Excus me do yu ave a sper dolla bro?

[The Stranger:Me]

The spelling, dear God the spelling!

I'm nauseous. I'm also off to give anyone I see standing outside a StarMart a $1.

Well, for some English is not their native tongue and it don't come quite so easy. However, there is no denying Din's ability to communicate.
He very effectively completely rogered chef, although chef may flail about helplessly trying to regain some composure, let's face it, he finished him in a single post.

[MIXONE]

Beggars piss me off too however I've found that a simple "No" does the trick and they leave me alone.
I am however quite willing to give to any busker that entertains me as I feel they are earning their money.

[Jizah]

... "have you got $3 for the bus?"...

Next time say "yes thank you!" then walk away.

[Genestho]

You need to accept that there are people worse off than you, avoid, or give. Over to you.

From what I've seen, even in Auckland and Welly, we don't have problems as there are overseas with beggars.

I can laughingly recall, in a city over the ditch, on the bones of my arse - enough money for a train ride home and a drink, CV underarm - 33 degree heat, beatin the feet, looking for work from 9 till 4.

This one guy I came across, very tidy - shirt, clean, asked me for a dollar, (yes I gave him one - had to score a paper cup and get water from the public sink) then I saw him hitting anyone up who crossed his path.

And still going when I caught the train home!!

I figured he was more well off than me!!! I went home and did a rough calculation of his weekly tax free earnings, and figured I was looking for the wrong job!!

[Laxi]

we don't have problems as there are overseas with beggars.

I can laughingly recall, in a city over the ditch, .... This one guy I came across, .... asked me for a dollar,

he was a cheap beggar, in F.N.Q it's a $5 minimum

[Genestho]

he was a cheap beggar, in F.N.Q it's a $5 minimum

Where's F.N.Q?

And, that's a helluva income!!!

[Laxi]

Where's F.N.Q?

far north queensland, and yeah you think they'd be rich but it all gets pissed against a wall

[Genestho]

far north queensland, and yeah you think they'd be rich but it all gets pissed against a wall

Ahhh, yes, FNQ, I know exactly what you mean!!!

[Argyle]

Did not know there were beggars here in NZ? Never seen one actually.

There are loads of farm work to do for anyone, not the best payment for the hours but money at least.

[slofox]

Reminds me of an incident last Sunday evening...

I was leaving the supermarket, round 9.00pm I guess, when a guy comes up and knocks on the window. Wind down window. "Wassup?" I ask.
He tells me he and his Mrs and the kids are stuck in the carpark because they don't have any money for petrol to get home to Papamoa, having come down from Albany. Been stuck there three hours so far...

Being a merciful sort of fulla (who is also a fucking cynic), I decided to check things out. Told him I had no spare gas. He said money would be fine (I'm sure it would have been!). I asked him how he was going to get the gas once I gave him money. He said he would walk. "How you gonna carry the gas?" I ask. "Got a can" he says.

So I told him to go get the can and I would drive him to the servo and pay for some gas for him....He walks over to the car (actually a big fat SUV). I follow. He meets me half way back - "I don't have a can Bro" he says.

Now this supermarket has a gas outlet attached. His SUV is right beside it and I see it is still open...I ask him "Why don't you get gas from this dude here?" Comes the reply "Oh I had a bit of a fight with him - he wouldn't give me any gas..." So I volunteer to go sort the servo dude out.

Go in there. Servo guy in there is just a kid, working nights I guessed. Ask him about the guy outside. Tells me that another guy had withdrawn $40.00 and given it to him a wee while ago. They had driven out of the park and then come back for another go soon after. Suggests I go talk to the security fulla inside the supermarket. Which I decide to do.

I go back to the SUV. I asked them about the $40.00. His Mrs goes off her face..."Why the fuck would we be here if someone gave us $40.00?" she rants. Bad move sister - you just evaporated my sympathy...

So I said "I'll just pop inside and see what I can do to sort this all out huh?"
I head in and get to the security man - one tough fulla indeed whom I often chat to when in the supermarket late at night. He draws my attention to the fact that the SUV is making a very hasty exit from the carpark....so much for being "out of gas".

Overall: If he had been genuine I would have helped within the limits of my means. But I always suspect sob stories. Which is why I checked him out. And he was, indeed, a bullshit artist.

Alls well that ends well huh?

[Blackshear]

I very nearly died one day on my Black Bobbie, and sorta walked with a new lease that day.
Some dude was playing his harmonica pretty fucking good in taka, just outside BK. No hat on the ground, no tin, but obviously could spare a couple bucks.
Gave the guy a twenty and he had kittens, bought me a BBQ bacon double cheeseburger, guy had class

Sure some people are real lazy, greedy type fuckers who just sit around going GISS A DAWLLAH, MATE! But they are not forcing you to spare a couple bucks.
Just walk past, like most other people do.

[Lias]

When I was up in Dorkland a few months ago for Xlan, we stopped in at Wendys in Manukau, and we had this freaky old asian dude hit us up.
As we were walking out he hit us up for money. We went back again a few days later and the same guy comes back this time he wandered into the store, sat down next to us and said "money money you gib money" in a bad accent. After being told to fuckoff he got up and shuffled off. Was quite random.

I think we should round up homeless people and put them to good use. Like .. pet food or fertilizer (or even soap and lamp shades kekeke).

[bull]

Having worked in welly for a few years at that end of town i know what youre talking about chef, had a couple of fullas opposite pidgeon park outside city stop do the same every day. But seriously - they are only asking and actually pretty politely most of the time. Have on occasion given a few coins to them but if i dont want to i just smile and say "not today bro - but ill see you tomorrow eh" they are friendly as, i think just for someone chatting to them like they are people is rewarding to them too.

So if you cant suck it up then walk a different route pal.

[Max Preload]

Ask him if he can break a $100 bill.

[Crasherfromwayback]

that asks all and sundry for coins is a stuck record...and I flat out tell him to fuck off as I know for a fact he gives the coins to his fat arsed bitch to put in the pokie machines at the Sports Cafe. I also caught him one day asking a woman who would've been in her 70's for money...and the poor old dear went to a money machine and was about to give him $20.00 until I told him to leave her alone and fuck off. Blanket man is just blanket man.