>Reminds me of a beggar I gave money to some time ago. He had a good >story. He said that his car had an engine problem. He said he had been >stuck here for 3 days because he spent all his money on the car parts & >was totally out of gas. But if he could just get a few bucks gas money he >could make it the 30 miles home. > >So his story distilled down to: "pay me & I'll leave". I gave him $5 and >continued on my way to the store, feeling good about helping out someone >that really just needed a little "leg up". > >Later, On my way home, I saw the same guy drinking out of a paper bag in >the alley. So! I had inadvertently bought him that malt beverage. I felt >burned, and realized that I had been conned, he had lied to me, he wasn't >leaving town today, he probably didn't even have a car and he had >profited by tricking me.
The two I usually get in NYC are "I haven't eaten in days" or "I'm $1.00 short on my bus fare to get home". In both cases I always offer to fix their needs. I offer to buy them a meal, or pay for their bus fare when they get on the bus. 99% of the time, they get beligerent and try to scare the money from me by yelling and agruing. After a few minutes of that they give up and storm off without whatever it was they claimed they needed. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
