I look right through them. Young able bodied men in an area with NOW HIRING on most businesses. Those fucks probably make more than I do in a day begging.
I look right through them. Young able bodied men in an area with NOW HIRING on most businesses. Those fucks probably make more than I do in a day begging.
When I was just between living arrangements and my name wasn't on any lease, I simply told them that I didn't have any cash, but could empathize with them because I was homeless too. That got me some quizzical looks, especially since I had a face slathered in warpaint, a business-casual wardrobe on almost everyday, and a work badge from a university on a lanyard around my neck.
People in general assume that I am WAY better off than I actually am, and they really overestimate my ability to function as an adult. I am approached very often by beggars, some even crossing the street to block my path to beg for cash. When asked for money now, I simply say that I don't carry cash on me, as it's literally true. That ends the begging right then and there. When begged for cash at a bus stop or at the bus station, I simply say: "If I had enough money to give away, I wouldn't be here waiting on the bus!"