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Panhandling for Dope Money (without getting arrested, molested, or maced)

or not degrading themselves by selling their bodies or working at Taco Bell.
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how is working at Taco Bell degrading? its better than lying to a bunch of people and making them feel sorry for you so you can spend the money they give you on drugs:p
 
"its better than lying to a bunch of people and making them feel sorry for you so you can spend the money they give you on drugs"

most people feel really good about themselves after they give panhandlers money because they're helping someone out.
so now which is better? keeping a dope fiend from stealing shit out of your car or house? or feeding people dog food?
 
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I fucking hate panhandlers.... They really piss me off. .I would rather they get a fucking job than stand and make you feel uncomfortable in public areas....
In Brisbane, Queensland, there aren't many but the ones that are there give me the fucking shits.
 
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i prefer people who steal (not from particulars) than people who panhandle.
if you steal from a big shop, no one suffers from it. none of the employes get their salary diminished, it's just a -0,000001% profit for the company.
when you panhandle, you take money from someone, you're a fucking pest to everyone, and staying on the sidewalk all day long is as boring as a real job.
it's much more respectable to steal. and it can be done in a real "because i disagree with the system" way.
by panhandeling on the other hand, you don't fuck the system at all, you spend your 8 hours working like everyone else, and you're a parasite to honest workers, not to big capitalist companies.
panhandlers are loosers.
 
groovee said:
Someone asked about playing the guitar for money. I don't consider that panhandling. You are entertaining (or annoying if you suck) while they are waiting for their bus/train. I have freinds here in Boston that can make up 200 - 300 bucks doing what they love.

There is this super annoying homeless guy that plays the recorder totally at random. No scales or a tune, just screachy recorder made up in what is left of his melon.
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omg i know the guy your talking about!

hes annoying BUT HILARIOUS

he plays a lot in the red line stations!
 
Since when is this about "fucking the system"? This is about panhandling for dope money. This has nothing to do with any kind of system, Capitalist or otherwise.

I care very little if people shoplift from big corporations. I just hate it when people think that their theft of CDs from Barnes and Noble or their receipt scams as blows against Capitalist oppression.

And you're not out there "all day". You "work" for maybe two hours, during which you're free to chain smoke, bullshit with your friends, whatever. Nothing is boring if you have the right attitude.
 
^^^ i had in mind the "punks" we have here who think they are fucking the system because they have spiked hair and don't have a real job.
i say what they do is as boring as a real job because i see them all day long begging for money while playing flute or something. they think they're rebels, but they're dependent of people's charity.
by stealing from barnes & nobles, you might not harm the system, but at a personal level, you king of avoid it.
 
Do you think there is more money to be made in the city or the suburbs? I think most people expect to be approached when they visit Chicago.
 
Hey pootmooz they give you the shits, cos they are fucking wankas.

Ive got prost offers, all kinds of weird gay shit, people threatning to kick the shit out of me e.t.c.

Just yesterday I had one in the CBD spend like 10mins following this girl trying to get money off her until I informed a bouncer at a nearby club.

Atleast in Bris we no longer get those windscreen ones. U know soap up the windscreen at traffic lights, then ask for cash to remove it.
 
Definately the suburbs. You need to approach people where they're comfortable, thus the well-lit parking lot at a place they regularly shop - not a "dangerous" city street. Also, there's a smaller chance they've been hit up by other panhandlers.

A lot of people replying to this thread seem to be bothered by panhandlers. I am too - if they're just loitering by the sidewalk, waiting for a handout (this is another reason why being outside of a casino while panhandling is bad bad bad). I always turn these people down on general principle.

It makes me sad to think that if they didn't suck at panhandling, maybe they could eat real food instead of what the soup kitchen serves up each day. And believe me, aside from the pudding cups they give you sometimes, that shit is inedible.
 
dreamgirlie19 said:
omg i know the guy your talking about!

hes annoying BUT HILARIOUS

he plays a lot in the red line stations!
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I think everytown has one of these.. Nashville has a guy who wears a Cat in the Hat, hat and huge tinted sunglasses like Spud's in trainspotting.. Meanwhile he dances, hula hoops, plays the recorder, and makes balloon animals.. This guy is the top of the food chain when it comes to panhandlers, and most likely is doing it cuz he is crazy, not for the money..

There is also the guys who play the buckets..

And the dude who stands on the corner with a Bible speaking and screaming at people in tounges.
 
I live in downtown Montreal which means I have to deal with panhandlers at every frigging street corner whenever I get out of my house (add to that all the whores who hang in front of my building trying to stop the cars) and all I can say is that I work hard to get the money I have, I'm not about to give it to someone who hangs on the sidewalk being useless. There ARE jobs in my area, they might not pay very well, but it's still better than begging. I can't conceive people don't have more pride than that.
 
I tried it, it sucked. The first person said he didn't have cash, but would buy me something from the store he was going into. That made me feel like shit. Then some fat bitch said no with a ton of disdain in her voice. panhandling, I'm over it.

peace
 
talked to a friend last night that was picked up on a warrant for 'Larceny', an upgraded chage from panhandling. This was one part of the team that on a bad day would pocket $200.

The girl would do the talking, the guy would wait in the background.

Big-cities are the best, Suburbs suck...

