The Whining and Bitching Thread

[Elric of Melniboné]

We have that in the United States. It's annoying.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Oh yeah, we've still got them. Always some smackhead who's smoking a ciggie and getting ash all over your bonnet at the same time he's 'cleaning' your windscreen. I always tell them to go away but some of them get annoyed and spray water on my car etc. I see a lot of women turning their wipers on to get rid of them lately because they won't listen to them when they say no. Hate them.

 

[Krow]

We have that in the United States. It's annoying.

Most beggars around here sit at a gas station and say they're out of gas money. They ask for $5 or whatever until someone bites, then go to another gas station and repeat. I'll buy people food or put a little gas in their car but I wont hand you money if you're a beggar. You're not buying a 40 on my dime.

I also have a guilty but still kind of funny memory of being a teenager and giving a homeless guy with a sign an Arby's melt at like 60 mph.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

A lot of them will turn down food, even if they have a sign that says they're hungry.

 

[CiG]

I don't give anybody anything. Screw them.

 

[Sirjack]

I don't give money to beggars either but the last time l actually spoke to one went like this:
I get off a tram in Swanson st and a 60ish year old little aboriginal man comes up to me:
He says 'Giv...ssd ..abite y nut'
Me: 'sorry mate?'
Him: 'gzz a bite y rut'
Me: 'what?'
(He's got an unlit smoke in his mouth)
Him: 'gzz..som..lit..y..grunt'
Me: 'oh you want a light mate, sorry l don't smoke' (lie)
He moves on to the next person:
'gzz aa bit y cnut'

I've nothing against aboriginies or homeless but lm not giving you a light if you are calling me a cunt

 

[Dak]

Homeless people often have mental/developmental issues.

 

[The Butt]

When I went to Ottawa last Saturday for a friend's birthday party I had literally four street bums ask me for cash. In the span of about three or four hours. I told them I had none and kept walking straight on.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I give spare change to people often if they seem genuine and thankful. I hate bullshit stories about accomodation or train fares, just ask me politely if I've got any change to spare, and I do I'll give you some.

 

[tagradh]

I played guitar with a homeless dude a few times. He was cool.

 

[The Ozzman]

If he could afford a guitar, he couldn't be homeless ldo

 

[EternalMetal]

One time going to a show my buddy gave $40 to some scummy looking black dude who claimed he needed money for a train, and about 5 minutes later I saw him being escorted from the station by security because he kept lurking around asking people for money. It was so embarrassing that I didnt even mention to my friend how obvious this con was, lol.

Got asked again for "train fare" in NYC this past friday night, I said no, and I got a disgruntled 'wtf man' sort of reply. Fuck you, you arent entitled to my money asshole. I do shit for people all the time as a volunteer EMT, but giving out cash to scammers isnt one of them. I sort of feel bad for people who legitimately need a couple bucks in order to get home, but shame on your own dumb ass for not having a thought out plan when going out.

 

[The Ozzman]

This happened to me last night. I was buying some stuff at the gas station and this guy asked for spare change and I pointed out his clothes looked new and that he was full of shit. I ended up feeling bad so I gave him some of what I bought and he was appreciative.

 

[The Butt]

I don't give anything to anyone, because I don't bust my ass at work to "help" people who are probably going to spend it on drugs rather than things they need. Especially when I struggle financially, myself.

It's not even hard to get government assistance here, and we as taxpayers pay enough into that as it is, without people on the street accosting me for my work paycheck.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Maybe it's cruel but I was always raised by my family to totally ignore anyone asking for money. We have a few known local dudes in the city who play music on the same corner and I'll throw some bucks in their hat if I actually have more than a credit card that day, but they aren't asking, and they're earning that money somehow.

There are just way too many fucking beggars in one place for me to even begin choosing who gets a handout and who doesn't, and I can't even begin to decipher who's a crackhead and who isn't because they all look terrible. I always give people cigarettes when they ask though. It's so cold in the D.

 

[CiG]

How da fucc do we supposed to keep peace?

Get a job, hoe.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Maybe it's cruel but I was always raised by my family to totally ignore anyone asking for money. We have a few known local dudes in the city who play music on the same corner and I'll throw some bucks in their hat if I actually have more than a credit card that day, but they aren't asking, and they're earning that money somehow.

There are just way too many fucking beggars in one place for me to even begin choosing who gets a handout and who doesn't, and I can't even begin to decipher who's a crackhead and who isn't because they all look terrible. I always give people cigarettes when they ask though. It's so cold in the D.

Busking is a worthy thing and totally different from begging. I love hearing people playing music in the street. I usually always give buskers money unless they really suck.

Most beggars are crackheads or junkies of some description as far as I can see. That doesn't stop me from giving them change though.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

A few years back when I lived in a town there was this accordion-playing "busker" outside a mall I'd pass frequently on my way to school. The guy couldn't play for shit. To clarify, it sounded like he had never touched an accordion in his life. He would just play droning dissonant chords over and over. He also didn't seem quite right in the head and spoke no language I recognized. But there was this period when he'd stand there playing nearly every fucking day, when I went to school in the morning, when I returned home during lunch and when I came home at the end of the day. I did give him money at some point or other partly in recognition of his persistence and partly because I was pretty depressed at the time and thought the dissonant droning made a fitting soundtrack to my life.

I'm not sure you could even call that busking so much as just instrument-assisted begging. I do love encountering genuinely talented buskers and will happily give them money.

 

[The Butt]

I'd be interested to hear recordings of this dissonant accordion playing.

 

[The Ozzman]

Maybe it's cruel but I was always raised by my family to totally ignore anyone asking for money. We have a few known local dudes in the city who play music on the same corner and I'll throw some bucks in their hat if I actually have more than a credit card that day, but they aren't asking, and they're earning that money somehow.

There are just way too many fucking beggars in one place for me to even begin choosing who gets a handout and who doesn't, and I can't even begin to decipher who's a crackhead and who isn't because they all look terrible. I always give people cigarettes when they ask though. It's so cold in the D.

Brak!