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We're in one of the richest countries in the world and the minimum wage is lower now than it was thirty-five years ago.
There are homeless people everywhere...
This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he's just going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought: "That's what I'm going to use it on!"
"Why am I judging this poor bastard?"
People love to judge homeless guys.
Like if you give him the money he's just going to waste it. He's going to waste the money.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack?
He's homeless!
I walked behind this guy the other day. A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and goes: "Why don't you go get a job, you bum?"
People always say that to homeless guys, "Get a job", like it's always that easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
I'm guessing his resume ain't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonald's has a "Underwear Go Inside The Pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically, I'm sure it is on the books.
I'm also very tired of people saying that pan handlers are all millionaires because they heard or read some anecdote somewhere.
Like yeah I'm sure there are scammer pan handlers, but even in that 0.0001% case it's because begging for money is easier or better than getting a job.
I recall a time back around 2008 or 2009, when my smartest coworker left Fox News on in the breakroom. (He knew better than to trust their bias, but we had few channels available and he just wanted to hear the news.) My stupidest coworker walked through the breakroom, heard some news about "Obama giving away cars to poor people" and came back into the lab ranting and raving about it.
I had a talk with that smart coworker and gently asked him not to leave that channel on again, because some of the people we work with are highly suggestable. Just then, the stupid coworker came into the room to rant the news at him.
He instantly understood.
Fox News has been a plague on our society for almost 30 years. I’m so sick of its existence.
Steve Hughes?
Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside the Pants
Use it for food.
It's weird to give someone money and care what they do with it unless you're expecting them to pay you back someday. You're giving it away, so it's expendable to you, and you'll probably never interact with the person again, so it's odd to care about the specifics beyond "I hope this helps."
You'll never give them enough money to actually change their situation, and that's not your fault but it's also not your problem, it's theirs. If they think they need a cigarette more than a sandwich, who am I to tell them they are wrong? It's their money now, not mine.
And until I give it away, it's mine, not theirs. Who are you to tell me I'm wrong for how I decide who to give it away to or not?
I was talking about the hypothetical scenario where you gave it to them and were miffed it didn't go towards food, so I agree 100% with what you're saying. Don't give your money away if you can't afford to let someone else do what they want with it.
A lot of people don't mind giving someone something they need without placing conditions on it. But it's okay to be different.
I agree I have no say in what they do with the money, only whether I choose to give it to them or not.
Have you considered that if you really want homeless people to have food, you can just buy them food?
Yes, and when they get mad and say they want money (which has happened more than once), you know what they were going to use it for.
If a random guy on the street offered you a sandwich, would you eat it? Why not, you like to save money, right? What's the problem, I'm a nice guy trying to help you here.
I offered to buy them food. I'm not sure why you thought I'd just buy some first without making sure they wanted it.
That's fair. It's their body, you have no say in what they do with it ;)
Nope, only in what I choose to do or not do to help them destroy it.