Panhandlers at Truck Stops

You're only 31, you can't say 'grody'.

 

Always ask to see their car, and check the gas gauge. And offer to help push it to the gas pump. Always.

 

I've seen the same panhandlers working the same locations for years on end. I just can't help thinking that they would be doing pretty well financially if they put in that many hours working a legitimate job. Then again, maybe they're stinking rich and the rest of us are suckers.

 

Trust me, they're doing much better than us working stiffs are. We have to pay taxes on our income, after all.

 

They even wear better shoes than I do.

 

Hey I grew up in the Grunge Music era. I know all about the word "grody" hahah!

 

Obviously no one told him beggars can't be choosers.

 

Good point about the shoes! I called out a guy who was panhandling last year because his shoes were new and better than mine! I will give folks food, but never money. Some are greatful, others refuse the food saying they just need money for....fill in the blank

 

I need money. Someone give me money...I need it for a lot lizard.

That aside I only say no when it is an obvious lie. Otherwise I just feel bad for saying no. Especially to pretty ladies . And I don't mind helping a fellow driver.

Sent from my htc DNA

 

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For other uses, see Compassion (disambiguation).

Compassion personified: a statue at the Epcotcenter in Florida​

Compassion is the understanding or empathy for the suffering of others. It is regarded as a fundamental part of human love, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism 'foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood.
Compassion is often regarded as emotional in nature, and there is an aspect of compassion which regards a quantitative dimension, such that individual's compassion is often given a property of "depth," "vigour," or "passion." The etymology of "compassion" is Latin, meaning "co-suffering." More virtuous than simple empathy, compassion commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another's suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. In ethical terms, the various expressions down the ages of the so-called Golden Rule often embodies by implication the principle of compassion: Do to others what you would have them do to you.[SUP][1][/SUP]
The English noun compassion, meaning to suffer together with, comes from Latin. Its prefix com- comes directly from com, an archaic version of the Latin preposition and affix ### (= with); the -passion segment is derived from passus, past participle of the deponent verb patior, patī, passus sum. Compassion is thus related in origin, form and meaning to the English noun patient (= one who suffers), from patiens, present participle of the samepatior, and is akin to the Greek verb πάσχειν (= paskhein, to suffer) and to its cognate noun πάθος (= pathos).[SUP][2][/SUP][SUP][3][/SUP] Ranked a great virtue in numerous philosophies, compassion is considered in almost all the major religious traditions as among the greatest of virtues.