Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 12609 Location: Not "at all" LMAO!
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject: How do you guys view homeless people?
My first impression is compassion, wanting to help them out. I ask this because I was talking to a homeless guy today for about 20 minutes. We were standing outside and he tells me he's smelling food, where could it be coming from. I'm like, I don't know but there's a deli about 4 blocks from here (there's really no restaurant around where I'm at) and he tells me, I'm not gonna walk that far just to check the trash for food. So I asked him if he needed money for food and he said that would be nice so I gave him $30 bucks. He was thankful but then he started talking to me more. This guy is a white male, 41 years old, not handicapped in anyway. I thought he looked bad enough, had no food, no place to live and thought he was going thru a bad time. I didn't mind helping him out except that in his conversation he tells me that he ain't looking for work, that he's retired! I felt like a total a$$ giving him those $30 bucks. And so many times I heard about these guys not wanting to work, they just don't want to work and they deserve to be in the condition they're in. It just made me a lot less sympathetic. Some of these guys are super lazy. What has been your expirience if any?
Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Posts: 591 Location: Santa Barbara
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject:
yeah they are lazy
i offered a hobo 10 dollars
and he said you got more i want to buy a beer from my friend
and i was like **** YOU!!!!!!
they both got up
like they were going to do something
then my friend came
and they went away
now i try to help them but when they say that stuff
it pisses me off _________________ "I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now." - R. Kelly
i feel bad for homeless people outside of the US in countries like china. it's actually impossible for them to get jobs, no matter how hard they try. in america we're living the dream
as people. however, they're banned in my city. if a cop spots one, they're ordered to drop them off at the border of santa ana. ; ;
also, i once gave them a couple bucks when exiting KFC. _________________
SilverBullet wrote:
...I'm not planning to make drug or anything. Plus, this may only work in a 3rd world country because American cops are smart. Plus, they don't have K-9 units over there.
Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 4122 Location: 7.50 miles away from Staples Center.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:
I don't give them money because 98% of the time they use it to buy beer or drugs.
Although I did give one homeless guy about 5 bucks a few weeks ago. he had a sign that said,"I need money for beer." He was being honest and not giving me the "I need money for food" story.
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you can't judge all the homeless people use their money on drugs and beer, some of them may have had a personal or finacial problems that led them to being homeless....
Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Posts: 591 Location: Santa Barbara
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject:
Lakers For Life wrote:
twoface723 wrote:
Like this
"insider trade?" LMFAO!
_________________ "I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now." - R. Kelly
Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 2085 Location: Orange County, Ca
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject:
A homeless guy once asked my buddies dad if he could help him out so he walked into the closest store and brought him back an application for a job. lol _________________ Go Lakers
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A homeless guy once asked my buddies dad if he could help him out so he walked into the closest store and brought him back an application for a job. lol
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A homeless guy once asked my buddies dad if he could help him out so he walked into the closest store and brought him back an application for a job. lol
I agree with most about homeless people but its kind of hard landing a job if you obviously look like a bum and don't have an actual home.
What I do think some should do is, if they are physically capable of course, is join the people standing on the corners of Home Depot, at least you can make 20 bucks here n there.
Joined: 12 Apr 2001 Posts: 9315 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject:
When I was young, if I saw someone, anyone, in a less fortunate position than myself, I was taught to think "There, but for the grace of God, goes I."
Over the years, I've also learned that there are many people whose heads and lives are so messed up that, although they need help, they are beyond my capabilities of helping.
And if I tried to help them out, I would just end up hurting both of us.
A donation to an organization that is trained to help these people is far better than a handout, which only encourages people to continue to be dependant on others.
Know where organizations are in your city that help the homeless and help people with addictions, and when you run into someone in with either or both of those problems, let them know where those places are. _________________ I would rather have questions I cannot answer than answers I cannot question - Richard Feynman
It depends on the individual. I don't normally engage in any discussion with them. I'll give them up to about 45 cents per and that's it. That's all they need.
JIFISH wrote:
When I was young, if I saw someone, anyone, in a less fortunate position than myself, I was taught to think "There, but for the grace of God, goes I."
Over the years, I've also learned that there are many people whose heads and lives are so messed up that, although they need help, they are beyond my capabilities of helping.
And if I tried to help them out, I would just end up hurting both of us.
A donation to an organization that is trained to help these people is far better than a handout, which only encourages people to continue to be dependant on others.
Know where organizations are in your city that help the homeless and help people with addictions, and when you run into someone in with either or both of those problems, let them know where those places are.
That's wonder-full. Talk about doing things the right way. There are facilities that deal with this particular matter.
It depends on the individual. I don't normally engage in any discussion with them. I'll give them up to about 45 cents per and that's it. That's all they need.
JIFISH wrote:
When I was young, if I saw someone, anyone, in a less fortunate position than myself, I was taught to think "There, but for the grace of God, goes I."
Over the years, I've also learned that there are many people whose heads and lives are so messed up that, although they need help, they are beyond my capabilities of helping.
And if I tried to help them out, I would just end up hurting both of us.
A donation to an organization that is trained to help these people is far better than a handout, which only encourages people to continue to be dependant on others.
Know where organizations are in your city that help the homeless and help people with addictions, and when you run into someone in with either or both of those problems, let them know where those places are.
That's wonder-full. Talk about doing things the right way. There are facilities that deal with this particular matter.
lol 45 c do u always have 9 nickels in ur pocket or something? why not an even number like 50 cents
Joined: 26 Apr 2001 Posts: 25928 Location: out there
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject:
I was once so depressed before I almost wanted to join them.. even though I am really strong.. fairly intelligent and handsome.. I hated my life and didn't like living... "I" almost gave up
Depression can really really bring some human beings down to that level.. especially those who were abused by Parents or people they were supposed to entrust their lives and safety to.. life is really difficult when those things happen
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 19866 Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject:
twoface723 wrote:
Like this
One of my all time favorite scenes in any movie.
As for real homeless people - it depends. There are homeless people who are homeless because of situations they were put in beyond their control. Mental disorder, genetic disorder, deadbeat husband/family, etc. These aren't the ones you see on the freeway ramps cardboarding for some spare change, though. Those are the real failures--the drunks, the addicts, the ones who'll take your nickels and save up to buy cans of Krylon. _________________ http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/
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