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where i am from we call them homeless people. and i am annoyed by the fact that society has allows them to remain homeless.maximusmmii

Do you let any of them stay at your home?

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Chaaaaaaaaaaaange, CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE!
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#41 Demon2545
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I don't mind them too much, its some beggars i hate who go up to you and ask for 5 dollars!!!! 5 bucks?...i mean how about asking for some change or a buck, those guys i hate
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#42 -MlKE-
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I've never given a penny to a beggar and I never will. I was walking in a restaurant to pick up some chinese food and some guy outside of the place asked me if I had any money so he could make a phone call and I said no when I had about 50 dollars in my pocket. A funny story... Me and my Dad were leaving Fenway after a Red Sox game and everyone is walking to the train station and some guy is asking for money and my Dad said to me "why doesn't he just get a job?" Some lady then looked over at my Dad and gave him a dirty look and he said to me very loud so she could hear: "I didn't see her give him any money." My father is right. He works 2 jobs to pay the bills and some lazy person on the street actually expects you to give them money for free.
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#43 Jelle87
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I think that in the first world poverty is a choice, get off drugs and apply for help from the government (In Holland they can do that, plenty of agencies over here) and get your life back on trail. That's why I don't give those people money.
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#44 Two400
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It's not easy for a homeless person to get a job.

Would you hire a homeless guy over someone that has a home?

Would you hire a homeless guy over some illegal immigrant you can get for cheap?

Would you hire someone with dirty clothes over someone with clean looking clothes and a shower?

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#45 ConManWithGun
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No, I give them money, just incase their Jesus in disguise
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#46 MarioFanatic
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no, but gypsies do. at least beggars need the money. gypsies make up some BS story to get you to give them money and they act like you slapped them if you dont.
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#47 Sajo7
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No, I give them money, just incase their Jesus in disguiseConManWithGun

Or wicked witches who turn you into a beast.

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the only time i have given money to them was in south africa. and they were children of about 12.Dr_Neptune

Thats good of you

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I don't see very many where I live.TheHimura
I dont either...Indiana isnt a great place to find hobos...
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#50 DoHo
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It's not easy for a homeless person to get a job.

Would you hire a homeless guy over someone that has a home?

Would you hire a homeless guy over some illegal immigrant you can get for cheap?

Would you hire someone with dirty clothes over someone with clean looking clothes and a shower?

Two400

Exactly. Some people just get stuck in a rut and can't escape it. Obviously there are some that are that way because they spend any money they get on booze and drugs but others are genuinely nice people and just got the raw end of the deal in life. Sometimes it's hard to give to a begger, other times it's easy to reach in and give someone spare change--afterall they do ask for SPARE change.