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Apparently, I am a hypocrite. Oh, and I need to gain some empathy.
So says a beggar on the streets of downtown Portland.
My wife and I were walking through downtown Portland, on our way to our car, when we were confronted by some dude asking us for a few bucks. He had a blanket wrapped around him, and a sore right by his mouth.
The first thing he said to us was how he was on MTV on August 20th doing some rhymes, and then said he would rhyme for us if we gave him $2.
Well, for one, we did not have any cash on us, or at least, any cash that I was willing to give to him. He persisted, and said that he would show us where an ATM machine was and that we could break up the money and give him some.
Well, I am sorry. I was not budging. He appeared to be around 21, which is not much younger than me. Yeah, the economy is fucked right now, but I still see signs in places like Subway saying they are hiring. Other than the nasty sore on his mouth, I saw no reason why he could not work. I wasn't going to give him shit.
I have given money to homeless people before, and I might have been willing to hand him a few bucks if he wasn't so fucking annoying. No, I did not care that he was once on a channel I don't even watch, and I was not going to pay to have him rhyme for us.
So, we finally got him to stop following us, and as we walked away, we heard him grumbling and calling me a hypocrite and that I needed to gain some empathy. He then proceeded to ask some other people for money, which is probably a good thing, cause I was about to lose my temper.
So says a beggar on the streets of downtown Portland.
My wife and I were walking through downtown Portland, on our way to our car, when we were confronted by some dude asking us for a few bucks. He had a blanket wrapped around him, and a sore right by his mouth.
The first thing he said to us was how he was on MTV on August 20th doing some rhymes, and then said he would rhyme for us if we gave him $2.
Well, for one, we did not have any cash on us, or at least, any cash that I was willing to give to him. He persisted, and said that he would show us where an ATM machine was and that we could break up the money and give him some.
Well, I am sorry. I was not budging. He appeared to be around 21, which is not much younger than me. Yeah, the economy is fucked right now, but I still see signs in places like Subway saying they are hiring. Other than the nasty sore on his mouth, I saw no reason why he could not work. I wasn't going to give him shit.
I have given money to homeless people before, and I might have been willing to hand him a few bucks if he wasn't so fucking annoying. No, I did not care that he was once on a channel I don't even watch, and I was not going to pay to have him rhyme for us.
So, we finally got him to stop following us, and as we walked away, we heard him grumbling and calling me a hypocrite and that I needed to gain some empathy. He then proceeded to ask some other people for money, which is probably a good thing, cause I was about to lose my temper.