The Homeless Less Fortunate Poor People Are Ashamed To Look In Their (homeless Eyes And Soul )for Fear It Could Happen To Themselves One Day . Look After Another Dudes ..........you Can Bring A Spirit Back To Life ............
I don't really know what to say but I can't really click on the back button without replying to such an admirable statement. It would be sad to see no support, eh? Sorry, being in Canada has meant that half my sentences end in a rhetorical 'eh?'
i honestly haven't seen any homeless here in our area. maybe they are forced into hiding. i've never had problems, personally, looking them in the eye though. i used to buy food for homeless people i met back home. in particular, one time, i was severly upset by the staff at this restaurant my hubby and i used to eat at when we were blessed with a bit more money. this local homeless guy came inside (it was really cold out) and asked us if there was any way we could afford to buy him a burger or something. so, we decided we would. but as we went to buy it for him, the staff started asking him to leave. i told them he was our guest and a paying customer, but they refused to let him stay. i had half a mind to invite him to sit down with us at a table; but i didn't get the chance. don't worry though, we still bought him some food and took it outside to him and stayed with him a bit under the heat lamps they had outside. i just felt bad and i made sure that the staff knew how i felt about it. apparently the guy came by frequently during the week asking people to buy him food; but i honestly didn't see anything wrong with that. at least he wasn't hitting people up for their spare change to go buy crack.
Hmm. The only time i've seen homeless people is these 3 guys who started on my mate's 13 year old brother. Luckily some chavs (!) came over and fought them off. Blah i'm not giving them money for alcohol. Having said that, there was such a sad story about this alcoholic who got frostbite from living on the streets and had to have his leg amputated. He came off the booze and was given a flat. Someone stole his wheelchair twice and he had no money to buy a new one and the nhs wouldn't give him a new one. There were pictures on the papers of him dragging himself across the roads as he couldn't walk. Friend of mine used to talk to him in the pub, nice chap apparently.
Ok that is the first time I've ever heard anyone be grateful for chavs coming along. in my hometown it was crack not as much alcohol that is the problem. i would however, if i had the money, always buy food for people but not give them money (unless i had some spare change ... and well then i figured i'd spend the money myself on drugs/alcohol so why shouldn't they be able to?). i even once gave a woman (who i'm pretty sure was a crack addict) a ride to the local KFC, bought her a dinner, then gave her a ride to her "friends" which i was fairly certain was probably her dealer or crackhouse. probably not the smartest move, but she seemed relatively harmless and well i was quite young and naive at the time. that story is horrible! and totally outrageous that he couldn't get a new wheelchair! in my hometown (back in the blustery western side of NY) it would get quite cold in the winter. with windchill it frequently would dip as low as -28C. there was a huge homeless problem and loads of people would go out and try to find the homeless and bring them to shelters or pass out heavy coats, blankets, and shoes so they could be somewhat protected. the night we bought that guy a burger it had to be close to 0C if not colder. it really makes you wish that you could do more.
thanks for your replies dudes ........this new job am doing has me mostly in town and walking around is a real eye opener "theirs this arl fella who sits their all day playing a cardboard guitar " i could"nt help but laugh other week as he kept playing it in the pissing down rain and the neck of the guitar was that wet that it drooped to the ground " i gave him a hand up handed him a cup of tea and suggested that he should go somewhere more drier . now whenever i go to work i take some change with me (not much as i am by no means loaded meself ) and i think as someone has already mentioned giving money is not the answer all the time and that passing someone a cuppa or something to eat can be just what they need " remember people not all down and outs are smackheads .........cheers
My travels very rarely take me to town centres these days so the plight of the homeless are less in my face. I spent a couple of years living homeless, vacant shop doorways were good fun. After returning to employment I've always had a standing order to Shelter.
there's only a few i won't approach, the same way i won't approach certain dogs. it's not much at all to lend someone a hand and be polite or kind. but there's been a couple that freak the hell out when i look them in the eye. people on acid have a similar reaction to me. i freak some people the hell out.
I have to agree. But generally, I will give small change when I'm asked. Although, I get really annoyed when someone sitting outside of TESCO asks you everyday for £3 so they can buy alcohol. I mean, if I can barely afford to buy beer for myself, then I don't see why I should be able to provide beer for somebody else. I used to buy the Big Issue every fortnight, but I think the quality of articles have really gone down hill over the past few years. It used to be so much better!
You just said you've only ever seen homeless people once so don't prejudge that it will just be spent on alcohol. I'm actually rather shocked that you're 17 and have only seen homeless folk once! Do you live somewhere very rural??? I live and grew up in Brighton, a town with a huge homeless population so to me homeless people are as common as seagulls. People do treat them like shit and prejudge unfortunately and even kids seem to think it's fun to kick the shit out of people sleeping rough. It's a desperately unfortunate position to be in and not enough is done for these maligned people. Yeah, there are some dodgy fuckers who'd happily mug you for drugs but the majority of homeless people are just wanting something to eat and sort it out. There's a few around town who I'm quite matey with and will always stop and have a rollie and a chat with them if I've got time. Sometimes all they want is someone to talk to. Respect to all you folk treating the homeless fairly.
I have done a lot of work with homeless people and there are genuine people out there who don't want money for drink and drugs. Of course some do, but not all. Some have just come into a difficult situation where homelessess was unfortunatley an effect. If people ignore them and judge them all to be addicts who don't want to help themselves, it will just have a major detrimental effect to their mental health and cause them to lose confidence in seeking help! The way I see it is that it must be very hard to ask for help when you are in that position and society does seem to have it much harder!
