Panhandlers at Truck Stops

I,m a true beleiver in ay it forward.

And I do whenever I can,heck just yesterday I fixed seat post on some ladies bikeso she could get home, she offered to pay me but I just told herabout paying it forward.
It really does make one feel good.

 

Maybe you need to throw in some sad puppy pictures.

 

I only found this to be a problem in Atlanta from wanting to help you back in to selling baseball caps...

 

I was just thinking. I don't see beggars so much in the colder months. The warmer months, I do see a lot... and lizards...

If I gave one dollar to each person each time they asked for a dollar in the summer, I'm pretty sure I'd be broke every week.

I don't have a problem helping someone who actually NEEDS help, but I don't even have MY bills paid yet!

 

I'm like you...I hate being conned and used, in my own hour of need...

 

Almost all beggers are con men or women...

I was homeless once...and never begged or burdened a soul for anything...
A security guard gave me $20 bucks once, cause he felt sorry for me, but I never asked for it...

Only con men/women, burden others for change...there's plenty of safety nets that provide for the homeless or hungry...churches that give out bags of food, or homeless shelters that serve 3 meals a day in almost any city...

a dollar here or 5 bucks there, is not going to fix anyones life...

I know, I was there...

 

True - but most aren't trying to fix their life, they're just trying to get their fix. ; )

 

I won't give anyone any money but I will buy them something to.Everytime someone ask me for money I always tell them I dont have any but if they are hungry I will buy them something to eat and only once in 12yrs have they taken me up on that offer and all he got was 2 jelly biscuits because he felt bad for asking. I never give money out!!!Keep it for yourself.

 

I just experienced this in Dallas, TX. I'd been warned about these truck stops, but I had nowhere else to go. It was a scary-looking dude, looked like he just got out of prison. He approached me in my truck, I rolled up the window and just kept saying "no" through the window until he left. He had a partner who was working the other side of the lot.

I even got approached in Amarillo, although it wasn't a scary experience like in Dallas.

What bugs me most is when I see people giving money to those people who stand at freeway exits, I'm thinking "you idiot, now they'll never leave".

 

Sad thing is many cities have panhandling laws, but they are never enforced.

Just more useless laws on the books...but if I ever decided to try it, that would be the day they would start....