Another way they go about it is asking for gas money, they would have an empty gas can (big 5 gallon one) and you have to wait untill the person you plan on asking is on there way out, than hit them up for money, go in pretend to pay, and you can figure the rest....


I have been picked up once for panhandling (I was asking somebody for 2 bucks which I was short for a train ride home) Undercover heard me ask them, seached me (I lied to him told him I had no needles), seconds later he found it in my sock. I had the option: Ticket for panhandling or a arrest for hypodermic needle poss. easy choice.

Beat the case in court...lawyers rule.

My P's probably paid 100x the amount than what I sparechanged'
 
while i find the practice of panhanding completely lame, this is a damn funny thread. feel free to contribute some more stories!
 
ok...i have some experience with this. actually a good amount of experience. only i dont do what was suggested in the original post. i actually do stand with a cardboard sign. It says "will work for food". there are many variables that you can work on to increase your take.

-stand by a roadway where a large number of vehicles will pass by you and have to stop at a light for some amount of time longer than just a few seconds. it is important to have as many people see you with your sign as possible because the more people who see you means the more likely it is that someone will decide to "donate". it is important that people feel safe when giving money, which is why it is good to work a stoplight, because they are safe in their cars and can always just drive away. this also stops people from asking you a bunch of annoying questions such as why are you here and are you on drugs, because when the light changes they have to drive away. it also makes your job easier and reduces the occurences of people getting pissed and yelling at you. although this still happens occasionally. sometimes people will yell at you and tell you to get a job or call you a piece of shit. i have had people throw pennies or garbage at me, but the confliccts never escalate beyond a few second encounter because when the light changes they have to drive away.

sometimes people do try to solicit sex from you. for some reason i am attractive to gay men and have recieved alot of offers, which is a rather disturbing part of the job. do not look dramatically sad because people willl be repelled by this.

dont look like you are a total crackhead but dont look like you had a whole wardrobe to choose your clothes from. do have a story ready that is sad but not overdone and is believable in case someone wants to hear something before they fork it over. dress in bright colors but white or grey or light pastels not red or orange or yellow.

go sometime after morning rush hour (people are grumpy and in a hurry to get to work in the morning) and go before it is dark (people are more afraid of being robbed after dark). rain will totally fuck your day up. you cant look needy wearing a raincoat or holding an umbrella, and even though you would think they would feel bad seeing you stand there getting fucking soaked, they dont want to get wet themselves when they put down the window to give you whatever. most people give you money not because they want to help you, but because they want to feel good about themselves and reinforce their own belief that they are a good and generous person.

actually one of the worst things that can happen to you is a person who actually does care about you, because these are the people who will pull over and park and try to bring you into a restaurant and buy you food, or will try to take you home with them or take you to a homeless shelter or waste all your time finding out your life story which is actually a huge web of lies that you weave as you try to get them to move on. sometimes in a great while you can spend some time on these people and if you can get them to believe that you are down on your luck and not a junkie they will give you some larger sums of money, but a majority of people are not worth the time.

sometimes people will give you food, so you should have a place to hide any food you get until you are ready to leave. since you are relying on people to boost their own self worth through you, you will want to act like you are blown away by the fact that they have just given you a dollar and you are nominating them for a nobel prize. instead of a panhandler you could think of yourself as a kind of freelance self-esteem therapist. dont come off to desperate because to most people desperation means potential violence.

try to choose a spot where you have a good view of where all traffic is coming from so you can see if a cop is approaching and have time to fold up your sign and escape. it is good to go up a well trafficked one way street against the flow to ditch the cop because they dont usually want to catch you badly enough to go out of their way. if you do let a cop get close to you, some will do nothing, some will tell you to get lost, some may take your sign and yell at you. you can be locked up but most cops dont want to bring someone back to the station for panhandling and waste everyones time.

despite all the things that you can do to increase your chances some days will be good and some will be bad for no apparent reason. i have made hundreds in a few hours and made not even ten dollars in 5 or 6 hours. just do your best and be patient. you may make nothing in the first hour or so and then end up cleaning up later on. i think it has something to do with the quality of people driving by you at a certain time. for instance you can do very well on a sunday morning when people have just gotten out of church or around the holidays when people want to be all jolly and giving.

now i know some people are saying "how can you live with yourself lying to people for their charity" well two things help: telling yourself that they are actually doing it not so much to help you, but to help them feel better about themselves. its easier to give a few bucks to a panhandler every so often than to go volunteer at the soup kitchen on your day off or after work, but they are still fulfilling that need to be seen as a good person. and two: doing a bag of dope first. i always tried to panhandle when i was high because it basically kills any feelings that you have that say : this is wrong. but something tells me that if you are a drug addict you dont have to many moral dilemmas in which your conscience beats your desire to poke yourself with a needle full of heroin. and i would rather feel a bit ashamed for lying and hurting really no one than going into sears and filling a bag with 5 fucking power drills, and then going to jail for retail theft. as i explained, most people will be happy that they have given you money, and if they dont want to they have the option of driving away and forgetting they ever saw you.

well that about wraps it up, oh yeah highway off ramps are a good choice of location, so happy panhandling and dont go near my spots if you live in or around philly :), who knows i may need to use them again some day, you cant stay clean forever (well i cant). peace.
 
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