Originally posted by howdoesthehorseymoveNope. Homeless people don't exist.
When you walk down any street you run into beggers/panhandlers who are asking for any help you can give.
Now some are not homeless but how can you tell who is and who isn't?
I give atleast 2 dollars to each one regardless.
Do you? Why or why not?
Nope...from what I've been told a lot of them are just asking for money so they can keep their addictions going and just use it to buy drugs
It sounds bad but that is what I always hear
Some of the fake ones are really funny - many of them have nicer shoes on than I do or I see that they have the new cell phones
I don't encounter very many panhandlers. The last one followed me into the post office where it is illegal to panhandle. But I opened my wallet anyway and gave him $5 in a flash. He was really shocked as he didn't even have to make up some sob story about how his car broke down a block away and how he needed to buy some gas. lol. I could care less what they do with the money. I'm not assuming anything about how they will use it. I give to charities and have no idea what they do with the money either. But I don't feel like I have to give handouts to every beggar I see. It depends on my mood.
Originally posted by howdoesthehorseymoveI dont. I believe you must have messed up pretty hard / its your own choice if you are homeless in Holland.
Do you? Why or why not?
Im not giving my money just because someone else is lazy, im lazy myself...in fact, from now on I will reply any question for money by beggers with: "No, you got some for me tho?".
I once gave some guy some money when I was in a good mood, he was polite too. When I walked in the supermarket a bit later he just came out with his hands full of the cheapest beer lol.
I really, seriously, dislike parents who take thier kids with them to begg.