Sometimes I give change and sometimes I don't, depends on my mood and their appearance.

I have to say that some of these people look pretty well-fed and well-dressed for people with "no alternatives". You'd expect that abused children would have bruises, and that the truly broke with no friends or families or food would look sick and skinny and have shitty clothes.

I've had similar experiences to LoCa's. In K-town I gave a few quarters to a bum near my apartment and he was like "thanks, I just need it for a beer." Yeah, great, I'm happy to know that a small percentage of my hard-earned salary has gone towards some total stranger's innebriation. I had half a mind to trip the guy and demand he give it back, but I thought nah, not worth the trouble.

But then again, it's been established that many people on the streets have serious psychological disorders and would never be able to get normal jobs. They probably deserve some sort of help... but then again, what they really need is some kind of rehab, is free money the answer for them?

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