Panhandler with a cell phone
Panhandler with a cell phone I saw this about a week ago but was thinking about it again today. This guy was down on the Seattle waterfront near the ferries and took a call as we walked by. He looked like he needed the cash but when that cell phone came out he screwed it up for all panhandlers for a while with me.
Panhandlers make bank. I work downtown and see them setting up every morning. I've never given them money, pisses me off they are on every corner downtown begging for money. Get a ****** real job and quit being pathetic and begging for money. Go flip burgers fercrissakes.
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Yeah, panhandlers irk me as well... I see one and I keep thinking of that news story that was done a while back that said that a lot of them make over $20k a year in tax free money.
I'd love to see them get a visit from the IRS sometime telling them that either they need to pay back taxes on their handouts or go to federal prison.
I'd love to see them get a visit from the IRS sometime telling them that either they need to pay back taxes on their handouts or go to federal prison.
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Scam artists who are just too fuggin lazy to work or be responsible members of society..........I wouldn't (and don't) give them a penny.........hell, half of em use fear & intimidation tactics on women, the elderly, etc just to get free money. F&@k that!!!!!!
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The panhandlers were a little more pushy in Chicago... went there to visit my in-laws, and while were spending the day downtown had this one particular panhandler keep coming up to me saying "Hey man, hey man... can you spare some change?" And I said "Sorry guy, I don't have any change..." and he kept after it saying "I know you got some change, you or your lady there..." And finally I got pissed and said, "Look, I don't got any ******* change, so back off..."
I hate being rude to someone who looks like maybe they do need some help... but damn, when someone says no, just take the f'n hint and go bother someone else.
I hate being rude to someone who looks like maybe they do need some help... but damn, when someone says no, just take the f'n hint and go bother someone else.
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Originally Posted by Tranzor_Z28
The panhandlers were a little more pushy in Chicago... went there to visit my in-laws, and while were spending the day downtown had this one particular panhandler keep coming up to me saying "Hey man, hey man... can you spare some change?" And I said "Sorry guy, I don't have any change..." and he kept after it saying "I know you got some change, you or your lady there..." And finally I got pissed and said, "Look, I don't got any ******* change, so back off..."
I hate being rude to someone who looks like maybe they do need some help... but damn, when someone says no, just take the f'n hint and go bother someone else.
I hate being rude to someone who looks like maybe they do need some help... but damn, when someone says no, just take the f'n hint and go bother someone else.
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You know what is sad most of those ******** make more money then me and they spend it on beer and wine pathetic...I knew of a panhandler when i was younger he claimed he made 40k a yr using very forceful tactics he would go after women with kids and get 5-10 bucks a pop.So i hate them ****** with a passion. Shoot them all IMHO..I better stop i'm getting fired up
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Originally Posted by Rottluver
That is the problem a lot of them use those forceful tactics to scare people into doing it.........hard to feel sorry for a guy DEMANDING MY money that I actually worked for........
As for the guys on the off ramps with their signs, I just wanna hand them a job application for one of the many temp agencies around... I worked a temp job for a while a few years back, and it wasn't bad, and about their only requirement was that you're breathing.
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Originally Posted by Steve Goodwin
I think I ought to give this a try.
My sign would read.
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Please help us
My Wife & Kids are hungry
Need Mod Money
God Bless
and of course have my dog with me.
My sign would read.
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My Wife & Kids are hungry
Need Mod Money
God Bless
and of course have my dog with me.
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Originally Posted by slowpokez28
Need mod money i would cough up some change for that cause LOL
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Originally Posted by Tranzor_Z28
I've actually given some change to the guys who just sit there with their cup/box/whatever and don't say anything... its when they start their "hard sell" tactics that I get pissed off. But the quiet ones who just sit there, they don't bother me...
As for the guys on the off ramps with their signs, I just wanna hand them a job application for one of the many temp agencies around... I worked a temp job for a while a few years back, and it wasn't bad, and about their only requirement was that you're breathing.
As for the guys on the off ramps with their signs, I just wanna hand them a job application for one of the many temp agencies around... I worked a temp job for a while a few years back, and it wasn't bad, and about their only requirement was that you're breathing.
Originally Posted by CHarris
I saw this about a week ago but was thinking about it again today. This guy was down on the Seattle waterfront near the ferries and took a call as we walked by. He looked like he needed the cash but when that cell phone came out he screwed it up for all panhandlers for a while with me.
So about a month ago he is standing there with a friggin cell phone in his hand...WTF?!
I did have to laugh because as of late, whenever he's tried to hang on that corner the kids going to/from the cinemas gather round him and give him a hard time - they aren't stupid, they know by their parents griping how much a cell phone costs down to the minute. Pretty sure his 'earnings' have been reduced by quite a bit since then, those kids grow up to be ricers so you *know* how pesky they are
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All the panhandlers on the metered on ramps annoy the hell out of me. A couple weekends back we watched one get into his "get up" on the way to his begging spot at I205 and Foster. Stuffed his nice Reebock jacket and new shoes in a ratty duffle and put on his tattered denim jacket and **** kickers. Why flip burgers when you can sit all day and make twice as much $?
