I saw a girl the other day when I was out grocery shopping. She was begging for money, but when heavy people would walk by, she would curse and scream at them for being fat while she’s “fucking starving to death!”. She also yelled at me when I walked by with my grocery bags.
Insulting people while begging. It’s a bold strategy, Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for her.
Also, a big issue is there are a lot of fakers. Panhandling can be surprisingly lucrative. There was this one dude near my old place, he was a dwarf, and he’d always be on the same corner begging. When he was “in character”, he’d be dirty and disheveled looking, and he’d talk with a raspy voice, and slur his words. I’d also see him driving around on a fancy-looking moped, wearing a leather jacket, sitting in restaurants in the area looking totally clean, talking on an iPhone in a perfectly clear voice, etc.
So shitty that people do that. Ruins it for the people who actually need help.