Where the hell is their pride!?

mike
there are a lot of beggars around melb at the minute and some of them make a nice collection each day its a bit like collectors shoving tins in your face most these dayse get a percentage of the tin ????
like you a hard upbringing so stuff em

steve

ps i do donate but i like to make up my own mind who i give to

Better than a couple of young blokes I know who don't mind breaking a window for the change in the ashtray.

I had one come up to me in Morwell, he had a slab of VB under his arm & asked me for a "coupla dollars for the bus fare home".
I politely suggested that he take his beer back & get a refund, then buy his own bus ticket!

Gidday Mike

Got a bob cobba'
Buy a man a drink will ya'
Can ya give me a feed missus'

Different days and circumstances, but it's been there for as long as I've been on this Earth.

Have a good Christmas and happy New Year

Regards

Kim

pride? yep - and fear.

I wouldn't've dared ask.

It's probably easy money though. Numbers game and all that.......

I had a good upbringing, private school and all, I give if someone asks and I dont have an issue even though it is probably making the problem worse BUT one time an abo guy in kalgoorlie askes for money (background is they do this a lot and a fair amount of the time the money goes on alcohol) so I ask him what for, he says food, I tell him I will be back in a min and am going to the shop to get a sandwich. (I know this sounds patronising but I have seen these guys drunk pulling women along by their hair in public places, so I didnt want my money contributing to that!) So anyway he protests and gets angry and wants the money, he would not accept food so in the end I didnt give anything.

Yep! I walked past an Indian woman this week collecting for the Blind Society or something in Campsie, I didn't take much notice, I just held my hand up and walked past. She was actively pushing for donations and on my return saw people giving money. She appeared to have no ID badge pinned on her and who knows where the the money is going..Most people don't just stand there all day just to help some charity. Was she legitimate and collecting on behalf of the charity? Was she getting half of the takings, who knows. When I was about 10yo, a school mate of mine came to our door, i remember it well, he was collecting money for some Aboriginal charity, I remember asking him at the time, what he got out of it, He got 10 cents out of the 20 cent ticket and he told me his boss got 5 cents.. So much for charity and the idea behind it. There would be little left over to help the said cause in many Charities

Several years ago at Flinders St Station, a girl asked me for money for her train ticket home. I offered to purchase the ticket for her and asked what type, time etc. Suddenly she didn't need a ticket anymore.

Few years ago when on holidays in Cairns a blackfella in Kuranda asked me for a smoke. Told him I didn't smoke, he asked me for money to buy some. that's when I snapped and told him I should be asking him for a dollar or two, as he gets more money and benefits than me!!!!!

Very friendly people and concerned for your welfare in Adelaide mall continually asking if you have money or smokes, I always say yes thanks and thanks for asking, before I walk off.