Posted by rgvtx on March 12, 2009 at 02:34:56 from (205.188.116.74):
In Reply to: O/T Honest Panhandler posted by john in la on March 11, 2009 at 19:31:02:
I used to give the panhandlers spare change, then one day I stopped. Why? My boss at the time was talking about the guy on the street corner in front of our business and wondered if I had given him any money, and I replied yes several times. He said he had done the same as he felt sorry for him. The guy would be out there for 8 or 10 hours at a time, and always with his flock of young kids. His sign read "Will Work For Food", but honestly we never seen him leave with anyone to work. He did have an old beat up van he was driving that appeared to be on it's last leg. Well one day the boss comes to work with a couple of large boxes filled with food, mostly baby food. His wife cared for children at their home and this was left over food that parents had brought and was still good and in date. So the boss proudly takes all the food out to this guy and offers it to him expecting a big thank you. Instead, the panhandler told him he didn't want the food, just money. The boss was furious, went back in the store and called the cops and told them this guy was out panhandling in front and causing traffic problems and that his van was parked on our property. Needless to say the panhandler found another corner to beg on, and since my wife and I had a small child at home at the time the boss gave me the food and I gladly took it home. Since that day, I have never given anything to a begger and probably never will. It only takes one bad apple.
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