Had a guy ask me for three dollars at the gas station today...

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I had just gotten in the truck, closed the door and cranked it up, and I see this middle aged guy approaching the truck from the convenience store with obvious intention to speak to me. I don’t know, maybe he sees I have a flat tire. Not sure. I’m armed and it’s broad daylight at a busy gas station on a busy road at the one gas station near me that hasn’t been robbed this year, so I roll down my window.

He proceeds to tell me that he’s not a beggar, he’s not going to try to BS me, but that he just started a new job, and was living with his mother-in-law, and you know how hard that can be, and he was $3 short to buy some Bud Ice. I told him I wished him well but I wasn’t buying his beer. He kept talking, saying at least he didn’t BS me as I was driving off.

He gets points for originality, but I’m still not buying his beer. ;)
 
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I'm with you!

Went to Greensboro today and must've seen 30-40 moochers on Wendover. I used to carry water bottles and attached granola bars with a rubber band. Offered them up when I was confronted by a panhandler. I quit when they refused and wanted cash instead.

Time has made me a pessimist I guess.
 
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I worked at the mall in my early 20s
Had the SAME guy MULTIPLE times come around the parking lot just needing a few bucks for a bus ticket to the north end of WS.
My friend offered a ride, "Nah, just need money for the ticket"
Yeah, scammer.

As far as Field's post
I was in the food industry a few years back. I was over by Baptist Hospital at a restaurant trying to sell some food/restaurant items and when Im walking back to my car (which was about a block away) this guy approached me asking for money for food.
Now, when I first saw him he was exiting a little C-store with a fresh beer in a brown bag.
I said, "Dude, youre hungry but chose to buy beer instead of food? Nah man"
 
What if he'd asked for tree fiddy?
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fieldgrade said:
He gets points for originality, but I’m still not buying his beer. ;)
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Let me get this straight. You go to Abbey Road and buy a $5 beer for some turd from NY you just met at the bar because he talks to you about guns. But you won't ante up three bucks to buy a poor bum some Bud Ice? That's cold.
 
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dmarbell said:
Let me get this straight. You go to Abbey Road and buy a $5 beer for some turd from NY you just met at the bar because he talks to you about guns. But you won't ante up three bucks to buy a poor bum some Bud Ice. That's cold.
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I didn’t buy that turd from NY a beer at Abbey Rd, if you recall. I simply informed him that his mistreatment of the bartendress was harshing my mellow and I’d appreciate it if he'd GTFO.

And I mean that in the nicest way possible.
 
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fieldgrade said:
I didn’t buy that asshole from NY a beer at Abbey Rd, if you recall. I simply informed him that his mistreatment of the bartendress was harshing my mellow and I’d appreciate it if he'd GTFO.

And I mean that in the nicest way possible.
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That could be. My own memories of our times at Abbey Road are not exactly crystal clear. But I can remember all the dirty jokes that bartendress told me after I developed rapport.
 
dmarbell said:
That could be. My own memories of our times at Abbey Road are not exactly crystal clear. But I can remember all the dirty jokes that bartendress told me after I developed rapport.
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You’ll also remember the truck you got in to go home was mine and I was driving. :D
Oh, and Jess, the one with blue eyes, brains and personality is now working at the Chevy dealer up the road where you get your 2500 serviced.
 
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Ikarus1 said:
In Charlotte, I don't even roll down the window. Doors stay locked. Sometimes I just lay a pistol on the dash. Most people get the point.
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I do the exact same thing here in Fay. If I'm out pumping gas when they stagger up I point in what ever direction is away from my vehicle and tell them to "get." They typically leave me alone and hit up the next poor soul that will lend them an ear. I can't stand a bum and don't have time for their bs lies.
 
10yrs ago in FL shortly after getting there and being medically retired from the Navy I had a guy aproach me at a stupid long light in West Palm Beach. Seeing his Veteran sign and Alice pack tugged my heart strings and I handed him a $20. In the 5minutes it took for the light to change he ran over to the bushes and stowed his pack, ran across Okachobee Rd into a gas station, came out with a case of beer and a microwave burrito. My light changed and I said to my self never again.

