Do you give to beggars?

Paul_Varjak

When I visit the Philippines I am approached numerous times a day by children begging on the streets; they follow me around but they genuinely are in need of help, so I do give them a few Pesos or, if I am near a food outlet, I will take them in and buy food for them.

The look on their faces is sufficient reward for me and I can have quite interesting discussions with children as young as five.

juliethemuse

i will always give to beggars if i have some spare change on me, coming home from the hospital a few weeks back a young girl asked me if i had any spare change, i gave her some, and the next day she spotted me in town again and asked me if she could have some more! i said no that time because although i will try to help people if i can i felt she was being a bit rude,by deliberately making a beeline for me,
but usually, i will give to people with or without a sad scruffy looking dog beside them,

Ada_Doom

make_me_wise wrote: »

Actually believe it or not you dont know what I think or feel. How could you unless you are some greater being that we haven't been aware we are in the presence of :rotfl:

What I meant was I know you won't give a stuff about my opinion, and what I say will make no difference as you, cos you know your own mind and your point of view on this issue is worlds away from mine. I don't know what you feel or think on most things but because we have been discussing it on this thread for the past day I reckon it is reasonable to say I do know what you think about homeless people and beggars. No?

meritaten

are you having a bad day 'makemewise'? your posts on this thread are so unlike you! I know you to be a nice compassionate poster usually - yet you are sounding very grumpy and taking people to task for no reason!

make_me_wise

Ada_Doom wrote: »

What I meant was I know you won't give a stuff about my opinion, and what I say will make no difference as you, cos you know your own mind and your point of view on this issue is worlds away from mine. I don't know what you feel or think on most things but because we have been discussing it on this thread for the past day I reckon it is reasonable to say I do know what you think about homeless people and beggars. No?

No its not reasonable to say that because you have misread most of my posts and taken what I have said out of context.

No meritaten I am not having a bad day. I just wont sit back and have someone tell me I see things a certain way when they cant be bothered to read what I have written properly.

Fredula

I would never give to a beggar purely because I am selfish and try and save every little penny myself so that me and my family have enough - we are expecting our first child and we are saving so hard for our first home.

However, saying that, anything I have that I want to get rid of, I would never dream of chucking it in the bin, I would always give it to charity first! Depending which charity bag comes round first, that's who gets it. If it's a homeless charity, then great.

Also, I would much rather give someone something food wise than money wise.

dandelionclock30

I would give the money to a homeless charity as a donation.They will ensure that its spent properly.If you give to beggars 99.9% will spend the money on alcohol/heroin/crack cocaine. The majority of users/ ex users will not give to beggars for this reason.