beggars on the strret...what do you do? (83)
caspatchgalena, Missouri USA83 Threads 1 Polls 3,832 Postswhat gets me is seeing an obese woman who looks like she never missed a meal with kids half dressed and in need of a bath and hungry. i believe in sharing but i do wonder what the kids get even if you bought them groceries, they have places set up for people to go eat so the beggers are mostly looking for booze money.. i gave a guy ten dollars once when i asked what he was going to do with it he was honest and said get a bottle.. they have a mental problem and they will drink themselves to death but i thought honesty should be rewarded
caspatch: what gets me is seeing an obese woman who looks like she never missed a meal with kids half dressed and in need of a bath and hungry. i believe in sharing but i do wonder what the kids get even if you bought them groceries, they have places set up for people to go eat so the beggers are mostly looking for booze money.. i gave a guy ten dollars once when i asked what he was going to do with it he was honest and said get a bottle.. they have a mental problem and they will drink themselves to death but i thought honesty should be rewarded
pastortim: Actually, they are from all walks of life to which put them in that situation. Sure, you may have the very few who lost everything to drug or alcohol use, but that is a very few.
Perhaps I can stand up for these poor folks for a little and say I have spent time talking to many homeless people and from just sitting down and talking to them for about an hour, you know their story and how they got to be in that bad situation. Some lost their jobs due to the business closing and couldn't find another job in time before the next rent was due. They got tossed out, no where else to go but sleep in their car till they have to sell that then its the street alley to live in. Its a rough life.
I have met one man who had the IRS take everything from him, he was once a millionaire and of course made a few bad investments, his wife divorced him and took what was left and the IRS came after him for the past years taxes and he had nothing, so he ended up on the street. Actually, met two of these rich to rags homeless people, one was in the stock market on Wall Street, had it all, then lost it all and owed over a million in taxes.
Since January 3 million people are homeless in America from the huge job market collapse. They have nothing, living in tents or on the streets. These are families and a lot of them have children.
I can go on about the many who lost everything to alcohol as well, but once they realized what they had done it was too late and you can't get a job when you don't have an address or phone. So they are left homeless, perhaps working an odd job for someone shoveling snow or cleaning dishes if they are lucky for a meal. Like being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
But the Governments do nothing for them, no stimulus package for them and they are left to rot and die in an alley and very few could care less.
So something to think about when you see someone just ask for a little help, perhaps if you have that extra dollar and you can spare it to that poor person, remember we all could be there one day if we make the wrong choices. I would like to think someone would give me a meal, a dime or a dollar to get through the day if that day ever comes. What goes around comes around.
Perhaps I can stand up for these poor folks for a little and say I have spent time talking to many homeless people and from just sitting down and talking to them for about an hour, you know their story and how they got to be in that bad situation. Some lost their jobs due to the business closing and couldn't find another job in time before the next rent was due. They got tossed out, no where else to go but sleep in their car till they have to sell that then its the street alley to live in. Its a rough life.
I have met one man who had the IRS take everything from him, he was once a millionaire and of course made a few bad investments, his wife divorced him and took what was left and the IRS came after him for the past years taxes and he had nothing, so he ended up on the street. Actually, met two of these rich to rags homeless people, one was in the stock market on Wall Street, had it all, then lost it all and owed over a million in taxes.
Since January 3 million people are homeless in America from the huge job market collapse. They have nothing, living in tents or on the streets. These are families and a lot of them have children.
I can go on about the many who lost everything to alcohol as well, but once they realized what they had done it was too late and you can't get a job when you don't have an address or phone. So they are left homeless, perhaps working an odd job for someone shoveling snow or cleaning dishes if they are lucky for a meal. Like being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
But the Governments do nothing for them, no stimulus package for them and they are left to rot and die in an alley and very few could care less.
So something to think about when you see someone just ask for a little help, perhaps if you have that extra dollar and you can spare it to that poor person, remember we all could be there one day if we make the wrong choices. I would like to think someone would give me a meal, a dime or a dollar to get through the day if that day ever comes. What goes around comes around.
I'll give them some food or cash if I have enough...
But there are a lot cheaters in China, they disguised as beggars to cheat money from people.
But there are a lot cheaters in China, they disguised as beggars to cheat money from people.