I have no problem hitting McDonalds and handing out a couple burgers to the guy that hangs out in front of my store here, but I don't ever give cash.
 
gc70 said:
Those gin drinks make me forget every time.
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turns out i didn't actually need the beer... the gin alone was plenty to "relax" me
now i'm just probably gonna have a hangover for my boss's short notice unscheduled emergency visit to review everything that's going wrong at work...
 
Alfred said:
"Everybody's talking at me. I don't hear a word they're saying, only the echoes of my mind..."
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Wow... Nilsson from the '60's. That brings back some memories...


People stop and staring
I can't see there faces
Only the shadows of their eyes...

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Through the pouring rain...
 
Ive had the same bum ask me for $3-$4 dollars for gas to get back to WV 3 different times at 3 different places in Hickory. The last time the gas station manager came out and ran him off. He’s having a hell of a hard time getting NG to WV!!! Most people want out of there!
 
Hammer21b said:
Ive had the same bum ask me for $3-$4 dollars for gas to get back to WV 3 different times at 3 different places in Hickory. The last time the gas station manager came out and ran him off. He’s having a hell of a hard time getting NG to WV!!! Most people want out of there!
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Who goes back to WV?
 
I had a woman ask me for $5.00 to get some gas. She said she had came to Chesapeake VA From Elizabeth city NC (50 miles), went to get gas and realized she had forgot her wallet. I would not give he money but I put $10.00 in gas in her car. She was clean well dressed and so were her kids that were in the car.
 
Had a guy ask me for gas money at a gas station in Millers Creek last week.

I never give these people a dime. They just want your money for booze or drugs. Finally got my wife on the same page. Where they would get her is if they had a dog..I had to ask her, "you think that dog is getting anything from that? "
 
I usually am a hard case with panhandlers. But this guy just touched my heartstrings. I would have ponied up the three bucks for his Bud Ice.:)
 
vaskeet said:
I had a woman ask me for $5.00 to get some gas. She said she had came to Chesapeake VA From Elizabeth city NC (50 miles), went to get gas and realized she had forgot her wallet. I would not give he money but I put $10.00 in gas in her car. She was clean well dressed and so were her kids that were in the car.
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I actually did that once. Left early going up to Raleigh and thought my wallet was in my truck. Planned to stop in the McDonalds/BP in Ramseur to grab gas and a cup of coffee. When I pulled up, gas gauge said 12 miles to go and the light had been on for a while. Went to grab my wallet in the center console and guess what, it wasn't there. I was little panicked not being able to find it. I walked inside to talk to the attendant and it ended up being a manager working. Told them my sob story and offered to leave something as collateral if needed. Girl paid for a tank of gas out of her pocket which was over $60. I ended up going on to Raleigh and borrowed a couple hundred dollars from a coworker. I came back through that evening and she was back in there covering for someone else. Gave her $100 and many thanks.
 
I’ve filled a couple tanks over the years. One guy started crying and hugged me when I did it. Had wife and kids in the car and his gas gauge was pegged below E.

I wish the bums didn’t ruin it for the people who are genuinely in a hard spot and need a hand. It can be so hard to tell who is whom.
 
Just this morning a guy pulls up beside me at the pump and says i don't want no money bro, i just need some gas. I informed him that gas cost money and feeling like helping somebody this morning, i checked my funds, noticed i had 4 loose 1's and gave them to him. He takes them and then proceeds to say i need a card to fill it up bc i cant keep stopping and this wont get me to Winston Salem. I told him he was right but this is enough to get you about 1.5 gallons and with the car he was in, can probably get him 40-50 miles closer. He then says stop bro, now your stressing me out.... my jaw dropped i couldn't believe his balls to be so unappreciative. I guess i should have known, but either way it rubbed me wrong. Finally i said well that's all i am going to give you, good luck getting home. He says i appreciate it angrily and drives off, gas light still on, and never got gas... freaking unbelievable.:mad:o_O:rolleyes: Every once in a while i try to do something nice like that and then quickly get reminded that often times its not worth it.
 
