Jcdfde5 Member Username: Jcdfde5
Post Number: 18 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 68.43.115.185
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 4:43 pm: | |
The Begger at the Moross exit is a scam he drives his truck and parks it around the corner. He pretends to faint on hot days. How do I stop this? I have called the police (that is a joke) |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 1003 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.40.89.238
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 5:19 pm: | |
I see him all the time, he looks OK to me, compared tp other homeless that you see. |
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed
Post Number: 440 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 24.192.25.47
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 5:40 pm: | |
Go stand by him with a sign saying "this guy is a fake" |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1288 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.73.202.154
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 5:44 pm: | |
Bottom line, you should never give cash to the homeless, period. Give money to a shelter or aid agency instead. Or, if you insist on helping them directly, offer them a free meal. |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 1005 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.40.89.238
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 5:47 pm: | |
I have actually twice experienced where a "homeless" person refused food I tried to give them. Not that all of the people asking for help are fakes, but a few are. |
Reetz12 Member Username: Reetz12
Post Number: 76 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 68.40.227.8
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 7:44 pm: | |
Last week the cops where talking to the guy on Moross, but if it ain't him, its the guy in the wheel chair and his "smile" sign, or the Army Vet, collecting. Sure is a busy exit. Obviously the cops visit did nothing. |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 3557 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.208.37.177
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 10:55 pm: | |
Shit, I just saw hom Friday night. He held up a sign that read "Smile" and flashed it to every car that turned. Seems like there are two or three different guys that work that corner. What, is he waiting for Winthrop and Buffy to come home from laboring all day in Troy. SDurely a bunch of rich folks enter the GP through that turn every night. |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 2049 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.221.36.81
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 11:58 pm: | |
I don't know how that stereotype plays into this. There is a ton of traffic at that exit, and that is the draw. At times the traffic is copious due to St. John hospital employees. Anyhow, yeah that guy isn't nearly as authentic as the ones down near Larned/Chrysler freeway. People selling flower bouqets are also common at 94/Moross...it's just a reminder of the tough economic times (or how some folks don't want to get a job) |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 2873 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.211.213
| Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 10:03 am: | |
Dougw makes a good point about supporting organizations aiding the homeless. But if you wish to donate directly, you could try doing what I do; hand out money to non-begging homeless people going about their business pushing the shopping carts. There are plenty of opportunities and you will brighten both of your days. |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 143 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 67.185.177.235
| Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 1:05 pm: | |
I read an article a while back about rich folk that live outside NYC and Philly. They drive into down in nice sports cars every day and pose as homeless people. They panhandle, and some of them make upwards of $100,000 year. |
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city
Post Number: 110 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 141.217.174.219
| Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 6:28 pm: | |
Whenever I'm confronted by a begger, bum, what-have-you...they always ask for some absurd amount of money like a dime for the bus, or 50 cents to buy a meal. |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 2051 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.221.36.81
| Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 10:39 pm: | |
You gotta be kidding, Detroitstar. Who would be willing to invest this sort of time for being a fraud? You'd have to be awfully crazy. |
Ordinary Member Username: Ordinary
Post Number: 5 Registered: 06-2006 Posted From: 69.218.153.74
| Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 10:54 pm: | |
I've gotta go with Dougw on this one. Give the money to the Capuchins or some other reputable group. Giving money directly to these people might be helping them feed a drug habit or obtain a bottle. I used to give money to a really skinny lady at Livernois and I-75 because she looked so pitiful. She would run off immediately afterwards. I'm thinking it was to go get a fix or a rock or something. I haven't seen her for a long time. |
Hybridy Member Username: Hybridy
Post Number: 15 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 206.126.217.221
| Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 10:59 pm: | |
the bums are quite smart they hit me up in the drive-thru. you can't avoid and they come right up to the window. you gotta give em something or they won't leave. can't back up either. i gotta have my chili cheese burrito. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 4851 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 141.217.174.229
| Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 9:18 am: | |
Dougw, You quoted that Bottom line, you should never give cash to the homeless, period. Give money to a shelter or aid agency instead. Or, if you insist on helping them directly, offer them a free meal. I say, GIVING CHARITY TO ANY AGENCY IS FINE, BUT YOU STILL NEED TO GIVE TO THE POOR. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHETHER THE PERSON IS HOMELESS OR NOT. SO JUDGING THE PERSON BY ITS OUTSIDE APPEARANCE WILL NOT COUNT IN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE WITH CHRIST. WHEN YOU GIVE SOMETHING TO THE POOR OR CHARITY, DO IT FROM YOUR HEART, BUT NOT PUBLICY LIKE THE HYPOCRITES DO AND LET GOD DO THE JUDGING BETWEEN YOU AND BEGGAR. THE BIBLE DOES SAY THAT THE LORD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER. IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE RATHER THAN TO RECIEVE. AND JESUS SAYS TO EVERY CHRISTIAN AND RELIGIOUS PERSON THAT WHEN YOU GIVE TO CHARITY, GIVE IT IN SECRET. THAT MEANS FROM OUT OF YOUR HEART WHEN YOU SEE A BEGGAR PUT SOME OF YOUR MONEY IN THEIR CUP AND GO ON YOUR WAY. GOD WILL BLESS YOU AND HIS JUDGING BETWEEN YOU AND BEGGAR WILL BE COMMENCED. |