Truthfully; Do you give money to beggars on the street?
 

Tbh, i do sometimes.
Purely cause of my religious beliefs and karma etc.

My religious beliefs meaning; that the beggar could be sometype of angel that god sent from heaven to test my personality, it sounds abit daft i know but its true imo. :laugh:

Yes always,especially if they have a dog or play and instrument,lol

Never ever. They are at it.

thats why i only sometimes lol. cause some of them have a bloody house they go back too.

Noooooooo

Its a mugs game

If god wants to test your personality he will use buzzfeed and not some crack head

Not all of them, I tend to ignore those ones you see that are wearing the latest nike air max trainers and have a can or two of cider sat beside them.

There's a big issue guy outside aldis, he's been there for years and I always give him the quid from my trolley, I don't bother taking the big issue though.

Yes, once I gave a bag of hot cod bites from tesco lol

Not usually because a lot of them aren't homeless. And if they were there's plenty of help to get them a bed for a night if they need it. You can't sit down for 5 mins in my city without someone coming up for money or a cig so I guess it has made me quite hardened to it. I've volunteered in a few places where I've seen a lot of people like that throw help away or just simply aren't interested.

Lately some have been begging right beside my ATM. and she'd be like ''HELLO?'' really loud when people take out their money. that kind of ****e can **** off

What city you from? ^
Directed at inone..
Stupid karl got in the way

Not often. Most of the time you can tell the money that you give to them will go towards their next fix.

no not really

Omg it's the same in the town nearest to us and guess what the local council decided to do? build benches in a seating area right outside the bank/atm that just 100% made it even worse so they all hang around there now waiting to scrounge money.

Vintage scotland

No, never.

:laugh: The tap a quid guys in the town near us even have a fb page dedicated to them :facepalm:

beggers have sold out D:

..yeah sometimes and like Josy to the Big Issue guy ..my local town is quite small and there aren't really many 'beggars' but if I'm on holiday etc, I tend to take stuff for the children rather than give money...

Rarely. I'll give them food If I have some though. There is one outside a local McDonalds..I usually get an extra chips and give it to him.

Sometimes, I don't like to do it because I don't want them spending money on drugs or drink. I know that sounds sanctimonious... but I do support Shelter and I buy a Big Issue regularly. I think it's shameful that one of the richest countries in the world has people living and sleeping rough.

Nah, not because I have any principle against it or what they'd spend their money on etc. but just because I'm too cheap to spare with any change really

Here in las vegas nevada there alot of people sleeping rough aswell in the streets.
Its a shame, a place like this filled with so much money still cant accomadate some.

Never


some beggars go home after a day Tricking the public

Are you really in Las Vegas, Jemal?

Ones with dogs I do. I buy dog food for then too /saint

Outside of my college that are loads of them, I literally have no money though, so I always have to say no. I feel bad, but I used to do charity work so I'm not all that bad.

:joker:

Of Course I'am.

I swear it said you were from London last week :suspect:

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You must be mistaking me son.

No all the beggars that i know of are defiantly hardcore drug addicts, i'm not funding their habit :nono:

this, I never do it.

No never

No but if I am pissed I have been known to buy a coffee/sandwich etc for them.

I did used to give to one guy quite regularly though//got to know him through work (he was ALWAYS outside my workplace when I was waiting to go home)

I know of people though..and this sounds ridiculous but its true...who sit on the street to get money then go home after hitting a certain target. 2 people I 'know' do this. Kinda sours my views on giving cash tbh...hence giving food/drink instead

Yes I do, I feel very fortunate in my life and for whatever reasons these individuals find themselves on the streets,I decide for myself not to make any judgements and when I come across them I will hand them some funds.

I have also taken them for a meal or got a takeaway and had one with them,talked to them a fair bit and the life stories are fascinating.

I am aware that I never know, one day I could be on the streets for any reason/s,so I feel a duty,only speaking for myself, to reach out to others who appear to be and may well be far less fortunate than I am.

:huh:

I was convinced you were going to say "No, feck them"

:hugesmile:Why would you think that?