[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Panhandler last night. (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/5/2010 2:34:27 PM EDT
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The Mrs and I just finished up a wonderful dinner and are walking along the sidewalk holding hands. Guy in his early to mid tweenties walks up wearing new clothing with the gold leaf type designs on it.
Panhandler: You guys spare some money? I'm hungry. Bama: (pointing that way) There's a help wanted sign a block down. Panhandler: Fuck you! Bama: (chuckles and walks away) Mrs: That was mean. Bama: (conitnues to chuckle) |
Many years ago I worked in a shopping mall in downtown Columbus, Ohio. We had a "homeless" couple who would cruise the mall, wife pushing her wheelchair-bound husband wearing his Vietnam Army jacket holding the standard cardboard sign: "Homeless, Haven't eaten" blah, blah, blah..... After a few years I transferred to a new mall in the suburbs of CBus. One day, swear to God, I saw that same couple, the wheelchair-bound husband hops out of a car nicer than mine, and WALKS into the fucking mall to shop. The wheelchair-bound Vietnam vet fucking WALKED around the mall shopping. WTF?!
Won't give money to any of those fuckers anymore...... I'm sure there are some who are honestly in need, but somebody always has to fuck it up for the rest of them. 
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blade at 45 hold hand strait out and yell , YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY CHANGE!!!!!
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Around here what we get is the "Hey man, can you spare a few dollars? I ran out of gas and am trying to get home!" in the parking lot of WAL-MART.
My standard reply is "Sorry, I don't have any money on me" - I always say that as a primary tactic to discourage a possible mugger who may just be scoping out potential victims. A more serious form of discouragement is riding in my CCW holster. (I don't buy the "ran out of gas" line, and have seen the same people using it on different occasions). |
| There was a story in the local paper a long time ago where the reporter took people up on the "Will Work for Food." He took them to his house and handed them a lawn mower. Cut the lawn and I'll cook you a Thanksgiving feast. 2 minutes later the lawn mower sat in the yard with no sight of said hungry man. |
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There was a story in the local paper a long time ago where the reporter took people up on the "Will Work for Food." He took them to his house and handed them a lawn mower. Cut the lawn and I'll cook you a Thanksgiving feast. 2 minutes later the lawn mower sat in the yard with no sight of said hungry man. Sounds like a good way to lose your lawn mower. |
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Quoted: I was going to half-jokingly call the story BS since the reality would probably be a missing individual AND lawnmower.Quoted: There was a story in the local paper a long time ago where the reporter took people up on the "Will Work for Food." He took them to his house and handed them a lawn mower. Cut the lawn and I'll cook you a Thanksgiving feast. 2 minutes later the lawn mower sat in the yard with no sight of said hungry man. Sounds like a good way to lose your lawn mower. |
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There's a well-known panhandler in Cincinnati who carries around a baby bottle. I'm not sure what his story is, but it's something to the effect of his car is broken down on the freeway and he needs money for a new tire but the baby is hungry and he needs to get formula for it. I first saw him when I was maybe 12.
Ran into him a few years ago and he starts his spiel. I said "Man, I hate to tell you this, but it's been 10 years - that baby's dead!" |
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Should have drenched that bum with pepperspray. All I had was a Glock. Those work even better! Except would have taken all three out...*BOOM* Glocks should come with a pin and spoon.  Really dude...REALLY? You are sooooooooooo clever
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Around here what we get is the "Hey man, can you spare a few dollars? I ran out of gas and am trying to get home!" in the parking lot of WAL-MART. My standard reply is "Sorry, I don't have any money on me" - I always say that as a primary tactic to discourage a possible mugger who may just be scoping out potential victims. A more serious form of discouragement is riding in my CCW holster. (I don't buy the "ran out of gas" line, and have seen the same people using it on different occasions). 
It's like they have a union and all learn the same script! Same exact thing in the Wal-Mart parking lot here. |
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Should have drenched that bum with pepperspray. All I had was a Glock. Those work even better! Except would have taken all three out...*BOOM* Glocks should come with a pin and spoon. GD 'tards strike again. Waah, cry me a river. Then, go buy a real gun: 
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Ahhhhh pan handlers!