fieldgrade said:
... and I see this middle aged guy approaching the truck ... I told him I wished him well but I wasn’t buying his beer. He kept talking, saying at least he didn’t BS me as I was driving off. ...
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First off, thanks for saying I was middle-aged -- I do appreciate that.
Second, I suppose if I had led off with CFF, it would have helped, but who knew.
Third, it should have been obvious that I was for real; otherwise I wouldn't have been buying Bud Ice. Sheesh!
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hp468 said:
I do the exact same thing here in Fay. If I'm out pumping gas when they stagger up I point in what ever direction is away from my vehicle and tell them to "get." They typically leave me alone and hit up the next poor soul that will lend them an ear. I can't stand a bum and don't have time for their bs lies.
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Yep. Especially the Ramsey bums....from Grove Street all the way out past Goodyear....
I quit doing any business or buying gas on that road. My business insurance agent is right behind the old Rite Aid. I can do all that over the phone, though. If I go to Lowe’s on Ramsey, I go early morning. The cockroaches ain’t so bad early morning, and they’ve probably been asked to work enough to know to stay away in the AM.

There used to be one off Skibo road on a bicycle. She could cover some damn ground! Ride right up to you and straight up ask for $$$ without a BS story, and ride off to the next one! And then there’s Crazy Kevin....BIG dude...6’4”ish pushing tree fiddy.... He walks around throwing his hands up, shaking his head, cussing, and stops at every trash can he comes to, digs through it, and moves on. I came out of Food Lion on Skibo once and almost pulled my gun on him!! That kid obviously has some mental problems.

And then there’s the “Jesus Loves You” guy...his truck is covered in LED rope lights, he has a big 8’ Cross he carries with him, and he doesn’t come up to you....no no... he sets up in various parking lots around Fayetteville, and he uses his tailgate as a desk, sits in a chair and reads his bible. People just come up to him and pray, and many give him money. So technically, he’s not panhandling....
Now, that seems like a decent thing, perhaps even a viable ministry to an extent. The problem I have with it is dude has a criminal rap sheet a mile long, and just keeps adding to it, mostly misdemeanor drug possession charges and such, nothing major, but if you are running a prayer ministry, shouldn’t you be sober when doing it? There’s a few people that defend him in Facebook, but IMHO, he’s a con artist. Now, the Lord uses ALL available resources, so perhaps he has helped a few people, and maybe even brought one or two people to Jesus, which would be AWESOME!!
BUT I have heard of people watching him in busy parking lots rake in the cash! He’s driving a 2015ish Nissan Titan, so....

I gave him $20.00 about 7-8 years ago, and no more....[emoji2373]

Now, all that said, occasionally I feel compelled to give people some money, and usually the ones I feel drawn to aren’t asking or begging. First couple of times, it was weird, but now I don’t question it or hesitate. God has been good and faithful to Shari and I and over the last 6-7 months, He has increased our blessings by leaps and bounds!! So, when He speaks, I do my best to listen and obey....


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I dont normally give people money, but, I was leaving Walmart (back when I used it a lot) and passed a Mexican family standing on the side of the service road. It was starting to rain and I mean the sky was black! There was a father, mother and 3 small kids. When I came by he looked right into my eyes. I could see the desperation in them and the stress from not being able to take care of his family, and as a father, it got me. I could see the kids standing there looking very lost. I was heading to our cabin that evening and passed them as I pulled out to the interstate. At the light, I made a right turn and came back to give him the $40 that I had in my wallet. I’ve never seen a man so grateful! I should have given him more. Like I said, I don’t usually do that but something just spoke to my heart that evening. Ive had people say, : they buy drugs with it!” Well, I did what I thought was right at that moment, and I was good with God and me. What they did with it was on them, but I’m pretty sure that these people actually needed it. I haven’t done that since, but I’ve not seen that same look in someone’s eyes either. I’m thankful for that encounter because I’d become very jaded about people in need like this and sometimes, I’m glad to give.
 
I've bought people food before but I never give cash . Like said above all they want is booze or drugs and I ain't supporting no bad habits except my own.
 
A wino approaches a guy and exclaims.
“Hey mister, I’m a bit down on my luck...could ya’ spare $50.00 for a cup 0’ coffee?”
Guy exclaims..” $50.00 ...!!! You must be nuts! Coffee’s only a buck-a cup!!”
Wino replies “ Yea, I know....but caffeine makes me horny...”
 
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