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Yea, it's true. People do pretend, which is a real low. Apparently, in some places, you can get a lot of money from begging.
In hong kong news and movies, they show people all the time, dressing up as fake buddhist monks and nuns or people who are blind but really arent.Even sadder in china are people who find orphans on the street, break a leg or an arm off and send them to beg on the street for money. |
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I havent actually come into much contact with the homeless. Not to my knowledge anyway. My initail response is to steer clear of them, you never know what they might do. I dont doubt that some are nice people, just in a desperate situation you never know what might happen.
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Well, I used to think all homeless people needed was a chance, like, why not form some kind of program where they get sent to a home to get cleaned up then sent to work? Well I was really young when I thought that.
But then one day, my dad wouldnt donate to the homeless and said that "They ruined their own chances, all they will get from this money is some drugs or alchohol, a pack of cigs even maybe" That completly changed my point of veiw : 3 But I still bad for homeless people who are in just a finicial situation. |
I don't mind them one bit, I actually pity them. Yesterday my sister and I were at the store and two homeless people came up to us and started talking to us, we learned that one of them was hit by a garbage truck and is missing some of his intestines, and that as a child he was fed alcohol. The others boyfriend was murdered by another homelsess man for stepping on some headphones...
although these stories may or may not be true I feel bad thay they are living in the woods with a whole bunch of cats and dogs, and it was funny because they saved up their money and bought food for the animals and not for themselves.... I also saw them jack a few cans of wet kitten food D= |
I don't mind them.
So long as they don't do anything to me I'll be good. I kinda feel bad for the ones that have a family. it sucks but its life. |
Oh, that reminds me! I day or so ago, I was on the bus and something reaked really bad and as I walked down, I saw a horribly dirty man on one of the seats. I felt sooo bad for him, and also guilty, but as I got closer, I could smell the alcohol off of him. Then all my sympathy flew out the almost-closed window.
He had dirt under his nails, mud and God knows what else on his face, and what's more is that his clothes had brown/black stains on them. And he was actually pissing himself! It was terrible! Overall, I dont hate homeless people, I try to help them sometimes. It's just the ones that spend the little money they get on alcohol that really get on my nerves. |
I believe its 2/3 are mentally ill.
I work at a resturant down town in my town and so we get a lot of homeless people. I have had really bad times, being cursed out threatened and had things thrown at me by some. Others are kind and sweet and tell me who/where to avoid to keep me outa trouble. The few that aren't always drunk are really kind, thou some a little pervy >_<;;; I don't mind them, but I don't try and approach them. I think its really sad. especially since everyone always proclames about how great America is. Look at us, we have most of our mentally ill citizens wondering around alone.....no medical attention unless from private organizations. tsk tsk. |
Go away as far as I can.
It's not that polite, but I'm rather scared. I mean, yes, some probably couldn't help ending up homeless...but most of the time, avoiding is just what I do. I'm rather creeped out... ._.; |
When I see a homeless person begging for money it makes me sad but at the same time it makes me feel fortunate that I have not ended up that destitute. There have been times when I have been flat broke and have been forced to live on mac and cheese and ramen and stand in line at the food bank (my daughter to this day will not eat PB&J and I will NOT eat ramen noodles for anything). It doesn't take much to end up there really and if you have ever had a close call with it, it certainly is an eye opener.
Out here they have a program where the homeless can sell newspapers on the medians in an intersection. I like seeing the people that do that because I think to myself at least they are trying. That money may go to booze or drugs so that they can self medicate the pain away but at least they are making it themselves. I once had a young couple approach me and ask me for $5 so they could eat. The girl was pregnant and it was obvious that they had nowhere to go or stay. I gave them the $5 since I had it on me and sure enough they went in and got something to eat. |
Many homeless people are not homeless by choice. It is hard for homeless people to get jobs, so they can't really work their way up in society. Also, cheap housing is quite difficult to come by, since most developers focus on higher class buildings. I think it's sad.
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I like them, but then don't. They will do anyting for money and sometimes the things they do are BAD! And I don't really want to go walking then get mugged by a guy who need money and doesn't have a home.
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I don't mind them at all.
Most of the homeless people have a reason to be homeless. Like what if they were kicked out and can't get a job or something? I mean there is always some kind of reason they are there. If I seen a homeless person, I wouldn't try to avoid 'em. They probably have it hard enough as it is, and now they have to feel bad because everyone avoids them? Well it's just my opinion, but they're not very bad at all. |
I'm a short 21-year old female and during the school year I live in the city of Burlington in Vermont. If you go down-town, there are generally a fair number of them sitting against the buildings, and in general it is because the job market there well.. sucks.
However, I'm usually alone, I usually am dressed at least somewhat nicely, and I usually have a purse with me... While I generally don't mind homeless people, I do mind getting mugged. So, I tend to try to stay away. Not because I assume they are all out to get me, but because I know I am an easy target if one of them were like that. Desperation causes people to do pretty extreme things, especially somewhere that cold. ...But that's not to say I wouldn't be willing to give someone something from my grocery bag if they asked while I was on the way home from the store. I'm not heartless.. just a bit nervous ^^; |
i dont see how many can dislike homeless people..when most not all have no choice...there is not enough employment in the world for everyone, mental institutions are being closed releasing people to the streets that may not necessarily be able to take care of themselves but since insurance companies are not funding the institution they have to be abandoned, plus our country is over populated..watch People Bomb...though i do agree there are some alcoholics and people that put themselves into those positions but for the most part being homeless is not necessarily the persons fault..its our country and its self centered attitude that cant seem to do a damn thing about it..instead they are obsessed with taking control of another screwed up country instead of fixing ours from the beginning..so no i dont hate or dislike homeless people..i just wish people wouldnt just instantly jump to oh they deserve what they got attitudes and actually help out
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I don't care, as long as they don't bother me. At first I used to think they were lazy for not getting jobs but then I realized that they just think differently, and maybe material items just are not important to them. That doesn't make them any less of a person. However, they are not contributing to society, which makes them useless to others.
