11-04-2015, 05:59 PM
Panhandling takes many forms. The worst was a large black guy on the trains in Chicago (as in, you can't exactly just walk away) who would make this loud announcement that he had recently gotten out of jail (he'd hold up his laminated police report) and that he needed money to ride the train and find a job and that he would NOT resort to robbery to get the money. I didn't particularly care for that guy or his approach. There certainly is some intimidation in telling people you are a criminal who is desperate for money and won't resort to violence if you don't have to. HINT HINT WINK WINK.
Most panhandlers don't even register on my consciousness, but I see it as a more capitalistic thing than most people do. I can give him/her money or not and then I can feel good/stupid about it. Many people give money and then hold their heads high feeling as if they did a good thing and that is more of an exchange for goods and/or services than most people realize. To me it's simply another "product" that I don't care to spend money upon. Then again, I don't lecture the people or yell at them either.
Most panhandlers don't even register on my consciousness, but I see it as a more capitalistic thing than most people do. I can give him/her money or not and then I can feel good/stupid about it. Many people give money and then hold their heads high feeling as if they did a good thing and that is more of an exchange for goods and/or services than most people realize. To me it's simply another "product" that I don't care to spend money upon. Then again, I don't lecture the people or yell at them either.
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