A novel approach to begging?

A woman approached me the other day with a fresh-looking black eye, she said she needed some money for a bus because she needed to get away from her boyfriend who was being violent. It seemed fairly genuine, so i gave her a couple of quid, but as she took it I noticed she already had enough for a bus fare held in her hand. But it was too late, I’d handed it over, and I couldn’t be bothered to question her so I continued my journey. I hope she enjoyed the heroin.

Posted about 1 year ago by AppleDave

Are you supposed to buy the hamster?

Posted about 1 year ago by AppleDave

The tramps in Latvia all seem to have hamsters, makes them far more appealing.

Posted about 1 year ago by Samgooding

I was flagged down in my car on Saturday by someone who jumped into the road ahead of me waving his arms about. I had no other reason to stop except I’d have run over him. He banged on my door window, so I opened it a little (not too much) and asked what was wrong, he replied in some language I didn’t understand. As he slowed down a little I heard the word ‘money’. Now whether he said, I’ve got loads or I’ve not got any I didn’t know. Then he took off his ‘gold’ ring and threw it into my car. I said I don’t have any money on me (alI I had was a £2 coin and one pence). So I handed his ring back to him, he looked almost lost for words but stepped back enough to let me drive on.

I’ve thought about this since and still don’t know what he wanted.

Posted about 1 year ago by cobo04

It was a marriage proposal, you old heartbreaker.

Posted about 1 year ago by Mockernee

The very first time I heard the Scottish bloke on the Northern Line saying “I know that none of you really enjoy being asked for handouts on the tube, so can anyone lend me a tenner till next Friday”, it was funny. But after the 30th time, it started to lose some of its zing.

Posted about 1 year ago by rhodri

There’s a guy in the city whose line is “can you lend me £800 for a holiday to Barbados?”. I haven’t seen him for a while so maybe he got lucky….or he died.

Posted about 1 year ago by Willy

Is it just me or has there been a surge of professional beggar women with babies on the tube? Mainly the Northen Line, it might just be that I’ve been travelling out of rush hour more, but I’ve seen 3 in the last few weeks when I hadn’t seen any for 6 months.

I can’t help thinking that if the baby wasn’t wearing brand new white Adidas trainers they might con a few more people. Clearly their acting needs more work. Whats the deal with them anyway, aren’t benefits enough for them, or are they just completely illegal? I’d have thought that was a bit of an overt activity for someone evading authority…

Posted about 1 year ago by AppleDave

A couple of weeks ago in Lewisham as I was making my way to the bus stops and boy of about sixteen came up to me and asked “any spare change?”. I said no because a) he had better trainers than me, b) he didn’t say please, c) he was laden with carrier bags and d) fuck off!

Maybe if he’d pretended he needed it for the train or something I’d have given him some.

Posted about 1 year ago by Carla

A word of warning. A tramp asked me for 20p for a cup of tea in Victoria about 5 years ago. Cocky with the arrogance only a morning’s coitus could bring, I gave him 40p and said I’d come with him for a cuppa that cheap.

Ten minutes later, I’m suitably humbled in the basement cafe of a local shelter, drinking my 20p cup of tea and being reminded that there but for the grace of an atheist’s God….

Posted about 1 year ago by Mockernee

Sorry Dave, just flagged your post by mistake. I didn’t come home with a hamster, that’s all I’ll say about the trip.

Posted about 1 year ago by Samgooding

Haha, thats classic, was it a good cuppa? The only place I know of a cheaper cuppa is at my old university where you can get hot water from a coffee machine for 5p, and steal the teabags and sugar from a different machine where they’re just sat next to it and you’re supposed to pay 50p for a tea and make it yourself.

Yes I was a poor pikey student. But the money saved in the week could buy two pints on Friday night!

Sam: I’ll get my revenge, don’t worry about that!

Posted about 1 year ago by AppleDave

I was going to post someting about begging. I am finding it harder and harder to say no, even though I know that most beggars are not homeless and are likely to spend the money on drugs.

Maybe I’m getting soft in my old age.

Posted about 1 year ago by Babb

The best approach I’ve ever had was on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. “Hey, big man! Gonnae gie us a fiver!”

Posted about 1 year ago by callummay