speedsix wrote:...too many corner begging creatures get into a nearby Lincoln or Lexus at the end of a day, after untying their leg from behind their back...or similar shenanigans...around Dallas it's an organized scam...I've given "poor homeless hungry will-work-for-food" types my lunch a coupla times...only to see them toss it into the weeds as I drove off...I've offered a gal with her 7 year old daughter in the median of an intersection in 90+ degree weather to go sit in the Dennys and I'd pay for whatever she ordered for her "hungry" daughter and her...she started off about "just ate but I do need a few bucks for medicine"...MOST corner begging types are scam artists, and where traffic is heavy making $200 a day is not unusual...I don't give them a penny...I will buy anyone claiming to be hungry a meal in a restaurant...but no money...
I watched a car of nuns give a begging guy bags of chips and bottled drinks instead of money. He was totally perplexed and just set the stuff on the curb and continued to hold his "hungry need help" sign.
This is a legitimate business in some countries.