WTF?
I stopped at 7-11, to purchase some diet coke and a pack of smokes, and as I walk out of my car I see this homeless guy asking for money so that he can buy some food. I purchased my stuff and then I felt bad for the homeless guy outside, although I am broke myself I figure I could spare $3, so I asked the clerk to give me their 2 for $3 dollars 1/4 lb hot dogs. I walked outside and called the homeless guy over “hey man, here you go” and he says “uhmm what are those hot dogs? nawww thanks….but I’ll take a dollar if you have one to spare”. I laughed “I thought you said you were hungry… I guess you aint hungry enough”. I seriously had to stopped myself from throwing the hot dogs at this guy’s face and also from punching him in the balls. I got in my car and drove away. Seriously WTF?!!!! Every time I’ve tried to help someone this year so far it has backfired and blown up in my face. I must’ve pissed off someone real bad or something.
After that’s happened to me and everyone I know who has ever tried to help out a homeless person, I’ve learned my lesson. There’s lots of people out there who don’t want to be helped, and they’ve ruined it for the people who do.
My friend Andrew, from the #industrial days, has taught me something useful in this regard. It’s very difficult to make changes that will really reduce the amount of suffering in the world, and if one approaches the task naively, he is bound to fail.
Panhandlers are usually trying to get enough scratch together to buy alcohol, no matter what reason they give. To their credit, it is high in calories and keeps you warm…