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A novel approach to begging?
Posted by CravenMaven about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
14 responses
But it beggared belief, if you’ll pardon the pun. Was sitting with a friend in a pub in Finsbury Park last night, eating some chips. A middle-aged man staggered up to us, stubbed his cigarette out on the (unfinished!) plate of chips, and then had the audacity to ask us for money. I was in too much shock to eve...
Blind woman versus beggar, who wins?
Posted by Popey about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
7 responses
So I wanted to share this with you guys… I was walking down Brixton Rd today and was behind a woman with a white stick, full on tappy action, and there was a bloke beggin between two cashline machines on the north side. She went straight at him and raised her stick just as she got up to him so it landed on th...
Why is it always white people sitting begging under cash machines?
Posted by Blacula about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
25 responses
Seriously though. I’ve never seen a person of colour doing that. It always seems to be white men. ‘Can you spare some change, mate?’ Actually, you know what? Yes, I could, but I’m not going to. Not for you. I don’t mind people begging of course – if they’re in genuine need &...
How do I get kudos?
Posted by iSleepDiagonal about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
18 responses
Hello. Not really sure where else to post this (should we have a “misc” section – you could put all your nice adminny type announcements in there, for example) – but I’m currently looking forlornly at a kudos that’s barely in double figures. I can see people with several hundred o...
premiumIt Beggars Belief!
Posted by willster about 1 year ago
Last active 7 months ago
52 responses
Personally, I give money to beggars. Some days, it does get on my nerves a bit, as I always give them at least a pound, and sometimes as I amble around town, I pass quite a few. I want to help them, not out of some sort of feeling good about myself thing, but because we are all one major incident away from beggardom...
