Yeah but they pity me most...

Bah only bum story I have was when I was approached by a woman telling me I was the chosen one and spouting various religious sounding words.... at the same bus stop I saw a pigeon eating a drumstick from KFC..

Curious... Is that law effective...does it stop the panhandlers? This is just a wild guess, but I would think no.

:nope: that's just wrong

Did you hand your coffee over?

A guy approached me at a gas station in Florida last year asking the same thing. I couldn't help but think he was faking (he probably was).

Reminds me of guys I've seen in New York. They get onto a train, get into the center of the car, giver their whole life story of how their father's dead and mother's a crack addict, then ask for $20 bills.

Lets see...during my initiation week, there was this homeless guy who accused a bunch of the actives and the pledges that we were controlling the squirrels and that we're some tree wizards or something. Kept mumbling a lot. He then asked one of the brothers who was smoking for a cig, and the active just gave him his last half. The homeless guy then proceeded to approach a class that was outside in a circle. Security escorted him away, only for the bum to try and approach 3 more times. Quite the show during I-week.

Farther back, my mom had a bag of McDonalds she just bought, and this homeless guy was asking her for money. She gave him a burger, only to have it thrown back at her, with the guy yelling "Give me money!"

Hey OP, I need money for [Music instruments] I'm out of gas

There have been a ton around lately; which is strange, because I think outright asking for handouts is illegal in my city, so they usually just have signs. Guess they must have changed the law or something. I prefer to give to charities.

I never give money to bums. I give plenty of money to homeless shelters and other charity organizations I'm sure it's better spent then handing it of to some bum for him to buy a beer.

When I was in Canada, I was amazed at how pro-active the bums were. In Dublin, they just sit beside cash machines staring at the ground and holding cups.

In Vancouver, I had guys coming up to me telling me their life stories, telling me jokes, anything for a bit of cash. My favourite guy was the one with the 'need money for beer' sign. I actually gave money to some of the more creative ones; whether it went on food or booze/drugs, I don't really care; they made an effort and I felt they deserved a break.

I have one. In fact, almost everyone in the world has one.

:P

That was somewhat believable... up to the bit about bringing back water :rolleyes:.


Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_disorder (only start class, but it should do for this purpose. I do encourage further reading).


Hopefully that wasn't cannibalism. Although, it'd probably have trouble getting meat out of that thing even if it tried .

When I first moved to San Francisco, the first bum I met told me that he had two STD's and needed surgery. I didn't give him money but I've got to give him props for giving me the most ridiculous story a homeless person has ever given me here, but sadly bums don't even bother to give me a crap story anymore. Might have something to do with me being turning into the typical San Franciscan who will almost never give anyone change because they see 15 other homeless people on their daily commute and know they'd go broke if they gave them all change. Tourists and new residents are easy pickings for homeless people here, that's why Union Square and southern Powell (tourist central) is populated by dozens of beggars.

I was once in a Jack in the Box ordering my meal and a man came up to me and asked if I could give him a dollar in exchange for four quarters. I stupidly agreed without realizing he was a homeless guy, and once I gave him the dollar he said "[censored] you I ain't got no money" and ran off with his change and my dollar. It was only a dollar so I didn't chase after him or anything, but I did yell "I'm a college student" at him, not that I thought he would give a crap.

I once gave a homeless guy a dollar because he confronted me in front of a store and I caved under pressure. He saw that I had a $5 bill in my wallet and asked for that instead. After going back and forth, with me telling him that all I could give was the dollar and him begging for the 5, I just ran into the store and stayed inside until he went away.

I was on the B.A.R.T. (basically the subway) once and a homeless guy came through and asked every person there for change in a very nice, calm voice. Once everyone denied him he went to go into the next car, but before he did that he turned around and yelled "[CENSORED] YOU" at the whole car. He then proceeded to do the same thing in the next car. Generally when homeless people act nice here it's all just an act and they're really just dying to yell at you.

Another example happened just the other day when a guy came up to me and asked really nicely for some money. After I said no and a few other people said no he flipped the [censored] out and started speed walking up the block, cursing loudly to himself as he went along. This happened for a number of blocks, luckily I was able to stay on the opposite side of the road from him.

I could go on and on with stories about my interactions with homeless people in this city, but I think this post is long enough as it is.

