08-30-2014, 03:38 AM
CellarDweller Wrote:This may sound rude/insensitive/callous any word you want to use, I almost never give to panhandlers.
If I'm going to give money away, I'm giving it to a charity like GMHC, Wounded Warriors, a soup kitchen, or something like that.
As for not feeling rude or guilty, I look at it this way. I work hard for my money, and while I'm not living paycheck-to-paycheck, I'm not rolling in dough either, and since I earned it, I can do with it as I please, and owe no one any explanation.
I know where you're coming from. There's a gas station on the way home from work were I satisfy my energy drink addiction. At least once a month I get a story about needing a few dollars for gas. I tell them to pull around to the pump and I'll put a couple gallons on my card. Never had a taker. Got bathed in profanity once.
Now street musicians? If they're even trying to be good I'll throw a buck in their pot.