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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
Over 100,000 here with half of those in shelters....I usually give people money but only once per person....I prefer to give to food banks but I also have to hold out the possibility that someone really could be a dollar short for a bus pass or whatever....it's the what if it's true part that gets me....also that could be me someday....
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Yeah I always wonder about the 'what if they are telling the truth' too. I prefer to just hand them some food rather than money. Although I have handed out money to that one lady before. I do that with her because she is afraid of people. My youngest daughter works in a yogurt shop and this lady comes in there often to use the restroom. My daughter's boss feeds the lady sometimes too when she'll accept it. My daughter offered her an ice water on a day when it was super hot outside and the lady refused it and left immediately. We think she thought that my daughter was going to harm her with the iced water. So we know just to give her money and let her make her own purchase.