no shit, its as pathetic as you can get, but when your starving and need money for food I don't think a person's dignity and self esteem is much in consideration.
If people are in their situation because of alcohol or drugs, it is pathetic to go around and lie and scam money for "food". Thats why when a homeless person asks for money.... I ask them what its for and they 9 times out of 10 tell me for food... every once in a while they will say they need a loosey, or are close to a whole pack of generics, or even need change for a stem or just 1 more dollar for a rock. I give the people looking for just a dollar or change for drugs/paraphanelia .... so they go away cause half the time they are under the influence or withdrawling and will do things they could regret. I never pull out more than 90 or so cents are a dollar and a quARTER, AND NEVER PULL OUT CIGS OR A PHONE CAUSE THEN THEY WANT A STOG OR CELLY CALL, AND IVE HEARD OF PEOPLE RUNNING OFF WITH PHONES PLENTY OF TIMES... haha whoops caps. If they ask for 5 or 10 they never get it and if i give them a dollar and they ask for more I tell them all I got is a bus pass and they aint getting that, im a broke ass college student myself.
But if they say I am hungry I need food its been days or several hours sicne I tasted anything, then I offer to take them to the closest gas station to buy a cheap sandwich chips and milk, try to get them to pick the healthiest cheap shit..... or if a cheap restaurant is close I will pay there linch... sit down have them order and have them start cooking and pay right then and leave after its half way done so they dont order or try to cancel.... I always throw 10 percent tip too regardless of whatever service they recieve... always been that way for me and bums... aka homeless whatever... but after an underground party in the southside chicago in 03 I had eaten 2 mdma pills and 1 mda pill 4 hours earlier and was still going strong and was in such a bad neighborhood they gas stationwas covered in bulletproof glass anbd u slid in the money and told em what you wanted... I got pop rocks, gum, and strawberry milk (rolling) and marlborough milds, the homeless guy saw me get my change from a 20 and I had a nice chunk of change at the time and it was 5:30 am before the after party and dude coulda robbed me but he seemed sincer when he siad he was hungry , I mean he really did... aybe it was the rolls and empathy but he seemed so hones like he haden't eaten in days, I felt so bad and he was so skinny hopefully not from crack) so I told him t opick whatever gas station sandwich they had the biggest one, chips , a drink, and a cigar or pack of smokes if he smoked , and 1 candy bar his favorite, altogether it was like 12.50 and all my friends in the car were freakin', telling me to get in the car like it was dangerous and he could rob me, stab me, whatever but I totally trusted him... and he thanked me like 10 times, "god bless you brother" "no one has done anything like that in years" " I lost my whole family and have been o nthe streets for 6 years" "god bless you man than k you so much you have such a big heart, god has a place for you in heaven... and it made me feel so good, I smiled the rest of the morning.... and just thought about how glad I did that for that an. I made his day, maybe month who knows, he really appreciated it and I know because he opened everything and started eating in the parking lot he didn't even wait to sit down, and obviously didnt try to trade it for crack like some weirdos would do, hey man you want this tuna sandwich , candy bar, drink, and smokes.... for 5 dollars man!!!! "6 and ill throw in this other candy bar king size I jacked" LOL, who knows hahaha but he enjoyed that food and I enjoyed my good deed sorta derailed things but i'm jacked on methadone, caffeine, and pot.
Or dumpster diving, as some mentioned.
