i love the people that stand at the corner all day long with a sign saying "hungry, kids at home" or the bastids that make a poor kid sit there with them all day. i especially love it when 30year old men stand out there asking for money (dont appear homeless) with a sign saying "will work for food" when they are about two blocks from Home Depot where they can get all the work they want all day long. i guess standing on the corner is easier than digging ditches in the hot sun.
i would be elbow to elbow with those illegals before i stand there and beg for handouts!
occassionally, we go to downtown LA's shopping districts to do some cheapo spending sprees. the infamous skid row is located right in the heart of the toy district
where i used to buy my 1:18 scale die casts like crack (for wholesale prices
). anwywho, we'd park in a meter parking and come back an hour later to find some homeless guy standing next to our car. he says "ive been watching your car for you to make sure no one messed with it." and puts his hand out and asks for a few bucks. i smile and say thanks buddy and we get in the car. he is now getting close to my wife and keeps asking her for the money, she tells him to get lost. he gets in front of my suv and keeps asking, more aggressively. as i start to pull away he starts cussing and thumps my window. i grab the Club and am about to jump out when my wife tells me just to forget it and lets get outta here, seeing how his homeless buddies are about twenty feet away. i wonder just how much money they make doing that.
i remember some radio personalities did a morning stunt where they each dresssed like a down and out kinda person (not outright filthy) and stood at various LA onramps to hold "will work for food signs" to see how much money they could make. they each made over $100 for about two hours worth of "work". they then donated the money to a homeless shelter.