The ones that really get me are the people that use their kids. I ran a video store at the Fred Meyer in Beaverton years ago. A guy in his late twenties took up camp across from the main entrance to Freddies with a cardboard begging sign and his little girl in ratty clothes and barefoot. In October. Watched him smoke two cartons of cigarettes and drink a lot of 2 litre bottles of pop while his kid sat on the wet ground in the cold. Called the police but they couldn't do anything because it was private property, so a number of us talked to the Freddie's store manager and he got the big boys to hire some security to run the guy off. Took three days to do. That poor little kid sat out there every day. *******.
The ones that really get me are the people that use their kids. I ran a video store at the Fred Meyer in Beaverton years ago. A guy in his late twenties took up camp across from the main entrance to Freddies with a cardboard begging sign and his little girl in ratty clothes and barefoot. In October. Watched him smoke two cartons of cigarettes and drink a lot of 2 litre bottles of pop while his kid sat on the wet ground in the cold. Called the police but they couldn't do anything because it was private property, so a number of us talked to the Freddie's store manager and he got the big boys to hire some security to run the guy off. Took three days to do. That poor little kid sat out there every day. *******.
Originally Posted by Steve Goodwin
I think I ought to give this a try.
My sign would read.
Disabled Veteran
Please help us
My Wife & Kids are hungry
Need Mod Money
God Bless
and of course have my dog with me.
My sign would read.
Disabled Veteran
Please help us
My Wife & Kids are hungry
Need Mod Money
God Bless
and of course have my dog with me.
Let me know if it works Steve....
Originally Posted by 97BlackT\A
All the panhandlers on the metered on ramps annoy the hell out of me. A couple weekends back we watched one get into his "get up" on the way to his begging spot at I205 and Foster. Stuffed his nice Reebock jacket and new shoes in a ratty duffle and put on his tattered denim jacket and **** kickers. Why flip burgers when you can sit all day and make twice as much $?
The ones that really get me are the people that use their kids. I ran a video store at the Fred Meyer in Beaverton years ago. A guy in his late twenties took up camp across from the main entrance to Freddies with a cardboard begging sign and his little girl in ratty clothes and barefoot. In October. Watched him smoke two cartons of cigarettes and drink a lot of 2 litre bottles of pop while his kid sat on the wet ground in the cold. Called the police but they couldn't do anything because it was private property, so a number of us talked to the Freddie's store manager and he got the big boys to hire some security to run the guy off. Took three days to do. That poor little kid sat out there every day. *******.
The ones that really get me are the people that use their kids. I ran a video store at the Fred Meyer in Beaverton years ago. A guy in his late twenties took up camp across from the main entrance to Freddies with a cardboard begging sign and his little girl in ratty clothes and barefoot. In October. Watched him smoke two cartons of cigarettes and drink a lot of 2 litre bottles of pop while his kid sat on the wet ground in the cold. Called the police but they couldn't do anything because it was private property, so a number of us talked to the Freddie's store manager and he got the big boys to hire some security to run the guy off. Took three days to do. That poor little kid sat out there every day. *******.
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The cell phones are donated by the state of Washington unemployment office to help these people get jobs. It bothers me that they have them and abuse them and it bothers me more that my tax money pays for it.
When I was working at Seafirst Bank in downtown Seattle in 1992, there was one that was in front of our buildings and I asked him why he does not just come up to HR and get a job. He said he made 10 bucks an hour tax free, why would he want one? The frustrating thing was that was more than I was making.
When I was working at Seafirst Bank in downtown Seattle in 1992, there was one that was in front of our buildings and I asked him why he does not just come up to HR and get a job. He said he made 10 bucks an hour tax free, why would he want one? The frustrating thing was that was more than I was making.
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Originally Posted by Steve Goodwin
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Please help us
My Wife & Kids are hungry
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God Bless
Please help us
My Wife & Kids are hungry
Need Mod Money
God Bless
Originally Posted by howierd42
The cell phones are donated by the state of Washington unemployment office to help these people get jobs. It bothers me that they have them and abuse them and it bothers me more that my tax money pays for it.
When I was working at Seafirst Bank in downtown Seattle in 1992, there was one that was in front of our buildings and I asked him why he does not just come up to HR and get a job. He said he made 10 bucks an hour tax free, why would he want one? The frustrating thing was that was more than I was making.
When I was working at Seafirst Bank in downtown Seattle in 1992, there was one that was in front of our buildings and I asked him why he does not just come up to HR and get a job. He said he made 10 bucks an hour tax free, why would he want one? The frustrating thing was that was more than I was making.
We pay Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much in property tax to support that program - emails will be sent off to put a stop to that sort of crap.
Its crap because there are enough groups where people can check in daily for jobs (as in actual buildings). What, do they expect someone to call at 2pm and say they have a job ready?
The signs that say "need beer money", seen em' and they get a quarter for being honest!
Its a euphimistic quarter of course.
