Giving beggars stuff

mhm, when i was 13 during Ramadan i would make sandwiches at home and give them to this man who lived next to the grocery store. At first i would give him some coins like 50p but then he started to refuse. On some occasions I would sneak a few samosas out and he would always moan about how spicy they were.:o:D
 
Glad to see the none of the "I saw one who had a sign saying he wanted booze, lolz, I gave him some for honesty!!" that people often say.
 
I never give money to beggars.

I'm 19 years old, it's not my responsibility to get these people out of what is essentialy their mess.

There are dozens of ways to get out of living on the streets such as going to a shelter where they can give you a postal address so you can open a bank account etc and go towards getting a job of some sort.

If these people are not willing to get themselves out of that situation, then we shouldnt help them live in it.
 
So many selfish, arrogant, know it all people around, no wonder society is ******!

Not all people on the street are on drugs, not all are fraudulent and not all have a shelter to go to: I'd rather mistakenly give someone who's taking the ****, food or a couple of quid than not do it and a genuine needy person goes another day without food.

All you youngsters who think that life is so great, or have heard about a friend of a friend of someone who used to know a guy who was a pro' beggar etc might do well to consider how, through no fault of your own, life might change. Suddenly you have no job, no family, no car etc, etc and instead of having a bit of good luck, you get bad luck ...... It soon becomes a vicious circle.

I'm not saying that there aren't fraudulent beggars out there but in all honesty, most will just have hit bad times and feel ashamed of their situation, beneath any bravado. As somone else correctly pointed out earlier, .... the amout of hoops one has to jump through to obtain JSA or benefits, even when you have an address is pretty grim; try it when living on the streets.

It's easy to close your eyes to people who are less fortunate, we all do it to some degree but maybe we should all occasionally just think ...... "there but for the grace of God go I".
 
I've given a beggar a pound when I was drunk once.

Kind of regret it now. Could do with that pound right now. :p
 
For years I've been anti-beggar - mainly due to the drugs/booze issue - but I've always had a feeling of remorse over not being able to help those who are homeless. I would hate to be in that situation and the thought of hundreds of people walking past you everyday who may not be rich, but have a warm bed, a roof over their heads and a full belly - it would just be awful.

So I've gotten down off my high horse now and last week bought a Big Issue off one of the local sellers for the first time in years. I gave him a fiver, he offered me change but I told him to keep it and he was very grateful.

In a previous thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17864793&highlight=beggars&page=6 I explained a situation I had witnessed with a beggar in Reading town centre once before. I think now the best thing to do is pick and choose who you give to - especially if there is a regular bunch you see.
 
Fenris said:
Not to mention the "Holier than thou" pretentious *******...
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Not trying to judge or be holier than thou except for the "**** 'em, they're all *****" brigade who think that they know it all. I also hope that they never need someone to help them in the future.

It's a bit like, it'll never happen to me 'cos I'm too smart/lucky etc. ..... yeah, right.

The graveyards are full of people who thought that they were indispensable or immune to life's little surprises.
 
In all honesty i rarely give money, i have done in the past but i always think that they may be those "bad 'uns" who will spend it on booze/drugs....

It's a shame its so hard to find the honest beggers :p
 
Well I never used to, until,

Many many many moons ago I was a very silly boy, into all sort, anyway to cut a long story short I ended up in hospital, and was kicked out at 3am, 16 miles from home, no money, no phone, just jeans a t-shirt and it was starting to chuck it down cats an dogs style, I wondered the town for an hour freezing my nads off, shivering and tired I eventually took shelter in a shop doorway, I sat down and crossed my arms tightly under my t-shirt to try and gather some warmth, rain still beating down and the air so cold I could see my breath, I sat there scrunched up pondering my predicament.

And then as if by a miracle the next thing I remember is a guy waking me up shoving a fiver down my T-Shirt :eek:, saying "here mate, go get yourself a warm meal", \O/, I will never EVER forget that guy, the gratitude of some people is amazing, that small amount of money meant soooo much to me at that time, it enabled me to get a bus home and 10 fags, no I wasn't homeless, and I was working full-time but the situation I landed myself in (and yes I realize it was my own fault) made that £5 so important, so now my way of repaying that kind action is by giving the odd fiver to a homeless guy now and again, because if just one time that £5 means as much to that person as it did for me that time then it's worth it.
 
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Never given money to a begger, except on Saturday night when I had absolutely no idea what I was doing! Was my last 20p as well :( I think I may have even hugged him, eugh dread to think I did that now.
 
Ascendancy said:
You do realise you've just proved what a lot of people in this thread are saying, right?
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Yes and no.

I see what your saying but at that point in my life that £5 meant a lot, and that person geniunely helped me out, and I an eternally grateful, that £5 didn't just buy me a ticket home and some fags, it also brought me some faith in humanity at a time in my life my when my faith in many things was lacking, becuase of his action I have also given a lot of money to homeless people to pass on the favour.

I know there are some people out there that fake their circumstances to get extra money through begging, or will spend it on drugs etc, but now and again you will meet a person that genuinely needs help, if that's a warm meal, or a ticket home I don't mind, I'll just be glad I could have helped that person in their hour of need.

And this doesn't just apply to homeless people, if someone is at a cashier in a supermarket for example and they don't have enough money then I'll always offer to make up the difference, and I'm not talking a few pence, and why not, the money is besides the point, I just see it as helping out your 'fellow man', that one act of kindness changed my outlook on life, if I can pass that on to somebody else by helping them out then that makes me happy, we should all help each other out more.
 
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