Women beggars at 235/rt4

Monello

Monello

Smarter than the average bear
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I had a weird experience in the Tuscon airport. I rented a car. I was in the lot looking for it. Some guy comes up to me while I'm searching and dragging my luggage around. He produces a wallet with a badge in it. Says he's officer so & so. Then he asks if he can ask me a few questions. Without breaking stride, I said no and kept walking. And that was the end of our interaction. He never said anything to me after that. I doubt he was the police. Not sure what type of scam he could have been running. But I know a lot of people will defer to law enforcement.
 
RoseRed

RoseRed

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Monello said:
On our travels around the country, we saw them all over the place. The people with the will work for food signs. The 1 guy in Burlington, VT was out there every day like it was his job.

I'd get hit up at high traffic area gasoline stations. Somebody would come up with some sob story about needing money. Some times I'd reply back in Italian and keep walking.

There was a guy in Baltimore downtown years ago. He was in a wheelchair and had prosthesis for hands. His hands were those metal claw like deals. He'd have a used coffee cup that was used to put the change/cash. I'm sure a lot of folks contributed because seeing this guy made you feel lucky that you didn't have to deal with that sort of health issue on a daily basis.

Overseas I saw a lot of blind beggars. They'd set up near the tourist areas. Then there were the gypsy kids that ran around begging and picking pockets. In India, I saw entire families begging. So why have 10 kids when you can't feed 2 kids? When I was there, they had so many beggars it would have taken a fortune to get them all out of poverty.
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Last summer I was sitting in traffic on Capitol in DC. People were on the medium panhandling. There was a young woman who was clearly mentally handicapped and disturbed. She also looked to be strung out on drugs and very pregnant. She fell into the street and was lucky not to be hit. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
 
PeoplesElbow

PeoplesElbow

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Loper said:
I was in the same parking lot last week and big dude came running up, "Miss, hey Missy, can I asked you a favor?" I looked him straight in the eye and said No you can't. He stood there looking dumbfounded for a minute then went about his business.
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The instant someone comes toward me or says excuse me I just reply "No", most stop in their tracks, occasionally someone will continue or say "you don't even know what I was going to say" with the 2nd one I say "I don't care" and its like they been kicked in the nuts.
 
Loper

Loper

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PeoplesElbow said:
The instant someone comes toward me or says excuse me I just reply "No", most stop in their tracks, occasionally someone will continue or say "you don't even know what I was going to say" with the 2nd one I say "I don't care" and its like they been kicked in the nuts.
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You're a bigger dude though, right? I'm all of 4' 11" and 110 lbs... ;) I think he thought he was going to intimidate me and was shocked and didn't know what to say after that. lol
 
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