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Originally Posted by mar dhea
Hi m.o.s.,...I'm wondering if maybe it has to do with people not carrying smaller bills or change much anymore. Near everyone uses a card or a phone banking app. these days. Even for small purchases. Heck I rarely have a pocket of change anymore.
Maybe the uptick in this sort of panhandling has to do with that. It's probably tougher out there these days with change not so common as it was. Not sure how successful the more direct technique winds up being but maybe it evens things back up a little.
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Aah, very astute and very socially aware @
mar dhea. That has to be the right answer. It is!
Oh I'm positive the direct request for goods approach would pay off now and then. I actually hope it does. Had I been "rolling in dough" (and in a good head space I guess) I would've been happy to get those things for the two examples I gave above, so...
Thank you, mar dhea, I like your writing too. You're a good writer👍