I had a good one once. I was walking down East 19th or what ever it was that runs along Viking Hall at CSU. Trinity Cathedral is on the other side of the street. Trinity Cathedral lets bums sleep on the property and they accost students (especially girls) as they pass by. Well, I'm walking to the parking lot, and across the street some meth-head white trash 20 something jitter bug makes eye contact and crosses the street to meet me head on. When he gets about 6 feet away I yell at the top of my lungs NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! It echoed off the sides of the church and the sides of the Viking Hall dorm with some authority. White trash stopped in his tracks and just looked stunned. He finally gathered himself and said "Hey man, I didn't even ask you for anything yet". I responded with another top of my lungs NNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!.............again, echoes were impressive. I continue to walk on and brush past mister stunned crackhead. I'm about 15' away when he yells "hey man......get a fucking life!!"...........I turn and yell back "get a fucking job LOOOOOOSER!" as I give him the "L" sign with my hand at my forehead. The look on his face was priceless. I kept an eye out for that loser for awhile after that. If he ever showed his face again it was going to be campus police time, but alas, he must have moved on or OD'd. Forgive any language or grammer errors....it's Friday night Blackout Stout night!! |
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Around here what we get is the "Hey man, can you spare a few dollars? I ran out of gas and am trying to get home!" in the parking lot of WAL-MART. Hey, that same dude was here in southern MD last week. I said. "sorry bud, no money here either", as I strolled into wally world. |
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Quoted: The Mrs and I just finished up a wonderful dinner and are walking along the sidewalk holding hands. Guy in his early to mid tweenties walks up wearing new clothing with the gold leaf type designs on it. Panhandler: You guys spare some money? I'm hungry. Bama: (pointing that way) There's a help wanted sign a block down. Panhandler: Fuck you! Bama: (chuckles and walks away) Mrs: That was mean. Bama: (conitnues to chuckle) You know the rules. |
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Around here what we get is the "Hey man, can you spare a few dollars? I ran out of gas and am trying to get home!" in the parking lot of WAL-MART. My standard reply is "Sorry, I don't have any money on me" - I always say that as a primary tactic to discourage a possible mugger who may just be scoping out potential victims. A more serious form of discouragement is riding in my CCW holster. (I don't buy the "ran out of gas" line, and have seen the same people using it on different occasions). get this same scam in a lot of truckstops"can you spare some money im out of gas" |
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I like the way you separate your personal joy from your professional joy.  Last night at the 80's party they had big screen tv's playing a mix of 80's music and videos. When they did Michael Jackson's Thriller, I did a pretend draw down and engaged the zombies. The Mrs didn't like it. 
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Should have drenched that bum with pepperspray. All I had was a Glock. Those work even better! Except would have taken all three out...*BOOM* Glocks should come with a pin and spoon. GD 'tards strike again. Waah, cry me a river. Then, go buy a real gun: http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/media/Springfield_Armory/SA_XD45ACP_5in_lg.jpg One of these ? 
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The Mrs and I just finished up a wonderful dinner and are walking along the sidewalk holding hands. Guy in his early to mid tweenties walks up wearing new clothing with the gold leaf type designs on it. Panhandler: You guys spare some money? I'm hungry. Bama: (pointing that way) There's a help wanted sign a block down. Panhandler: Fuck you! Bama: (chuckles and walks away) Mrs: That was mean. Bama: (conitnues to chuckle) Not mean at all. Screw them. Here in Houston it must be panhandler central. I live in the Midtown area and can't get further than 2 blocks without someone asking for money with every bullshit story in the book. I'm sick of it. I ran out of gas... Oh really, where's your car?... I need $5 for a car part. Really, I'll take you to an autoparts store if you really need it...but I'm not giving you money. I need money for my baby food...medicine...whatever. Bullshit. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Waah, cry me a river.Quoted: Glocks should come with a pin and spoon. GD 'tards strike again. Then, go buy a real gun: http://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/media/Springfield_Armory/SA_XD45ACP_5in_lg.jpg One of these ? http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/glock21_45/XD.jpg http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/glock21_45/Xd2.jpg http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/glock21_45/XD3.jpg I believe the technical term for what just happened is: "PWNED". |
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I like the way you separate your personal joy from your professional joy. Last night at the 80's party they had big screen tv's playing a mix of 80's music and videos. When they did Michael Jackson's Thriller, I did a pretend draw down and engaged the zombies. The Mrs didn't like it. LOL!!! Sounds like something I'd do 
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The ones who have a sign that says "will work for food".......I say "I have a job going on_____________, be there @ 7:00am tomarrow, $10 an hr cash.....cleaning up a jobsite"
have yet to have one show up. you can answer..."no money......bullets though.....need some?" 
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