Is this acceptable?

Question

When we are short of money , i dress up in my beggars clothes and go and sit outside the train station and beg. Sometimes i make £50 in an hour. My wife says i should stop doing it but she doesnt complain when i turn up on saturday night with a chinese meal. i feal that i am doing the best for my family.

Answer 1

You're a liar, but I'll answer anyway.

No, it's not right. You are impersonating a poor person to get money from people out of pity.
Think about it this way:
You're stealing money from the man whose only pair of clothes is your costume.

Answer 2

You might be doing the best for your family, but it wrong. There are real people in trouble who don't have a home, food or even a job. When people who give you money realize that you do have a home, they will stop helping out and people who really need it won't get the help they need. If you are short on money then get another job. Instead of buying Chinese food you could buy grocery's that will last longer than one day.

Answer 3

I think that your heart is in the right place, morally your actions are definetly wrong. If your short of money learn to budget, as a single parent I have had to learn pretty damn quickly :-) It's not fun and it's not easy.

You could work some extra shifts or get part time work. As for the chinese meal on a saturday night - if your short of money its not exactly wise to waste it on a take-away when its so much cheaper to go do a shop at Tesco's. BUDGET :-)

Goodluck

Answer 4

Begging is a possible way for people to get money when they are truly in need. It's much better, though, to work for what you get. See if you can't get a raise at your job or maybe get another job on the side. If you're truly starving, there are organizations that can help you.

Answer 5

That is a good way of making cash.. I PITY THE FOOLS THAT GIVE MONEY TO PEOPLE THAT BEG ON THE STREETS. A friend of mine does this as well and makes £300/£400 a week in his spare time and uses the money to fund a brand new car and nights out at the casino.

Answer 6

i know of a few people who have done this and i think its wrong, having often given a pound or so to a beggar i have stopped now because i know they could be frauds like yourself. what you should really be doing is selling something like 'the big issue'. you will be helping the homeless and making a profit for yourself, your hardly starving are you if its only for a treat like a takeaway? hardly classed as 'doing the best for my family'. hey ! maybe you should get a real job?

Answer 7

short and simple, no it's not right. The money you're making from people is something they worked hard to earn. Follow the example of these people and put in more hours on the job :0)

Answer 8

Sorry dude i have spat on the likes of you before, and it looks like i could be chucking hot coffee off your face as well after reading this drivel.. I do have feelings fro the unfortunate, but your taking that and making my already untrusting and suspicious nature into new territory here.. Your wife clearly doesn't deserve a half-baked hobo for a hubby.. Quit while you still can mate.

Answer 9

I think you need to get a job. If you have one that doesn't suply all your needs, then get a second job. What about your wife? Perhaps she could work the hours that you are home, so if there are children involved, one of you will always be there to care for them. There is plenty of work out there if you eally want to work. Why on earth would you want a free handout. Other people have to work. Perhaps your lifestyle is to extravagent. In that case, you need to get your priorities in order.

Answer 10

Its alright only if you didnt have the money to feed your family. But you have a computer with internet- thats a good chunk of money you could save! Instead of getting Chinese food, you could probably get bread and cheese and milk and fruit, it would last longer.