I live close to a big city's "junkie" neighboorhood. I live in subsidized housing. Some of my neighbours are not bums but there are quite a few of them who stand on a street corner and beg for change. This one guy, in particular, asks me for cigarettes. I gave him one once. The very next day he tells him I don't give him anything at all and calls me a "goof" and threatens me with violence. It sickens me that he lets on that he is homeless and yet he spends the money he makes panhandling on heroin. He's been offered a dishwashing job in a restaurant but only worked a day because he thinks it's easier to bum. I don't mind the neighboorhood I live in too much but sometimes that panhandlers get to me. Often I get told to go fuck myself by a panhandler because I won't give them money. The sense of entitlement from these mooches is through the roof. I just bought two cigarettes from my neighbour and she didn't want to give me my 5 cents change. Not like I give a shit about a nickel but the principal of "ooh I will give it to you later" makes me not want to buy cigarettes from her ever again. I used to have compassion for panhandlers, but now I just can't take their word for it when they tell me they're homeless. Canada is one of the best countries in the world when it comes to free housing and food and nobody has to ask for money. It's one thing to ask politely but it's quite another to feel entitled to the working man's dollar. Do you give money to panhandlers?
I live close to a big city's "junkie" neighboorhood. I live in subsidized housing. Some of my neighbours are not bums but there are quite a few of them who stand on a street corner and beg for change. This one guy, in particular, asks me for cigarettes. I gave him one once. The very next day he tells him I don't give him anything at all and calls me a "goof" and threatens me with violence. It sickens me that he lets on that he is homeless and yet he spends the money he makes panhandling on heroin. He's been offered a dishwashing job in a restaurant but only worked a day because he thinks it's easier to bum. I don't mind the neighboorhood I live in too much but sometimes that panhandlers get to me. Often I get told to go fuck myself by a panhandler because I won't give them money. The sense of entitlement from these mooches is through the roof. I just bought two cigarettes from my neighbour and she didn't want to give me my 5 cents change. Not like I give a shit about a nickel but the principal of "ooh I will give it to you later" makes me not want to buy cigarettes from her ever again. I used to have compassion for panhandlers, but now I just can't take their word for it when they tell me they're homeless. Canada is one of the best countries in the world when it comes to free housing and food and nobody has to ask for money. It's one thing to ask politely but it's quite another to feel entitled to the working man's dollar. Do you give money to panhandlers?

I live close to a big city's "junkie" neighboorhood. I live in subsidized housing. Some of my neighbours are not bums but there are quite a few of them who stand on a street corner and beg for change. This one guy, in particular, asks me for cigarettes. I gave him one once. The very next day he tells him I don't give him anything at all and calls me a "goof" and threatens me with violence. It sickens me that he lets on that he is homeless and yet he spends the money he makes panhandling on heroin. He's been offered a dishwashing job in a restaurant but only worked a day because he thinks it's easier to bum. I don't mind the neighboorhood I live in too much but sometimes that panhandlers get to me. Often I get told to go fuck myself by a panhandler because I won't give them money. The sense of entitlement from these mooches is through the roof. I just bought two cigarettes from my neighbour and she didn't want to give me my 5 cents change. Not like I give a shit about a nickel but the principal of "ooh I will give it to you later" makes me not want to buy cigarettes from her ever again. I used to have compassion for panhandlers, but now I just can't take their word for it when they tell me they're homeless. Canada is one of the best countries in the world when it comes to free housing and food and nobody has to ask for money. It's one thing to ask politely but it's quite another to feel entitled to the working man's dollar. Do you give money to panhandlers?

I live close to a big city's "junkie" neighboorhood. I live in subsidized housing. Some of my neighbours are not bums but there are quite a few of them who stand on a street corner and beg for change. This one guy, in particular, asks me for cigarettes. I gave him one once. The very next day he tells him I don't give him anything at all and calls me a "goof" and threatens me with violence. It sickens me that he lets on that he is homeless and yet he spends the money he makes panhandling on heroin. He's been offered a dishwashing job in a restaurant but only worked a day because he thinks it's easier to bum. I don't mind the neighboorhood I live in too much but sometimes that panhandlers get to me. Often I get told to go fuck myself by a panhandler because I won't give them money. The sense of entitlement from these mooches is through the roof. I just bought two cigarettes from my neighbour and she didn't want to give me my 5 cents change. Not like I give a shit about a nickel but the principal of "ooh I will give it to you later" makes me not want to buy cigarettes from her ever again. I used to have compassion for panhandlers, but now I just can't take their word for it when they tell me they're homeless. Canada is one of the best countries in the world when it comes to free housing and food and nobody has to ask for money. It's one thing to ask politely but it's quite another to feel entitled to the working man's dollar. Do you give money to panhandlers?