I'll preface this by saying; I have mixed feelings about giving change to panhandlers, generally. If I'm in a really good mood, and they ask very kindly and without expectation or entitlement, I have a hard time saying no. Particularly if it's a woman or a very young or very old person because the added vulnerability stirs up a desire to reach out and help. And I know they probably aren't buying food or clothes, and giving them a buck or two isn't helping them. But ignoring them isn't helping either, and maybe the kindness of a stranger is a nice change from being ignored and marginalized and considered vermin by the city.
So, as I was waiting for a bus, a very mild mannered woman asked if I happened to have any change. She said it in a very non-demanding way and I gave her a few dollars and wished her a good evening. She thanked me graciously and you could tell she was genuinely appreciative.
A short time later, a fat piece of shit walked up and also asked for money.
"Do you have any change for food?"
First of all, I doubt you're buying food, and second, even if you were, YOU DONT NEED IT. Fatties asking for food money is like some rich Wall Street guy asking people for change. Clearly you have plenty, you greedy fuck.
Then he tries the lady sitting next to me on the bench.
"You have any change do I can buy some food?"
The lady seemed a bit unsure and was sort of reaching for her bag.
"Five dollars." The fatty said. Holy fuck you entitled golem, beggars can't be choosers you don't get to withdraw however much you want from a person as if their wallet is your personal atm!
"I don't have five dollars..." The lady said.
"Change, then." He said it as though he were a teacher telling a student to hand in whatever homework they'd partially completed.
The lady was uncomfortable you could tell, and handed him a few coins, I'm not sure how much.
"Got two dollars?" The fatty asked, still so entitled! She just gave you what she was willing to give and you ask her for more??
The lady declined and the fatty stomped off, not even thanking her, and proceeded to harass every other person at the bus stop.
Rude and entitled. I would have stood up for the lady and told the fatty to fuck off but the lady was just about as fat as he was so I figured being made uncomfortable by a fat was karma for her fat making other people uncomfortable on a daily basis.
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[–] Siacca 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I never give to panhandlers. So many of them are full of crap (and since they're fat, that's a ton of crap). A lot of those people are employed and just greedy. By begging, they can make more per hour than people with actual jobs. I see these assholes all the time. They're always fat, they spend a lot of time setting up signs and chairs and occasionally umbrellas (and once a fucking portable television). They have their pet dogs with them on fancy leashes and a lot of them are wearing Ray-Bans. Then these 500 pound Twinkie dumpsters have the audacity to claim they need money for food. These assholes already get more on food stamps than some people make working full time.
These greedy fakers piss me off. Truly needy people have social programs where they can get what they need, and that's what they usually do (unless they're cut off for breaking the law somehow, and then they deserve nothing anyways). Those fat bastards begging everywhere deserve to be run down for bothering traffic. I now want to purchase a large truck just so I can install a cow catcher and shove these creatures off the road.