Apr 27
Dumbelievable Tips for Corner Stalkers:
- Don’t Smoke. If you can smoke, you aren’t that desperate.
- Make the sign funny.
- Don’t sit on the same corner for a year.
- Don’t leave all of your trash at that same corner.
Dumbelievable Tips for everyone else:
- Give if you want, don’t feel guilty if you don’t.
- Give to a charity.
- Give them food.
- Or think of the quote from Donald Trump, Spotting a panhandler huddled in front of the Plaza, the usually blustering Trump turned uncharacteristically wistful. “That bum isn’t worth a dime, but at least he’s at zero,” sighed The Donald. “That puts him $900 million ahead of me.”
Editor’s Note: When I was 16 I had a man approach me asking for money. He had a station wagon, filled with a few people. There was a woman with a baby I believe. He told me he needed a few dollars for formula for the baby. I had just got paid from my minimum wage job. I handed him $20 without thinking twice. I have no idea if he was lying or not. I felt good about it and if I was swindled so be it. As they say there is no true selfless act, I was rewarded more than the $20 at the time. And I was a punk kid, I was just going to spend it on soda and fast food anyway.
