Would you give cash to this fellow?
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I would have gone with him
Trust him enough to go with him? No sirree!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
I would've driven in my car and met him there...
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I gave money to a guy begging in front of a gas station and holding a gas can. Before I drove off, I saw him walking out of the convenience store with a brown bag (at the time - the way malt liquor was purchased and carried) and no gas can.
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So a few days ago, a total stranger rings our door bell. He has some sob story, saying that his girl friend has his credit card and for some reason he could not get cash out of his bank account and he has to drive to another city some 100 miles away. Could I help him with the necessary cash to buy gas (petrol). When confronted by a total stranger whose credit cards are likely maxed out and who has no cash in the bank, and who desperately needs cash, a "likely drug user" flag goes off in my head. So I declined to help him. What would your reaction be? Would you hand him cash, knowing that you can probably kiss it goodbye?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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To be fair, no one has ever told me they need the money for drugs.
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Once: "I need money for drugs before I get my abstinence syndrom and things get ugly for me, I don't want to rob anyone" Other: "Hey, do you have any cash? I could tell you it is for whatever, but the truth is that I want it to buy me something to drink" and a couple of times more... My answer to all was something like "You could have lied to me but didn't. That's something I respect. Here you have" and gave them what I had on that moment.
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Something very similar happened to me at the central train station. A guy with a suitcase asked me for money. He claimed to have fallen asleep in a train, missed the station he wanted to get out and slept all the way to Munich, where he was woken up by the train's conductor and fined for having no valid ticket. Poor sob. He wanted cash, nothing else. Perhaps we can go over there and buy you a ticket? No? Why? You know what? Let's go over to the police office. They will help you when you are stranded. Suddently he had something important to do - somewhere in the opposite direction. A few months later, same place, he comes and tells me the very same story. This time I needed only two words to send him running: "What, again?"
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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That guy is seriously industrious. You know where the gas can was? The next guy had it and he was acting out his drama now. :| "All the world's a stage." ~The Bard
My wife used to say if there was a beggar around, he would find me. I used to help a lot of folks, just because I could. I've since learned to give to specific charities instead of guys on the street. Now if someone wants money, I can offer to help them by directing to said charity. If learned a lot of people don't really want help!
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I would have gone with him
Trust him enough to go with him? No sirree!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
Did you read the "near"... I would just meet him at the gas station.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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My wife used to say if there was a beggar around, he would find me. I used to help a lot of folks, just because I could. I've since learned to give to specific charities instead of guys on the street. Now if someone wants money, I can offer to help them by directing to said charity. If learned a lot of people don't really want help!
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learned a lot of people don't really want help!
Yes and it is unfortunate. I (and many others) have learned the same thing. Here's another story. When I was 20 I went to a Music College right in Boston -- in the middle of the city. One time I went into the Store 24 and there was another music student in there. We happened to walk out at the same time and the student (who obviously had some kind of problem) pulls a sub sandwich out of his shirt and says, "I don't know why but I just stole this sandwich. I'm not even hungry." I had no words. Then there was a beggar to our left who said, "Change? Any money?" The music student said, "Hey, you want this sub?" and he tossed it to the beggar. The beggar caught it, threw it onto the sidewalk and said, "Give me money. I don't want your f#@!ing food." Quite educational.
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So a few days ago, a total stranger rings our door bell. He has some sob story, saying that his girl friend has his credit card and for some reason he could not get cash out of his bank account and he has to drive to another city some 100 miles away. Could I help him with the necessary cash to buy gas (petrol). When confronted by a total stranger whose credit cards are likely maxed out and who has no cash in the bank, and who desperately needs cash, a "likely drug user" flag goes off in my head. So I declined to help him. What would your reaction be? Would you hand him cash, knowing that you can probably kiss it goodbye?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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So a few days ago, a total stranger rings our door bell. He has some sob story, saying that his girl friend has his credit card and for some reason he could not get cash out of his bank account and he has to drive to another city some 100 miles away. Could I help him with the necessary cash to buy gas (petrol). When confronted by a total stranger whose credit cards are likely maxed out and who has no cash in the bank, and who desperately needs cash, a "likely drug user" flag goes off in my head. So I declined to help him. What would your reaction be? Would you hand him cash, knowing that you can probably kiss it goodbye?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
No, not like that. This is a known scam and he/she will continue doing that to other people.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Once: "I need money for drugs before I get my abstinence syndrom and things get ugly for me, I don't want to rob anyone" Other: "Hey, do you have any cash? I could tell you it is for whatever, but the truth is that I want it to buy me something to drink" and a couple of times more... My answer to all was something like "You could have lied to me but didn't. That's something I respect. Here you have" and gave them what I had on that moment.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Much respect from myself. Much respect. I have a weak spot around drug abuse. A girl I knew years ago, oh, she was a lovely girl; came from one of the nicest Irish families you'll ever meet. She got into drugs and we lost touch. A couple of years later, I bumped into her and she was telling me about how she was turning her life around. She was back in contact with her family and she did look like things were turning around. A week later, she was found dead in her flat. Thinking about this, 30 years later, it's still hard. I still keep in touch with her sister and brother.
