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OfflineShroomslip
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Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go?
    #19316950 - 12/23/13 04:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Just curious if it's the town I live in or if this just the norm now, but every time I leave the house, I get told some 30 second hard luck story and asked for money.. Every. Single. Time. I don't drive a fancy car or wear fancy clothes, there's nothing about my appearance that says "I have money, ask me." so what the hell :mad:.

It could be the norm and I just didn't know before because I never used to leave the house really, but since I got my license and go everywhere when we need something, I'm constantly being asked for money now.
Is it normal to be asked for money everyday?
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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #19316961 - 12/23/13 04:26 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Maybe it depends on where "everywhere" is.

Maybe you gave a homeless guy a dollar one time and he told his friends and now they're all trying to get in on the action.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #19316969 - 12/23/13 04:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

The only time I've ever been asked for money was when I was in London or Toronto. Normal depends on your definition. Anyone that has ever asked me on the street really needed it, so that being said, yeah I would say it's normal.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19316984 - 12/23/13 04:29 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Don't think i've ever been asked for money before, I'm asked for a cig every once in a while.
This one kid just got out of jail and aske dme for a cig, he was pretty much wandering around the streets trying to find his buddies house and it's fucking freezing out so I gave him a ride and a pack of smokes


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: larry.fisherman]
    #19316987 - 12/23/13 04:29 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Normal just meaning it regularly happens to any given person. Maybe common would be a better word.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #19316999 - 12/23/13 04:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

It's much more common than it should be.
Do you live in a big city, or near an interstate?
Either would at least partially explain why this happens to you regularly.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: TopPmz]
    #19317038 - 12/23/13 04:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Not a really big city, but yeah we have an interstate that runs through the city. I live a little ways away from Houston.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #19317053 - 12/23/13 04:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

IME, those guys with the sob stories tend to hang around interstates, especially truck stops.

I once gave a panhandler $20 in exchange for him telling me how much money he made panhandling. He said he makes over $100k a yr from panhandling and nothing else.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: TopPmz]
    #19317081 - 12/23/13 04:47 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

That is insane.. I knew there were people out there who made an actual living off panhandling, but nothing like 100k a year..


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #19317118 - 12/23/13 04:55 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Yeah, I worked at a truck stop at the busiest intersection in the country for a while, and at a few in less busy areas.
I've seen some weird shit, and heard some crazy ass stories.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: TopPmz]
    #19317280 - 12/23/13 05:23 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Don't give money too poor people. You'll only enable them to stay jobless.
- Made up quote by myself but I will give zappa my thanks for the inspiration


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Patlal]
    #19317453 - 12/23/13 05:54 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Yes, but i live in downtown DC.


I carry cigarettes specifically to give to bums in lieu of money.  because damnit, i just dont have extra money.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #19317545 - 12/23/13 06:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Shroomslip said:
I get told some 30 second hard luck story and asked for money.. Every. Single. Time.





Drug documentaries feature drug addicts doing just that. Seen it on Drugs Inc. a few times and once on Intervention (girl even faked crying).


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: s240779]
    #19317603 - 12/23/13 06:23 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I maybe get asked once a year for money.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19318061 - 12/23/13 07:46 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Into The Woods said:
Maybe it depends on where "everywhere" is.

Maybe you gave a homeless guy a dollar one time and he told his friends and now they're all trying to get in on the action.




That does happen.  When I was a manager at Subway I gave a homeless man some food.  Later that day 4 more homeless people came into the store looking for food.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Shroomslip]
    #19318301 - 12/23/13 08:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Yeah, by the fuckers who wait outside of Ralphs, Albertsons, stores like that asking for donations n shit!!!!!


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: theRAPeutic]
    #19318339 - 12/23/13 08:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

If you live in a city it's extremely common.  Probably happens every time I leave my apartment.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #19318403 - 12/23/13 08:53 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

All the time when I'm in the city. Unless I'm in a hurry, I'll check my pockets for quarters or give them a menthol. Every once in a while I'll pull out my wallet.
I have gotten cigarettes, cans of beer, cheap glass pipes, and even a little (.05g) piece of crack once from bums. There's some good in everyone :shrug:


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: pcplease]
    #19318425 - 12/23/13 08:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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pcplease said:
and even a little (.05g) piece of crack once from bums.




Truly a bad drug, if you ask me. Save for tiny doses, maybe.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: s240779]
    #19318469 - 12/23/13 09:06 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Everything can be bad if the user can't handle it IMO :shrug: And yea, cocaine is the most cardiotoxic common recreational drug (other -caine RC's are most likely very comparable), and I agree it should be used very sparingly :thumbup:

I got it for giving the dude a few bucks for dope :tongue2:


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: pcplease]
    #19318526 - 12/23/13 09:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

It gets you really high and then you crash, so it's like a chemical trap.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: larry.fisherman]
    #19318583 - 12/23/13 09:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

In socal i will usually see at least one homeless person per day. I am very used to it, so yea its normal. These are hard times, and probably only gonna get harder so expect it to become the norm, unless u live somewhere like minnesota where its unreasonable to not have money (cause ull freeze to death).

I remeber one time i was living on like unemployment and wore raggedy everything. This guy came up and asked me for money, and i was like, 'dude, do i look like i have any fucking money?' He was like no, i guess not haha, and walked off. Also for the record, i would rather starve to death than beg on a corner. Not saying im better than anyone else or anything, but that is never fucking happening as long as i have working body parts.


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: ManianFH]
    #19318913 - 12/23/13 10:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

In my experience, all the bums in the suburbs that stand at intersections and panhandle are con men. And god forbid you offer them something else. I've watched a guy offer one dude a job for the day and he told him to fuck off. Many of them look to be in their early 20's too with nothing wrong with them. And there's one woman that's been at it for years all bent over on little short crutches, and one day I guess after a long hard day of bumming I saw this bitch slowly straighten up while she was walking away from her side of the intersection. She just straightened up, and carried her crutches into the woods. Probably walked over to a brand new escalade parked down the street. Anybody that knows Rockville/Bethesda area I'm sure knows exactly who I'm talking about. And I used to see people hand her money out their car windows EVERY day. Cunt.

Usually though,the real homeless people in the city never ask me for money. Get asked for cigs plenty though..


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Re: Is it normal to get asked for money everywhere you go? [Re: Big_Dave]
    #19318994 - 12/23/13 11:10 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Stop being flashy


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