I remember not so long back, was walking down the street and a man in his 50s was sitting on the pavement cross legged with a placard saying " I AM SKINT, HELP ME OUT, I AM IN NEED OF A FEW BEERS" I liked his honesty and he got my pound coin anyway.
lion131: what do you do if you are walking down the street,and a poorly dressed person comes up to you pleading for cash to buy food?do you feel sorry for them,and hand over some cash,or do you go by what a charity spokes person said a while ago,and ignore them,as they will never try to get out of their present situation if they become dependant on handouts?
It really depends first and foremost,where you are. In North America they are called 'Panhandlers' and I would generally avoid them and perhaps ignore them, UNLESS I observe them to be sincerely needy and not simply looking for a free handout to buy a bottle,drugs or just to get some extra money,which unfortunately is usually the case.
In Asia,specifically Taiwan,those that beg are usually handicapped, deformed or seriously injured in an accident and are always pitiful. I WILL give to them since they RARELY approach you, but instead sit quietly on the walkway or even prostrate themselves face down in humility. The distinction between beggars in the east and west is striking.
Amenda: I'll give them some food or cash if I have enough...
But there are a lot cheaters in China, they disguised as beggars to cheat money from people.
But there are a lot cheaters in China, they disguised as beggars to cheat money from people.
that's terrible!MrAngel: It really depends first and foremost,where you are. In North America they are called 'Panhandlers' and I would generally avoid them and perhaps ignore them, UNLESS I observe them to be sincerely needy and not simply looking for a free handout to buy a bottle,drugs or just to get some extra money,which unfortunately is usually the case.
In Asia,specifically Taiwan,those that beg are usually handicapped, deformed or seriously injured in an accident and are always pitiful. I WILL give to them since they RARELY approach you, but instead sit quietly on the walkway or even prostrate themselves face down in humility. The distinction between beggars in the east and west is striking.
ok.thank you for your comment.that is certainly a big difference between the two.In Asia,specifically Taiwan,those that beg are usually handicapped, deformed or seriously injured in an accident and are always pitiful. I WILL give to them since they RARELY approach you, but instead sit quietly on the walkway or even prostrate themselves face down in humility. The distinction between beggars in the east and west is striking.
MrAngel: It really depends first and foremost,where you are. In North America they are called 'Panhandlers' and I would generally avoid them and perhaps ignore them, UNLESS I observe them to be sincerely needy and not simply looking for a free handout to buy a bottle,drugs or just to get some extra money,which unfortunately is usually the case.
In Asia,specifically Taiwan,those that beg are usually handicapped, deformed or seriously injured in an accident and are always pitiful. I WILL give to them since they RARELY approach you, but instead sit quietly on the walkway or even prostrate themselves face down in humility. The distinction between beggars in the east and west is striking.
I don't give out any money anymore Been díappointed too often by people here who have been begging since I arived here in 1995. They've got a hell of a lot more than me. It's a racket here and in Cambodia and in India and any other country for that matter. I'm suffering from "beggar fatigue" I suppose.In Asia,specifically Taiwan,those that beg are usually handicapped, deformed or seriously injured in an accident and are always pitiful. I WILL give to them since they RARELY approach you, but instead sit quietly on the walkway or even prostrate themselves face down in humility. The distinction between beggars in the east and west is striking.
scon1916: I don't give out any money anymore Been díappointed too often by people here who have been begging since I arived here in 1995. They've got a hell of a lot more than me. It's a racket here and in Cambodia and in India and any other country for that matter. I'm suffering from "beggar fatigue" I suppose.
