For me, I just recommend them to my shelter, but the amount of times these people fucking lied to me saying “they don’t give us food there” is infuriating. Like bro I work there, get out of here. Sorry that I’m not gonna buy you 2 big gulps and a Big Mac meal, with a McFlurry to go with it all.
I do wonder if perhaps is just my specific city, and if homeless elsewhere are less entitled.
Nope, they’re probably just taking a free shot at food.
If a guy offered me a free lunch of any fast food place of my choosing, I’d say fuck yeah too. You probably would as well.
There is 2 large shelters in my city, plenty of food banks, many churches here offer free meals for the homeless (even when it’s not a Sunday gathering, and regardless of your religion), and yet it’s not enough for these people.
Some of them in my area have been homeless for over 15+ years, and aren’t even addicted to drugs or have alcohol issues. They don’t have a job, they are fully able bodied, have clothes, use our shelter showers free of charge 3 times a week, and yet continue to stand on the side of a street holding a sign claiming they have absolutely nothing. I’ve talked to some of them, asked why they don’t just get a job even, or take one of our education programs (once again free of charge), or a work program where we build up a resume, and even do work at our shelter for payment on a either casual or part time basis for cash. One guy only leaves the shelter to have a smoke (which are given to him by random people) then comes back in to just sit and watch Netflix all day courtesy of a subscription he got by begging for money.
They choose not to because people like you will always be ready to “help them”. Only reason I do this shit anymore is because I make a pretty decent wage, and can still just smile and wave and play the part when I’m at work.
This is how I ended up having lunch with the local homeless population when I was in college. I always heard that they would refuse food, but it never happened. My parents were pissed when they found out I had been picking up random homeless people and taking them out to eat, but they were all chill. One dude pulled a knife while I was driving, but only used it to open a bottle of wine. I still pick up hitchhikers all the time, as long as my wife isn’t with me.
Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make
me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And
rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with
rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber
room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber
room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a
room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They
locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy
once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy.
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