Whats going on with society?

[floridagar]

growing up in Chicago i learned to never give money to a homeless person unless they have been sitting in the same area or location for the past couple of weeks. Then i can see the reason to give and help some one out.

Reason for not giving, The last time i watched out my window driving on 1st avenue off of 290 here this young women gave this homeless man with a sign up that looked like he had MS or some different disability where it was harder for him to walk up straight but she give him a few dollars. Then the next car handed this same homeless man 20 dollars, At this time we were sitting at a red light and couldnt move so i decided to watch, The light turns green every one starts to take off this homeless person got the money and as I was watching the homeless man and he started to walk normally as if nothing was ever wrong in the first place and there was nothing wrong with him. What i knew was to good to be true this man walked to the next block and pulled his car keys from his pocket and got into his 2004 Honda.

I know that there are people out there that need help from a certain situation but i never yelled at anyone for being homeless. It actually is a bad thing that they have ended up in a situation where they lost a job.

But people in this world will do anything to get money that so called homeless guy took peoples money who were willing to give and went to fill his gas tank up.

I cant see why the person in your story just started to yell for no reason, They have a perfect spot in hell for that women.

 

[knifegill]

It's a sad place to be. The worst part is, for those genuinely homeless and relying on a cardboard sign for income, they are usually honest people who have tried what little they know and failed. They just didn't have the tools to plan and live a life. Some folks have problems understanding that. But it's admittedly difficult to grasp that somebody else hasn't grasped the fundamentals of living. Nobody taught me. I was a drunk and played my guitar for money as my primary source of income, then spent it on weed and beer. Granted, I was 18-ish, and still had a lot to learn. But some friends of mine with smart parents who taught their kids how to save money, how to make money and how to spend their time were already planning for college or in college at the time I was discovering drugs and how to get by sleeping under trees downtown. I just didn't know how to turn my intentions into reality until I got put into rehab. They were the first people to hold me accountable (and to create a sense of accountability) for how I spend my days. It took a lot of reprogramming and unlearning, but now I am the master of my thoughts and actions, my wife and I are saving up to buy a house later this year and I have a career as a phlebotomist. I'm mostly happy I made it through without losing my teeth. And none of the money people gave me went to anything but snack food and beer, vodka and weed. Teach a man to fish. Seriously.

 

[Huladad]

I was adopted and lost both my adopted parents when I was young, with no family and no where to go, I lived on the streets so to say... I worked as a framer and lived in a tent near the jobsite and after about a year I was able to buy myself a camper... Today I have two kids and I'm almost done with college. There is a guy from my hometown that was a professor at the local college, he lost his wife and two kids to a fire and just lost if and became homeless after that... The only thing he would ask you for was some change to get some coffee, which I was always more than willing to provide... The moral, some people are homeless because of choices and some are homeless because of circumstances... Neither gives anyone the right to be an ass to another human being you never know their situation... I agree, there is a special place in hell for that woman in the OP...

 

[Death Pony]

This, and 90+ are dead in Norway by the hands of one man, most of them children.