I was a tourist in India a couple of years back and, like my companions, was devastated and confused as to what to do about the overwhelming number of beggars on the streets at every turn. We were advised by our tour leader that a lot of these beggars have a "boss" who takes their proceeds for the day and then distributes their "wages" .. it was suggested that if we would like to make a meaningful contribution, it would be best to donate to one of the various charities that have been set up to help the needyworking in teams even hapens in the philippines my friend who is a female pastor who lives in Bacolod taught me i told what i saw shocked me but i could relate to the beggers due to living on the streets my self it was my choice i did not want to live with a father who did not want me and constantly told me how i disapoitned him the violance i endured while he was in his drunken moods was beyond the joke
i did what i could to survive some times not showering for a month wearing the same clothes sleeping threw the day in a run down old building and staying awake often moving from place to place
where i was taken to in Bacolod we sat in one of ther main parks we feed the fish and i brought two soft drinks and as we sat back my female friend told me just to observe
what i saw was this young kids from the age of 8 walking up to tourists asking for money thes kids will only leave if you give in and give them money
one younger mother had 5 kids and she realy put on the works
but if the cops or security guards step foot in the park i was taken to they disapear and will avoid the park until they are sure ther are no security guards or cops
i helped out only four diffrent people but they were members who knew my friend
she took on four orphans and a mother with two kids
what i did i brought the church a new acustic guitar
i gave my friend some money to give out to the members who were realy in need
and sponcered one child this child wanted to go to school but due to the situation she was in she had no way of getting a decent education her mother died of cancer and her father abandoned her and her brother he began dealing in drugs
the younger brother is living with a family who my frind knows and my friend was able to get a another family to take the girl on that i am sponcering
she gets three meals a day check ups school uniform and she gets new clothes and shoes what ever she needs my friend rings me and with out hessitation i send her the money i do this threw the western union it gets to my friend straight away
i am not big notting my self or am i trying to make my self look good in this thread
same deal as boban explained the poor live in shantys made out off either wood or cardboard
they cook ther food on the side walk they wash ther clothes in a bucket and the kids go threw the tip searching for food
where ever you go in the philippines you are faced with what i saw in bacolod cebu is the same ormoc is the same and danao city is the same
what i have know if from working hard cleanning my act up
i could stil to this day be living on the streets yet i decided to do something in return i wil do what i can to help a homeless person
but i wil not alow my self to be taken advantage off
damo9
i did what i could to survive some times not showering for a month wearing the same clothes sleeping threw the day in a run down old building and staying awake often moving from place to place
where i was taken to in Bacolod we sat in one of ther main parks we feed the fish and i brought two soft drinks and as we sat back my female friend told me just to observe
what i saw was this young kids from the age of 8 walking up to tourists asking for money thes kids will only leave if you give in and give them money
one younger mother had 5 kids and she realy put on the works
but if the cops or security guards step foot in the park i was taken to they disapear and will avoid the park until they are sure ther are no security guards or cops
i helped out only four diffrent people but they were members who knew my friend
she took on four orphans and a mother with two kids
what i did i brought the church a new acustic guitar
i gave my friend some money to give out to the members who were realy in need
and sponcered one child this child wanted to go to school but due to the situation she was in she had no way of getting a decent education her mother died of cancer and her father abandoned her and her brother he began dealing in drugs
the younger brother is living with a family who my frind knows and my friend was able to get a another family to take the girl on that i am sponcering
she gets three meals a day check ups school uniform and she gets new clothes and shoes what ever she needs my friend rings me and with out hessitation i send her the money i do this threw the western union it gets to my friend straight away
i am not big notting my self or am i trying to make my self look good in this thread
same deal as boban explained the poor live in shantys made out off either wood or cardboard
they cook ther food on the side walk they wash ther clothes in a bucket and the kids go threw the tip searching for food
where ever you go in the philippines you are faced with what i saw in bacolod cebu is the same ormoc is the same and danao city is the same
what i have know if from working hard cleanning my act up
i could stil to this day be living on the streets yet i decided to do something in return i wil do what i can to help a homeless person
but i wil not alow my self to be taken advantage off
damo9
damo9: working in teams even hapens in the philippines my friend who is a female pastor who lives in Bacolod taught me i told what i saw shocked me but i could relate to the beggers due to living on the streets my self it was my choice i did not want to live with a father who did not want me and constantly told me how i disapoitned him the violance i endured while he was in his drunken moods was beyond the joke i did what i could to survive some times not showering for a month wearing the same clothes sleeping threw the day in a run down old building and staying awake often moving from place to place where i was taken to in Bacolod we sat in one of ther main parks we feed the fish and i brought two soft drinks and as we sat back my female friend told me just to observe
