I offered a homeless person some pizza during a visit in Chicago (that's right, real Chicago pizza). He said "Well, I don't eat pizza, but if you want to buy me some chicken..."
Many of the homeless also have mental handicaps such as schizophrenia. If they refuse to take meds and don't have some supportive structure (friends, family), it's easy for them to fall between the cracks. Dana wrote: >true, which is why I usually blow off the regulars. If you've been >panhandling for six months or more, I figure you're probably not >looking too hard for alternatives. Also, if you ask me for money and I >offer you food, and you take it, I'm more willing to help if I see you >again. It's happened several times that I had no cash but did have >apples or half a sub and the people said hell yes and thank you. > >Dana > > > >>Lasty, since this started with a discussion of panhandling, remember that >>many panhandlers are not actually homeless. A successful panhandler in a >>large city can often make more money than they would working a minimum wage >>job. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157964 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
