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Bum at a corner
66% Normal
38 Comments

A bum at a corner selling newspapers just asked me if he could borrow my credit card to get something to eat. When I told him that I didn't have anything, he got upset. Is It Normal?
Do you think it's normal?
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Comments (38)
Not normal. In bum circles, the more professional ones never ask for credit cards-- cash only, so there's no paper trail.
I hate bums I hate how they tri to play it off like they are down and out when in reality they are just drunks who only want more booze. I never give them shit.
@: nearly
No! Chris is right. I live enar a major city here and whenever I go downtown they are always lookign like they're all down and that they make it look liek they need YOUR money to fucking survive. I almost have no sypathy fro them because they can go out and find jobs, make money and get the proper care they need (Most of them). So I never throw any change/money at the them because I know it is a scam liek Chris said so that they can use the money for booze or drugs (which is usually the case). Like I said, I have no sypathy for them at all.

Stop randomly calling Chris a bum out of spite just because you dislike him. If anyone's a bum on this site it is you because you are probably some olf hag who lives in the Welsh Mountains.
Ive given all the money to the Salvation Army and the bums with their hands out I'm going to for quite a while. I swear some of these bums are making more damn money panhandling then i make working.
I know I know, I made a lot of spelling mistakes lol. but you get the point.
i hate homeless people they are too dumb to freeload off the government
Never lose site of the fact that a lot of your veterans of war are now so called bums! Your country is not good at looking after those who serve her!
@: nearly
I'm a fucking vetran nearly and I dont give a flying shit. They have benifits that include full medical and dental if they choose to use it but they would rather sleep in the woods and drink all day. ITs all a scam whether you believe it or not and most of the guys who say they are vets arnt they just use it to get more money for booz. No bums in this country die of hunger trust me!
@: nearly
Ohhh big fucking deal..you're from Wales! Wow and how big is Wales...hmmm lets see...that would be smaller than New York State...smaller than than the state I live in which is NY. So shut the fuck up.
@: Barnum
EXCUSE ME! What difference does the size of ones habitat have to do with the size of ones brain? It is a matter of fact that Americans have smaaler than average brains. Is that why you try to bring size into everything? Size is totally irelivant. Vatican City is the smallest in the world but it is also the richest so where does size fit into that?
@: nearly
Thats because the church has ripped people off for thousands of years. I doubt you have the same homeless problems we do. I doubt you understand the level of scum that walks our streets wearing camo pants with a sighn saying "vet needs help, merry christmass" because they know that a "vet" might stand to make a little bit more money when in reality they are not a vet just a drunk.
Are you an Ultimate Fighting Champion?
Of course not. If that were true I wouldnt be wasting my life on this site. I would be in a bedroom with two models with DD fake tits letting them work down each other then me. I do like watching it though.
lol
Help the homeless.
Are you TheMatrix100?
UFC or the two models?

And I think it's normal in today's society to ask for your credit or debit card. They can get the money much faster that way.
Ehh, its normal for him to get upset because he has probably asked so many people.
But the chances of him getting a credit card from someone is very UNLIKELY. Unless the person's IQ is very very low.
@: emilyf
But the chances of him getting fucked in the ass from someone is very LIKELY.
Unless the person's IQ is very very high.
Anonymous (Story Author)
@: emilyf
I thought about it for a second then decided not to.
A lot of people ask for smokes and money I just tell them straight to FUCK OFF and yes they do get upset but dont worry about youve got money they havent
Anonymous (Story Author)
But isn't telling them to "F... OFF" a little dangerous? I'm afraid that they may have a knife, gun, or something else under their coats.
I watched a program about this very thing, it was called "caught on tape" Heres this guy in Las Vegas Nevada Panhandling for a 8 hour day at quitting time he slips back on a side street where he parked his Range Rover and drives away.

They pulled this guy over, and he had over a thousand dollars he had panhandled in a single day, Now I would say that is some pretty damn good wages,wouldn't you?
he could be making more from whoring himself out a bit, a lot of lonely men on the streets.
No they watched this guy all day, and he did nothing but panhandle from vehicles. Now that is not to say that some of that money found on him, he didn't have in his possession before the fact.
Anonymous (Story Author)
That's even worse.
Ive never had one physically attack me they just some stupid things to you but I say fuk em give them nothing cunts they are
Anonymous (Story Author)
I'm glad they didn't attack you. I've been yell at by them but never physically attacked. I try to be nice to them so they won't get upset. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Oh, he was probably trying to steal your card! Or maybe he was STARVING TO DEATH and maybe he died because he was STARVING TO DEATH. How could you be so heartless!
Anonymous (Story Author)
Sorry, I never thought about that. What should I do?
you should start somthing called hobos united
I have never seen a bum with a sign:

"I am being honest. I need BOOZE money"

I will hand him AT LEAST $20.
What hobos and bums do with the money you give them for ''food''?
TRUST ME,They get food sometimes for garbages.
they EAT.
They get THAT money to SNIFF MORE COCAINE.
FOR FUCKS SAKE!
They just want you to feel sorry for them and give them money which no doubt they spend on drugs or alcohol, If you really felt that bad i'd buy them a bag of chips then you know you've given them something and if they turned their nose up at that they're not really that desperate, plus I think you're a kind person if you felt concerned about it too. :)
Once in front of a 99 cents store, me and my girlfriend were leaving and some bum in a power wheelchair started following us, mumbling jibberish. We ignored him and he started cussing us out! My girlfriend turned around and said FUCK YOU TOO! lol
My fucking god that's awesome.
What if theyre honest?
cuz i saw this bum in ny who hada sign that said "Need cash for alcohol research"
i gave him a dollar just for makin me laugh :P