what i saw was this young kids from the age of 8 walking up to tourists asking for money thes kids will only leave if you give in and give them money
one younger mother had 5 kids and she realy put on the works
but if the cops or security guards step foot in the park i was taken to they disapear and will avoid the park until they are sure ther are no security guards or cops i helped out only four diffrent people but they were members who knew my friend she took on four orphans and a mother with two kids what i did i brought the church a new acustic guitar
i gave my friend some money to give out to the members who were realy in need
and sponcered one child this child wanted to go to school but due to the situation she was in she had no way of getting a decent education her mother died of cancer and her father abandoned her and her brother he began dealing in drugs
the younger brother is living with a family who my frind knows and my friend was able to get a another family to take the girl on that i am sponcering she gets three meals a day check ups school uniform and she gets new clothes and shoes what ever she needs my friend rings me and with out hessitation i send her the money i do this threw the western union it gets to my friend straight away i am not big notting my self or am i trying to make my self look good in this thread same deal as boban explained the poor live in shantys made out off either wood or cardboard
they cook ther food on the side walk they wash ther clothes in a bucket and the kids go threw the tip searching for food where ever you go in the philippines you are faced with what i saw in bacolod cebu is the same ormoc is the same and danao city is the same what i have know if from working hard cleanning my act up
i could stil to this day be living on the streets yet i decided to do something in return i wil do what i can to help a homeless person but i wil not alow my self to be taken advantage off
damo9
what i saw was this young kids from the age of 8 walking up to tourists asking for money thes kids will only leave if you give in and give them money
one younger mother had 5 kids and she realy put on the works
but if the cops or security guards step foot in the park i was taken to they disapear and will avoid the park until they are sure ther are no security guards or cops i helped out only four diffrent people but they were members who knew my friend she took on four orphans and a mother with two kids what i did i brought the church a new acustic guitar
i gave my friend some money to give out to the members who were realy in need
and sponcered one child this child wanted to go to school but due to the situation she was in she had no way of getting a decent education her mother died of cancer and her father abandoned her and her brother he began dealing in drugs
the younger brother is living with a family who my frind knows and my friend was able to get a another family to take the girl on that i am sponcering she gets three meals a day check ups school uniform and she gets new clothes and shoes what ever she needs my friend rings me and with out hessitation i send her the money i do this threw the western union it gets to my friend straight away i am not big notting my self or am i trying to make my self look good in this thread same deal as boban explained the poor live in shantys made out off either wood or cardboard
they cook ther food on the side walk they wash ther clothes in a bucket and the kids go threw the tip searching for food where ever you go in the philippines you are faced with what i saw in bacolod cebu is the same ormoc is the same and danao city is the same what i have know if from working hard cleanning my act up
i could stil to this day be living on the streets yet i decided to do something in return i wil do what i can to help a homeless person but i wil not alow my self to be taken advantage off
damo9
well said damocaspatch: what gets me is seeing an obese woman who looks like she never missed a meal with kids half dressed and in need of a bath and hungry. i believe in sharing but i do wonder what the kids get even if you bought them groceries, they have places set up for people to go eat so the beggers are mostly looking for booze money.. i gave a guy ten dollars once when i asked what he was going to do with it he was honest and said get a bottle.. they have a mental problem and they will drink themselves to death but i thought honesty should be rewarded
Really????????? Only a mental problem???
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
desmond: I make a poll about it on CS and asks other what they will do.
Yes I usually give because I consider myself to be very lucky, in as much as that I cook what I feel like eating, not what I can afford.
However, I first look at their footwear...because it tells much.
damo9: working in teams even hapens in the philippines my friend who is a female pastor who lives in Bacolod taught me i told what i saw shocked me but i could relate to the beggers due to living on the streets my self it was my choice i did not want to live with a father who did not want me and constantly told me how i disapoitned him the violance i endured while he was in his drunken moods was beyond the joke i did what i could to survive some times not showering for a month wearing the same clothes sleeping threw the day in a run down old building and staying awake often moving from place to place where i was taken to in Bacolod we sat in one of ther main parks we feed the fish and i brought two soft drinks and as we sat back my female friend told me just to observe
what i saw was this young kids from the age of 8 walking up to tourists asking for money thes kids will only leave if you give in and give them money
one younger mother had 5 kids and she realy put on the works
but if the cops or security guards step foot in the park i was taken to they disapear and will avoid the park until they are sure ther are no security guards or cops i helped out only four diffrent people but they were members who knew my friend she took on four orphans and a mother with two kids what i did i brought the church a new acustic guitar
