Wesley Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Right, I'm not being nasty, but could they lay down so i can properly walk over them? Because as it is now my knees keeps bashing them in the head. Not really. Basically I was wondering if any of you guys give money to tramps? If I have some change in my pocket I will but I won't get my wallet out especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towers Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Not to tramps... But to the people playing music on the underground I have done. I have also bought the big issue on occasions. I wouldn't say I'm generally a nice charitible guy but if I see someone actually trying to work for money I feel I should atleast repay the favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdChildren Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I do sometimes, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haden Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I worked at a hostel so know quite a few homeless people. I don't give money to homeless people but will buy the big issue off them. It's a hard one as I know first hand that a lot of homeless people will spend it on drink or drugs. Its always good to be polite though even if you refuse to give a person money as they are just that a person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabookerman Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 if i gave anything to homeless people, money would be the last thing i would give, theyll just go spending it on beer or what not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I used to when I went through London, but I haven't been for a while now. You don't get many homeless people in my town, there's one guy at the moment and I gave him money a couple of times. Homeless people get treated pretty well here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arragaun Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 If I've got unfinished drinks or chocolate bars and stuff on me then I'll give them away, 'cause like booker said, they might just spend money on happy-juice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfox Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Nope, I dont. 70% of beggars claim benefits, and many use drugs. I'd give food to them or buy a Big Issue - but giving them money - nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunKy Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 The homeless in Manchester are kool. I gave a couple of quid to a guy so he could get chips after I saw KoRn. He chatted to me and my mate for a while, he was a pretty nice person, just got down on his luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizz Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Because i'm a nice guy (i hope :P), I would occasionaly buy the big issue. Only problem is, when I rarely go into town I never have change, and the magazine just looks a bit crap. So yeah, in the end I wouldn't buy it :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I would give them food if they asked, but not money for their "bus fare home" which is going to be spent on drugs. It's easy to tell if they're telling the truth or not. I gave 10p to a (hot) girl a couple of weeks ago because she genuinely couldn't afford her bus fare (we were on the same bus). The thing about homeless people is, there are enough houses for them to live in, even if they can't afford to pay the rent. There are charities for this reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Kun Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I only give to foreign charitiess in poor countries, because our pound is worth so much more than their currency, however much you give increases its value dramatically, hence, you help more people with the same amount of money. Get my drift? I give money to tramps if they force me into it. God I don't apreciate that though. I'm quite the pushover you see. Oh I do always give tramps food I can't finish. Don't Pret A Manger give their left over sandwitches to the homeless? I heard that somewhere. What a brilliant idea! I worked in Oxfam over the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I do give money to the odd busker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario114 Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I don't like to, not that I'm being stingy, I would be more willing to give to a charity which helps them. Were i live (Norwich) there a guy who goes around asking for money, with a story about needing a meal and visting his sick mother, I have given some money to him before, but i don't see how it will do much help, as it may just get spent on drugs/drink etc. I am more willing to give to a street performer type person, like someone playing music, and am more likaly to give to them if they have a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I tend to give if asked directly, but not ordinarily. And I don't like reading the Big Issue so I don't want to buy it. (I do make other monthly charitable donations though, just so you don't think I'm evil.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I don't like that they target students so much, knowing that we're skint.. Effectively they could hang outside Debenhams or Costa and catch the white collar people on their lunch hour and make them feel guilty. Homeless people are in a bad situation, they're not getting as much help from the state as they deserve.. they can't get a job because they don't have an address. The Big Issue is like a saviour for many people. I don't because I am quite literally as skint.. if I were to give anything I would literally be saying "You're 42p richer than I am now, whatever you have.." There's a guy in my town called hobo-rasta, news article Fan page: yes he has a fan page I prefer to offer homeless people a drink or a doughnut or something depending on what i have over money. I love what they do in France where in order to busk you need to perform at an audition and get a license.. means no crap music on the streets.. no offense but if you don't have a job you can learn to play your instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fields Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 There's this woman who hangs out just round the corner from where I live, and every time I walk past she claims to have lots her purse and needs some money for the bus home... She ought to be more careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopo Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Give a man a fish and he has food for a day, teach a man to fish and he has food forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towers Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Give a man a fish and he has food for a day, teach a man to fish and he has food forever. So your going to teach homeless people to fish? Surely teaching them to steal would be better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopo Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 The fish was a variable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Never bought a big issue, never given a tramp money. I have given money to a busker before, but at least they're doing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monopolyman Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Not to any old tramp. I sometimes do to Big Issue sellers or buskers (whether they're poor or not) or bums who do something like that, even if they might spend it on booze or drugs. It's their money after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokhed00 Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I wonder how many people here who refuse to give money on the grounds that it goes on drink or drugs has any idea what it's like to be homeless, especially at this time of year? Having been there myself, on more than one occasion I can tell you it is one of the most grim and depressing situations you could ever be in and you need something more than just food to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Laguna| Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Instead of money people could give book tokens! This way the tramps would become more enlightend, and be abel to spend the money on drinks and drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtle Squad Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 No...because my money is mine. I'm really stingy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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