Haha, I bet you'll give alot to some of the bums I saw pics of online. They could be fake but I remember one with a guy holding a sign saying "Need money for kung-fu lessons. Ninjas killed my parents ". Yes, there was a happy-face smilie on the sign. :facepalm:

Edit: http://www.humorhound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bum-need-money-for-kung-fu-lessons.jpg

I hate to give people money now. Before I did, when I could aford it, but no more, if I can afford it or not. The reason why? Shakey Lady. People from Toronto or the area should know who I am talking about.
She was (maybe she is back) an old lady who begged for money. She pretended she was shakey so you feel more sorry for her. The news did an expose on beggers on how it's a buisiness and they make
over $250 a day. This Shakey Lady was picked up in a Cadillac, had a plasma TV, (back then 5 or 10 years ago Plasma TVs were for the rich only, ) and she made $1000s.

I find it so funny how when a news crew came to her, she could run, and I mean RUN away. So many beggers in Toronto 12 years ago. I do not know how it is now, but it was bad, you couldn't walk past a
corner without someone asking for money or a sign.

About 20 years ago, in Toronto I gave someone money, because they actually worked for it. It was a simple joke, but made me laugh so hard, I had to give him money. He asked "Do you want to fund the
assination of The Prime Minister at the Time Fund". I laughed so hard I have to admit, I put money into the fund. It's not like he came right up and begged, but made me feel good with a laugh and worked
for it.

Like pro-active? Take a look at http://www.bigissue.com/. In addition to the UK, its running in Australia (hence my awareness of it), Japan. Kenya, Korea, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Taiwan, and in the Republic of Ireland . If you're feeling generous, you could get some information on it and talk about it to random beggars .

Reasons to support it:
* Helps people improve their lives by providing an accessible way to earn money.
* It has a policy of minimal editorial control; its reporters write articles, it publishes them. They don't get told what they are and aren't allowed to cover. In other words, supporting it is supporting free speech (no dramaticness intended).
* Probably more, but I'm a lazy bugger .

I had a guy ask me for a cigarette the other day, so I gave him one, he put it in his pocket, and asks, "Could I please have two?"

I was like " :huh: ...No."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXpUwBJ2SS8

How come a tramp was driving a car?

No. In fact it just seems to encourage them to be more pushy instead of standing with a tin cup or whatever. The amount of people standing at intersections holding signs and walking up and down the lanes of stopped cars at the light is ridiculous. One of them is going to get hit one day, and then the human rights [censored]es are going to complain about it like it was our fault for not giving all ten of them some money :rolleyes:



Ugh, its crazy up here. I can't go downtown without some old guy coming and trying to tell me a sob story to get a few bucks. I got hassled by the same guy three times in one hour period as I had to keep walking past him. One more time and I would have lost it on him, despite me telling him "Sorry, I got no change" then walking back the third time with a Timmies in one hand :hehe:

It's illegal to panhandle in Canada? Then what about all those people who ask for donations or when goverment parties solicit for money? I knew the City of Toronto tired to have some kind of panhandling law, but I never knew it was illegal in all of Canada.

I don't know about all of Canada, but I'm pretty sure it is here in Manitoba.

Some guy asked me for money to use the phone to ring his girlfriend. What phone? The payphones were removed in about 2003...

I've been hit up so many time for cash, yet I have no humorous stories to share. :shrug:

It's usually pretty harmless and boring, but just this one time it was kinda tense;

It was about 3:00 AM in a Walmart parking lot in a bad part of town (I was there because I just got off of work and needed some groceries). I get to my car on the driver side and lean in to place the bags on the passenger side when I hear this right behind me... And I mean right behind me "Hey, bro" with a tap on my shoulder. I was so startled I literally think I did some crazy Steven Seagal [censored] and drew my pistol (I carry and train with a CP) and this bum turns ghost white, his eyes bug, throws his hands up, gets down on his knees, and screams hysterically, "IT'S COOL BRO, IT'S COOL, IT'S COOL, C'MON BRO I JUST NEED SOME MONEY FOR GAS DON'T SHOOT ME BRO!"

I lectured the man wisely with "Piss off! Are you [censored] stupid walking up on me like that!"

I felt like a dike for a few days, because I really don't know which of us was more scared.




Your untapped philanthropic powers manifested fried chicken, and a pigeon was fed. I would say the prophecy is fulfilled and you owe the crazy lady a five bill.

This reminds me of the Bosmer in Morrowind who would continue asking you for money, and when you eventually declined, he shouted at you and attacked you a little while after.