i gave my friend some money to give out to the members who were realy in need
and sponcered one child this child wanted to go to school but due to the situation she was in she had no way of getting a decent education her mother died of cancer and her father abandoned her and her brother he began dealing in drugs
the younger brother is living with a family who my frind knows and my friend was able to get a another family to take the girl on that i am sponcering she gets three meals a day check ups school uniform and she gets new clothes and shoes what ever she needs my friend rings me and with out hessitation i send her the money i do this threw the western union it gets to my friend straight away i am not big notting my self or am i trying to make my self look good in this thread same deal as boban explained the poor live in shantys made out off either wood or cardboard
they cook ther food on the side walk they wash ther clothes in a bucket and the kids go threw the tip searching for food where ever you go in the philippines you are faced with what i saw in bacolod cebu is the same ormoc is the same and danao city is the same what i have know if from working hard cleanning my act up
i could stil to this day be living on the streets yet i decided to do something in return i wil do what i can to help a homeless person but i wil not alow my self to be taken advantage off
damo9
what i saw was this young kids from the age of 8 walking up to tourists asking for money thes kids will only leave if you give in and give them money
one younger mother had 5 kids and she realy put on the works
but if the cops or security guards step foot in the park i was taken to they disapear and will avoid the park until they are sure ther are no security guards or cops i helped out only four diffrent people but they were members who knew my friend she took on four orphans and a mother with two kids what i did i brought the church a new acustic guitar
i gave my friend some money to give out to the members who were realy in need
and sponcered one child this child wanted to go to school but due to the situation she was in she had no way of getting a decent education her mother died of cancer and her father abandoned her and her brother he began dealing in drugs
the younger brother is living with a family who my frind knows and my friend was able to get a another family to take the girl on that i am sponcering she gets three meals a day check ups school uniform and she gets new clothes and shoes what ever she needs my friend rings me and with out hessitation i send her the money i do this threw the western union it gets to my friend straight away i am not big notting my self or am i trying to make my self look good in this thread same deal as boban explained the poor live in shantys made out off either wood or cardboard
they cook ther food on the side walk they wash ther clothes in a bucket and the kids go threw the tip searching for food where ever you go in the philippines you are faced with what i saw in bacolod cebu is the same ormoc is the same and danao city is the same what i have know if from working hard cleanning my act up
i could stil to this day be living on the streets yet i decided to do something in return i wil do what i can to help a homeless person but i wil not alow my self to be taken advantage off
damo9
damo..I think you speak with sincerity and integrity. I hope the girl you have met in the Phil. becomes the one for you.
I want to ask you, what nationality/race are your parents?
If I have it....I give it!! Actually, a couple times during the Christmas season I have taken my kids to the waterfront in Seattle (large homeless population there) and handed out $5.00 bills. Best money we ever spent!! It helps them and does a heart good too and teaches a valuable lesson to my kids about humanity and kindness!!
A woman digging in the trash cans for alluamm cans, was working for her money. I gave her my lunch money as I went back to work. That could be me. 
MrAngel: damo..I think you speak with sincerity and integrity. I hope the girl you have met in the Phil. becomes the one for you.
I want to ask you, what nationality/race are your parents?
I want to ask you, what nationality/race are your parents?
high mr angel
thank you my parents are croation my dad met my mother in osijeck my brother has know taken over my grandfathers farm its been left to him again thank you mr angel
i have no hate in me towards the serbians mr angel boban1 is a nice guy with a good heart and wicked sence of humer
damo9
damo9: high mr angel thank you my parents are croation my dad met my mother in osijeck my brother has know taken over my grandfathers farm its been left to him again thank you mr angel i have no hate in me towards the serbians mr angel boban1 is a nice guy with a good heart and wicked sence of humer
damo9
damo9
I see..my pleasure damo, my friend. And Boban1 seems alright to me too. The reason I asked was because of the fact you call yourself asian in your profile, so is that just in reference to where you live now?
MrAngel: I see..my pleasure damo, my friend. And Boban1 seems alright to me too. The reason I asked was because of the fact you call yourself asian in your profile, so is that just in reference to where you live now?
hig mr angel
ah i should have fixed that when i first joined cs its ok my friend but i am attracted to asian women mr angel i cant explaine why but i think you will know why some men are attrated to diffrent women from diffrent countrys
i hope to live one day in the philippines its such a beautifal place i tend to work and save as traveling is not cheap yet i have what you call the travelling bug
land is so cheap to buy the food is so cheap and i am use to the food and the weather not once did i get sick
i have a lot of respect for people in asian countrys
we came out to australia in 1971 mr angel
you live in a good part of the world mr angel
i see a lot of foriegners living in the philippines
damo9
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