if you were me...
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Dun be like me dudes. Take it from me, I've been cheated many times. Perhaps bcos I'm tat dumb.
And I remember them. Now, I dun think I ever, ever wan to donate another cent to those beggars. They deserve no pity from the public as long as they just reach out their hands for money.
Those tat deserve our pity are those that worked for it. e.g. old auntie sell tissue by the roadside, blind guitarist singing on the streets.
I've saw those good-for-nothings with intact limbs, perfect eyesight and a bright future(very young), wearing a t-shirt even more expensive than wat I'm wearing now, begging in bustops. Can't they just get a simple job and get over with it!?!
$50 for travel fare... WTF!?!?
Like they say, if they get an inch, they'll want a foot. Itz human nature. -
im not angry. jus felt weird n bugged out. jus ranting ok.Originally posted by FORGET-ME-NOT:He is just asking, if you don't want just say no lor. Why so angry?
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Be cool mon.....
Stay awayyyy.... from teh Voodoooo....
Originally posted by skeujin:im not angry. jus felt weird n bugged out. jus ranting ok. -
Just ignore him, he is just a poor old man.
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They need to FLY back to their own country...Originally posted by Boo777:Dun be like me dudes. Take it from me, I've been cheated many times. Perhaps bcos I'm tat dumb.
And I remember them. Now, I dun think I ever, ever wan to donate another cent to those beggars. They deserve no pity from the public as long as they just reach out their hands for money.
Those tat deserve our pity are those that worked for it. e.g. old auntie sell tissue by the roadside, blind guitarist singing on the streets.
I've saw those good-for-nothings with intact limbs, perfect eyesight and a bright future(very young), wearing a t-shirt even more expensive than wat I'm wearing now, begging in bustops. Can't they just get a simple job and get over with it!?! $50 for travel fare... WTF!?!?
Like they say, if they get an inch, they'll want a foot. Itz human nature. -
Ask for cab fare or not... CHANCES ARE... I won't treat him to a drink...Originally posted by skeujin:my estate has this blind old man that always stations himself outside the 711 where the ATM machine is.
he's been there for years. few years back he used to sell tissue paper to make a buck. now he just sits there not selling anythg.
i always go to the ATM there. theres only one in tt vicinity. he used to always ask me to buy him a drink which i was fine. i see tt many others also do the same thing.
thing tt irked me was bout last week he asked me for cab fare. told me he stay far away n need cab fare to go home. i was taken aback cause if your handicaped w little or no money. why are you travelling such a long distance to beg? cant you do it somewhere closer to home? i was really put off.
this morng when i saw him again. he asked me to buy him a drink. the memory of the cab fare incident flashed in my mind. i also tght why dont he bring water from home? if no one buys him a drink. wont he thirst the whole day ther?
I gave hime a flat out 'no'
i felt n still feel bad.
what wld u have done?
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Can you get me a coke and a chicken burger pls...? And yeah... Pls kindly have them delivered to my office...Originally posted by skeujin:well to think of it if he really asked me for money for food or drinks or even some basic maintenance i would be fine. just tt the tght of the stay far away thn cab here to beg thing bugs me... -
If they only asked me to buy them some food/drinks, I will gladly do so without hesitation. But if they asked me for money, then I'll give them a flat no.Originally posted by skeujin:my estate has this blind old man that always stations himself outside the 711 where the ATM machine is.
he's been there for years. few years back he used to sell tissue paper to make a buck. now he just sits there not selling anythg.
i always go to the ATM there. theres only one in tt vicinity. he used to always ask me to buy him a drink which i was fine. i see tt many others also do the same thing.
thing tt irked me was bout last week he asked me for cab fare. told me he stay far away n need cab fare to go home. i was taken aback cause if your handicaped w little or no money. why are you travelling such a long distance to beg? cant you do it somewhere closer to home? i was really put off.
this morng when i saw him again. he asked me to buy him a drink. the memory of the cab fare incident flashed in my mind. i also tght why dont he bring water from home? if no one buys him a drink. wont he thirst the whole day ther?
I gave hime a flat out 'no'
i felt n still feel bad.
what wld u have done?
He's blind right? So maybe he could be left at that location everyday by one of his heartless-should-burn-in-Hell children, so that they won't need to hire a maid specially to assist him and also no need to waste money to feed him everyday...they just left him there and pick him up later. It's sad but also very true that most people around us are very capable of doing such things to their parents.
It's just food/drinks and it's not that he's trying to scam a dollar out of you. Don't think anyone will wanna beg unless he/she is at their most desperate ends. Moreover it's just food/drinks that he's asking for. Giving him monetary stuffs will put him at risk for getting robbed/mugged.
Anyway I don't give money out to strangers regardless of how pitiful/old/crippled/ill-stricken that person it. But I'll gladly pay a meal for anyone who need to fill his/her empty stomach anytime. Cos not being able to feed yourself is the most dire situation that can possibly happen to anyone compared to having no money at all.
Buy him a meal next time if he asked for it, food is still cheap in Singapore.
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well, he's really blind right?
ya he was not right to lie.
but perhaps he's really desperate.
sometimes if u can give something, u should feel blessed bcos u still have sth to give. What is a can of drink to u? If he's the type who strives hard, i might even buy him food everyday. But some people if given this kind of treatment, food comes without having him to work for it, they will take it for granted and it becomes a bad habit to ask for food and money, and dun feel the need to work for it.