Mego Preservation Society
Yesterday I was approached by a elderly homeless woman. She gave me the story about needing her medicine and needed money to buy it.
While I was reaching into my pocket she told me she needed a 20 and did not want change. I was utterly amazed by her boldness. I gave her a dollar (all I had in my pocket), she took it and looked real disgusted.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Last edited by mitchedwards; May 14, '09 at 10:35 AM.
Think B.A. Where did you hide the Megos?
wow!! that has never happened to me!! that's crazy!! was she dressed nice or like a bum?
Mego Preservation Society
Defiantly homelessOriginally Posted by bobbait
Think B.A. Where did you hide the Megos?
I wouldn't have given her anything.
If she was indeed homeless,.....
There's shelters out there that would feed her, give her clothes and place to sleep ... and perhaps even buy her medicine.
All she has to do is walk through the door.
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Invincible Ironing Man
Inflation also hits the homeless.
Soon, they'll have to start accepting VISA......
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"Everything has an end.
Except sausages, which have two..."
Invincible Ironing Man
I once gave a homeless guy a "free show".
When I was in San Francisco, I was caught in a rain storm. It was pouring down, and the wind blew my baseball cap right off my head.
I went after it, but the road was so slick with water, I started losing my balance.
I did all I could to stay upright, almost making cartwheels, and this seemed to last forever, still trying to catch my cap.
I eventually regained my balance, and this black homeless guy was giving me applause and cheering, like you wouldn't believe.
I took a bow, and left the guy still cheering.
That show was worth at least $5, I think....
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"Everything has an end.
Except sausages, which have two..."
20 years ago my now wife and I were walking in Georgetown (suburb or D.C.) to take in some site seeing and have lunch.
A panhandler begged us for money claiming he was hungry, etc.
About 20 minutes later, we are poking around a shop and the panhandler walks in and asks the shop owner to exchange his small bills for bigger amounts. Apparently, he does this frequently as the shop owner asked him how he did. The response...kind of a slow day...I have $100 so far. My jaw dropped open since this was a time I had just graduated college and was making a salary far less than that.
Later on, we were eating lunch by a window up at the street. Sure enough, this panhandler walks by and right up to our window, holding his stomach like he hasn't eaten in days.
I have never seen my wife so angry. She started yelling at him from inside the restaurant and immediately asked that we be moved to another table so we didn't have this screw ball staring at us while we trying to enjoy lunch knowing that he made more money begging than either of us.
"The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
~Vaclav Hlavaty
This talk reminds me of the squeegee guys in NYC
I almost miss going into the city today and they're not there anymore.
Being nostalic about beggers ? ... ooooh-kay
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Things are really bad right now with the economy. Now the homeless are picky. What next?
I was in Columbia SC one time and there was a guy begging people for money outside of a concert. Later in the night we went into a convience store, same beggar is in there and pulls out a WAD of bills to pay with.
trey
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