Sometimes a few of the senior staff of some charities will attend a conference about global homelessness, held in February, in the Bahamas.
Why I don’t give out money to panhandlers
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God forbid they take a field trip out to the villages they are supposedly helping.
I mentioned this story in a previous thread. When I was working in my last job, I would go daily to a Tim Hortons that was adjacent to the building I worked in. Often people tried pan handling in front of the Timmies, but building security would usually go and ask them to leave. A couple of times there was this one panhandler that distinguished himself from the others. He would respectfully open the door for people entering the store regardless of them giving him anything. I was impressed by his willingness to actually work for the money, and I gladly handed him a looney, tooney, or loose change on the way out.
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There are no gay panhandlers. When was the last time one said to you "Can you spare a two-nie? I'll just die if I don't have a latte.".
I used to have 4 taxi’s on the road. The Valleyway motel in the Falls should have been condemned years ago. However, it puts a roof over 14 peoples head, so the city turns a blind eye.
he passed sometime during the Covid bullshit, but he has wheelchair (both legs amputated at the knee) and a German Shepard. He did alright on Clifton Hill.
then he would go go back, and one of the other crack heads would use his wheelchair and pretend they were crippled…. And do a shift. 5 hours.
Then there was Trevor. A native guy, late 20’s, (early 30’s)…. He would wear khaki pants, white shirt, and put the Native feathers head dress and native print vest on… and fake a good rain dance for an 8 to 10 hour shift at the bottom of the Hill. One of the guitar players busking made the mistake of asking him to watch their stuff while they made a bathroom run…. Lol. All the days money gone for that guy.
I had one girl visiting her mom and her aunt at that motel… told me her aunt once overdosed a guy on purpose, and when the ambulance took him away, she robbed his room on cheque day.
I am not claiming every pan handler makes a killing…. But some some of them are quite sharp and know how to work it.
We have a major mental illness problem.
That's the problem being a panhandler, when someone gives you an awesome gift like a full length Canada Goose jacket and you wear it cuz your fucking freezing, people then think you a rich piece of shit whose only virtue is that you aren't judging others by their appearances.
So here's the thing we all form an opinion or an unconscious bias/ first impressions based on appearance. I didn't disrespect the person. All I chose to do was not to given this person any money. Chose not to interact with the person.
Some people ask; what are they going to do with it? But do people ask what you're going to do with your pay cheque? None of their business. Give, or don't give, but don't ask.
I choose my charities carefully, whether direct or through an organization.
I generally do not give money to panhandlers on the street, squeegee people, or sign-carrying panhandlers at traffic lights.
Does anybody remember the exposee of the "shaky lady" in Toronto? She made good money as a panhandler, then walked back to her parked car and drove home to her house somewhere in Toronto.
I generally do not give money to panhandlers on the street, squeegee people, or sign-carrying panhandlers at traffic lights.
Does anybody remember the exposee of the "shaky lady" in Toronto? She made good money as a panhandler, then walked back to her parked car and drove home to her house somewhere in Toronto.
I don't know why these beggars just don't identify as people with jobs and homes.
Problem solves, bloody transphobe bigots.
Yes I'm joking ya mooks.
Problem solves, bloody transphobe bigots.
Yes I'm joking ya mooks.
Your naivety is cute and almost believable however the title of your post is, and I quote
" WHY I DONT GIVE OUT MONEY TO PANHANDLERS "
So based on your experience ( and assumptions ) with this one person you have decided to label the entire demographic with your sweeping bias and judgment.
The shovel you write with can only garnish you with one result.
Yes she's pretending to be a refugee. She and all those like her are actually gypsees, they're neither Syrian nor even Muslim! They're Romanian gypsees
When, where and how someone is soliciting small chance make a difference to me.
Displaying a written sign while saying nothing is a plus. Begging in the last 3-4 days of the month is a plus.
Saying "Can I ask you question?" before asking for money is a negative. Saying "I'm not a bum." before asking for money is a negative. Asking any simple question first is a negative - the first rule of 'bum school' is to get the target to say "Yes" to something.
Begging outside of a Beer Store or LCBO is a negative. I usually say 'If you want me to pay for your beer, you gotta have tits".
Begging outside of a grocery store is a negative if it's early in the month, or if change is requested on the way in.
Begging outside of a bank is a negative. It's as if the guy is expecting paper money.
Displaying a written sign while saying nothing is a plus. Begging in the last 3-4 days of the month is a plus.
Saying "Can I ask you question?" before asking for money is a negative. Saying "I'm not a bum." before asking for money is a negative. Asking any simple question first is a negative - the first rule of 'bum school' is to get the target to say "Yes" to something.
Begging outside of a Beer Store or LCBO is a negative. I usually say 'If you want me to pay for your beer, you gotta have tits".
Begging outside of a grocery store is a negative if it's early in the month, or if change is requested on the way in.
Begging outside of a bank is a negative. It's as if the guy is expecting paper money.
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