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So a few days ago, a total stranger rings our door bell. He has some sob story, saying that his girl friend has his credit card and for some reason he could not get cash out of his bank account and he has to drive to another city some 100 miles away. Could I help him with the necessary cash to buy gas (petrol). When confronted by a total stranger whose credit cards are likely maxed out and who has no cash in the bank, and who desperately needs cash, a "likely drug user" flag goes off in my head. So I declined to help him. What would your reaction be? Would you hand him cash, knowing that you can probably kiss it goodbye?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
Not a ssssingle coin. There are too many con-men and other kind of unsavory people who do this kind of activity daily (seriously, you can't walk the two central main streets in my city withouth being stopped and/or harassed at least 4 or 5 times by evident drug users, with so much as pens to sale "to help orphans" or similar bullsh*t).
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So a few days ago, a total stranger rings our door bell. He has some sob story, saying that his girl friend has his credit card and for some reason he could not get cash out of his bank account and he has to drive to another city some 100 miles away. Could I help him with the necessary cash to buy gas (petrol). When confronted by a total stranger whose credit cards are likely maxed out and who has no cash in the bank, and who desperately needs cash, a "likely drug user" flag goes off in my head. So I declined to help him. What would your reaction be? Would you hand him cash, knowing that you can probably kiss it goodbye?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
back a few years in vegas (freemont st) some homeless type girl (20+) comes up to me and asks for a cigarette, so I gave her one. I keep walking but along she comes, wouldn't stop yapping, story about how nice I was and what other people have said blah blah. I offered her the pack if she would stop talking to me and go away. it worked! they were duty free; pack cost just over $1... and I had bought the wrong sort anyway
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I have not seen him since. Still, I don't want to turn my back on people who really need help.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Him? No. There's just something about that, that puts me off. Have I given cash to people knowing I wouldn't get it back? People who might be using it to buy drugs, but who have told me they are hungry and just want something to eat? Yes I have and I will do so again. Why? I have been lucky in life. Very lucky. I am well aware that others aren't so blessed so if I can do something, anything, to, even for a moment, bring some happiness into another persons life, then that makes me happy. Does this make me a liberal? Possibly. Do I care? Nope.
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Does this make me a liberal? Possibly. Do I care? Nope.
Honor, valor, truthfulness, generosity, coming to the aid of anyone who is in need. There is a much older name for that: chivalry.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Him? No. There's just something about that, that puts me off. Have I given cash to people knowing I wouldn't get it back? People who might be using it to buy drugs, but who have told me they are hungry and just want something to eat? Yes I have and I will do so again. Why? I have been lucky in life. Very lucky. I am well aware that others aren't so blessed so if I can do something, anything, to, even for a moment, bring some happiness into another persons life, then that makes me happy. Does this make me a liberal? Possibly. Do I care? Nope.
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So a few days ago, a total stranger rings our door bell. He has some sob story, saying that his girl friend has his credit card and for some reason he could not get cash out of his bank account and he has to drive to another city some 100 miles away. Could I help him with the necessary cash to buy gas (petrol). When confronted by a total stranger whose credit cards are likely maxed out and who has no cash in the bank, and who desperately needs cash, a "likely drug user" flag goes off in my head. So I declined to help him. What would your reaction be? Would you hand him cash, knowing that you can probably kiss it goodbye?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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So a few days ago, a total stranger rings our door bell. He has some sob story, saying that his girl friend has his credit card and for some reason he could not get cash out of his bank account and he has to drive to another city some 100 miles away. Could I help him with the necessary cash to buy gas (petrol). When confronted by a total stranger whose credit cards are likely maxed out and who has no cash in the bank, and who desperately needs cash, a "likely drug user" flag goes off in my head. So I declined to help him. What would your reaction be? Would you hand him cash, knowing that you can probably kiss it goodbye?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
I was in Bath City Centre a couple of months ago and this guy was shouting 'Big Tissue' too everyone at the top of his voice. Everybody was just walking past him and ignoring him. So I proceeded to give him a 'biggish' tissue, in fact the only one I had. Judging by the fact he through it back at me I guess it wasnt big enough. I also understand why everyone was ignoring him. (I'm ashamed to admit I actually did thus, but hey ho I get in some states sometimes).
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So a few days ago, a total stranger rings our door bell. He has some sob story, saying that his girl friend has his credit card and for some reason he could not get cash out of his bank account and he has to drive to another city some 100 miles away. Could I help him with the necessary cash to buy gas (petrol). When confronted by a total stranger whose credit cards are likely maxed out and who has no cash in the bank, and who desperately needs cash, a "likely drug user" flag goes off in my head. So I declined to help him. What would your reaction be? Would you hand him cash, knowing that you can probably kiss it goodbye?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
That story sounds very fishy to me. He has to drive 100 miles to get some money? I doubt it. The part about ringing your door bell is rather annoying too. That is highly unlikely to happen to me but, still, that story is just too weird for me. I wouldn't get involved. I might give him sack of cans to redeem and that's about it.
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Him? No. There's just something about that, that puts me off. Have I given cash to people knowing I wouldn't get it back? People who might be using it to buy drugs, but who have told me they are hungry and just want something to eat? Yes I have and I will do so again. Why? I have been lucky in life. Very lucky. I am well aware that others aren't so blessed so if I can do something, anything, to, even for a moment, bring some happiness into another persons life, then that makes me happy. Does this make me a liberal? Possibly. Do I care? Nope.
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As a genuine liberal Liberal, let me give you my philosophy: The greatest blessing one could hope for when giving charity is to never miss the money. Conservatives are allowed to consider the above, as well
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