Also, a lot of them have mental problems, and can't help it. |
there's one story, It happened to me once where I was with my friend and my friend's dad. We were hungry so we decided to top by a McDonald's. My friend's dad was being stupid because I ordered a biscuit, not sausage Egg McMuffin. I just sat there with that yucky McMuffin unwrapped on my lap with a mean face on my .... face, glaring at my friend's dad. Then all of sudden, we stopped at a stop light and there were a homeless man with a sign "Please give me something. I am hungry" and it does look if he was hungry so I rolled my window down and gave him my McMuffin. I felt happy after that, but I still felt hungry. D<
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i have nothing against homeless people
but as said, most homeless people are metally ill and there fore i steer clear of them whenever i see them. I lived in new york and theres ALOT ofthem over there and there are always happenings of homeless people killing other people or robbing others. They usually do that at night but there are also recordings or daylight attakcs. But not saying that they are all evil :twisted: lol XD some just have no where to go and ended up in that bad situation where they had no other choice. Sure, some of them actually want people to approach them so that they can have someone to talk to, but ill leave that to the homeless shelters to do that. A good percentage of homeless people are also like, drug addicts or alcoholics...and will go crazy for any amount of money for which to buy thier drugs...id rather hand them like a nice toasty sandwich rather tha money, not knowing what intentions they had with the money. But thats that. |
The most that I have ever given a homeless person is $20.00 I wouldn't do it again though.
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I often wonder what their story is. I mean, were they kicked out of their home without a job? Were they just drug abusers who ended up selling their life out for the drug? I'm sure many of them have an interesting story behind them.
This topic sort of reminds me of what happened a few years back. They tore down the old trailer park that used to be here to build some fancy apartment complex, and they left the construction site fairly open. One morning my mom was outside having a cigarette and a cup of coffee, then out of nowhere I hear, "HEY! HEY! GET OUT OF HERE! RON!!! ROOOON!" (Ron is my dad's name). Soo, we all rush outside to see a scraggly looking man going back the way he came- he was trying to jump the tall fence into the yard. He left his duffle bag behind. It had the usual stuff that a homeless man might keep with him, at least from what I've seen, so we just assumed he was homeless and didn't realize he was jumping into an apartment complex. It was kind of scary. ;( |
As much as I want to be open=minded about it, I'm still a little uneasy when passing homeless people--it's probably from all those horror stories, but I can't control what I feel. It isn't hate--more like...unease. It's not like I go after them or anything, but I do think "walk a little more quickly, now..."
Like Middie, though, I wonder what happened to them. I mean, it's not unheard of to hear of a CEO struck homeless. o.o I know that not all homeless people have a choice in the matter, but some of them really are homeless because they were lazy and incompetent, and this is the consequence. However, some just have a bad hand--ever see the movie "Pursuit of Happyness"? (Happiness is spelled that way in the movie) He's a great mind who fell upon hard times--like some have said before me, he ended up getting a better job and moving up again. |
I have limited experience with chronically homeless people. (Temporary doesn't count in my mind.) In my small town, there are a few very visible homeless people, most all of whom are mentally ill/unstable/whatever. I think several of the get some form of government aid, and one of them actually does a fair amount of gardening and volunteer work.
Since my town is so small, these people are well known and receive a fair amount of support and respect. I think we even have some sort of housed/homeless coalition. Personally, I feel uncomfortable around homeless people. I lack nothing in the material sense, and I have difficulty forgetting about my own wealth when face with their lack. I worry about coming off as patronizing and pitying. I know they have a story, and I wonder about it, but I'm afraid to ask, for fear of offending them. |
I see tons of homeless people every day.
Most of them are just pathetic. They sit around and panhandle all day while feeling sorry for themselves. Hell, it's probably their own fault they're out on the street anyway. Personally, I try to avoid them. First of all, people in general make me uncomfortable. Second of all, I don't want them hitting me up for money/cigarettes/half my pizza. Get your own. -_- |
It all depends on the circumstances for me.
Sometimes if I am in a hurry out the store door, and am grumpy as hell from standing in line.. if I catch a homeless person off the corner of my eye walking towards me to talk, I pick up the pace. But then again, I do this with every body. I get into my "anti-social" spree. XD Though, there have been times that I felt horrible for them. Like this one time I was at Taco Bell eating with my dad. A homeless man walked around the Taco Bell, asking for some food, written on paper. (He was mute supposedly). I thought he was lying, considering it seems they all use the same story of being ill in some sense. But then off the corner of my eye, I saw him dig through the trash, and start eating up scraps from the trash. Once everyone saw this, everyone began pitching in food, and giving him a full plate, while he sat down and scarfed it all. It's sad when you don't fully know their story as to why they are homeless to begin with. What's even worse, is when they are categorized and judged right off the bat as druggies, looking for money to get some drugs... and yet, we don't even know the truth. |
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