i love how those who are all "dont judge!" acutlaly end up judging those of us who sometimes avoid otheres. i tend to avoid eye contact when im having a shitty day or am in a rush, because im either going ot make some sarcastic bitchy comment or because my brain is wrapped around trying to figure out how to do what i need to do that day. its not because the other person is subhuman or wahtever, its because honestly sometimes i just have my own shit going on so folk get the autopilot response of "sorry havent got any" when they panhandle
i think you may be missing the point. if someone well dressed or not comes and asks for direction or money and your in your own world, say no and go on your merry way the thing is not to put your values and belifes on why that person is asking. if you give someone a dollar , do it without expectations or say no
I want a sex change, I can no longer deal with the sock in my pants, I will be taking donations... Please, momma needs a new penis asap...
i didn't read all the replies, but i think i may be the only one to find this the worst part of the story. its odd that your idea of a perfect trip out into public involves absolutely no human contact at all. you don't come across as a compassionate, or even likable, person in this post. it sounds more like you despise the entirety of humanity and are simply looking for reasons to dislike others. but thats me jumping to unfair conclusions, of course. i dont expect everyone to want to give money to every individual who asks, but just say no and be on your way if you dont want to. believe it or not there actually are people in genuine need. you sound like some rich character from a dickens novel.
Poor Charles Bronson... Haha, wow, some of you people are really laying it on to sir bronson... So what he doesn't want to make eye contact with anyone or talk to anyone, it's his life...If he doesn't want to give money to anyone then he doesn't have too... It's a fact that people DO take advantage of other people and pretend that they are in need when in reality they are not... And yes, there are those people who are in genuine need as well.. But who is to say that someone is wrong or a horrible person because they won't give someone money or what-have-you...It's their life, they can live it the way they want...That is all I am saying...
Heaven forbid you'd have to interact with people on your way to walmart. Even worse a black person requested something. That makes my blood boil!!! You seem pretty detached from discomfort, and is seems to have made you pretty detached from humanity. I hope you stub your toe. Hah!
of course he has the right to live however he wants. but his post said to discuss it, and from more than one person's point of view he sounds like a jerk. i will freely and readily admit that i do not know this person and that my previous post is simply assumptions and inferences i've made based on the original post. he said to discuss, thats what happening. i dont think its at all uncalled for...in fact, its EXACTLY what the original poster asked for and encouraged, even if my, and other people's, views are not what he or you believe.... i certainly dont expect anybody to freely give their money away to just anyone who wants it, gaining nothing in return. but that doesnt mean his post made him sound like a good person at all. sounds like a miserly curmudgeon. in my OPINION the mere fact that he would even consider calling the cops on someone for the inconvenience of having to talk to someone in public speaks volumes about what a douchebag this guy is. i mean, it really sounded more like he was pissed that he had to talk to somebody than anything else. ruined his otherwise "perfect" trip to walmart.
I ment in general if someone doesn't want to give someone money or people who don't give people eye contact or talk to people, not chuckie bronson... The subject matter at hand, not his experience...Yes, it's obvious from his statements that he is an idiot, not doubting anyone there... I will admit I didn't read all of his post, read most of the replies talking about giving money to people and not talking to them, so that's where my thoughts came in at...
gotcha....whereas i read the original post and skipped over most of the several pages of replies, reading only the first few responses and the last couple pages
i do, is there anything wrong with that? i live with a complete mistrust of everybody, i dont even trust family. and i would have done the same thing in his situation, exept i would have put an extremely cruel comment forth as well. now im hardly ever a person to avoid eye contact unless im in a HUGE hurry, and from what ve read he wasnt that rushed, buying a binder? please. aside from that i always look for a friend at walmart cuz chances are that at least one person you know is at walmart at any given time, so maybe bronson is friendless(wonder why) ppl who live off of others doing nothing to at least try to better themselves deserve to get nothing, if they died i certainly wouldnt shed a tear. but this was hilarious
You want panhandlers, Visit Penn Station or the Port Authority Bus Terminal, NYC. After a while the experience has less impact. Seemed LasVegas had a lot of panhandlers.
In certain areas, panhandlers can make up to $60 an hour or more. There was this homeless guy on TV talking about how he pays to go to therapy, along with all kinds of other luxuries........besides a house or clothes.
lots of beggars make shitloads of money. it is quite shocking, isn't it. I will only give beggars money if they entertain me, such as playing an instrument, pretending to be a statue that sometimes moves, juggle, have an animal show, et cetera.
Yeah, they can at least put on some kind of show......earn the money instead of just sitting there starring into space.