I walked into a theater and a homeless man asked me for money, saying he was down on his luck. So I was feeling sorry for the guy, and so I fished through my purse, and only found 10 cents, which I know is not much, but I usually don't carry cash or check on me since cards are so convenient now a days. So I gave it to the guy. He took a look at it, and threw it on the ground, and gave me a ten minute lecture on how rude it is to give someone change like that. And I was stunned. Here I am just being nice and giving him all the money I have, and I'm getting sh*t for it? Am I wrong in giving the guy all the change I had on me? It seemed like the moral of the story is that don't help the homeless because they don't want change? Then perhaps I shouldn't help anyone at all? I don't know what other people think...but perhaps I shouldn't have tried to help at all?
2007-07-15
17:47:26
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