What you would you? Would you have done what OE did? A poll question..........

What would you do?

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#26
#26
Definitely would have done the same, OE and perhaps been a little less generous in the future.
 
#28
#28
if I see somebody holding up a sign at an off ramp, sometimes I'll go to Wendy's or McD's and get a burger/fries/coke and take it to them as opposed to giving them money ...
 
#29
#29
volfanjustin said:
Either way, you just helped a woman on food stamps pay her escalade payment.

I would rather give my money to charities that I know are valid, than to some crack head on the tax payers dime.
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I'll take my 100/1 over any charity you name.
 
#31
#31
MG1968 said:
My son and I had just finished eating lunch at Lenny's on Clinton Hwy. (it's no longer there) An older black gentleman approached as we were getting back in the car and asked for money to get something to eat, all he had was a pocketful of tootsie pops. My first instinct was to tell him "no". Second was to walk into Lenny's with him and buy him a meal, third was to just give him some cash.

I went with the third choice, and felt pretty good about it when he walked right back to Lenny's and proceeded to order.
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Back when I was a kid, my dad and I were leaving a restaurant parking lot and had to wait there for traffic when a man came to the side of our car asking for money so he could go in and eat. My dad offered to walk with him inside to buy a meal for him but the man refused. I use this same tactic to this day and am never surprised when they turn down my offer.
 
#32
#32
tri_vol said:
I would've offered to cover the difference or pay for the groceries that were left over but only if it didn't include alcohol or cigarettes. After seeing the Escalade, I would chalk it up to a lesson learned.

A few years ago a girl came up to me on a Boston subway platform. Sob story that her friends left her and she need a $1 for the fare. In a weak moment I gave her a dollar. Then she walked 10 ft and asked another couple. I yeLled don't give her any money, I just gave her some. She got mad but it made me feel good.
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She had no alcohol or cigs.
 
#34
#34
Sabanocchio said:
Definitely would have done the same, OE and perhaps been a little less generous in the future.
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I have an overly compassionate nature. That and I have that hard core bible thumper in me that thinks the money isn't mine in the first place.
 
#35
#35
I picked up a man on Pellissippi Pkwy. one morning on the way to work ... after he got in the car, I was having big-time regrets over doing it . . . turned out he was all right, but if he'd had bad intentions, I would have been dead meat ... I dropped him off at McD's and gave him a few bucks for breakfast .... in retrospect, I don't know if I would do it again ....
 
#36
#36
OrangeEmpire said:
I have an overly compassionate nature. That and I have that hard core bible thumper in me that thinks the money isn't mine in the first place.
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well she was already using your money she just didn't have enough to complete the transaction. You just eliminated the middle man and gave it to her directly
 
#38
#38
Americans are astoundingly generous people in general. Sorriness of the nature in the OP has jaundiced our view of the needy, but we can still be incredibly giving for those who are willing to try and help themselves and for those who truly need.

I would have bought the groceries and become more cynical regarding the "needy" going forward.
 
#39
#39
Driving a nice car is not always an indication of need:

"I remember standing in the cold January wind, pumping gas into my Jaguar. I kept lifting my eyes just enough to see inside the little attendant station, praying that the guy inside didn’t call to authorize the gold card I had just flipped onto his counter.
If he makes the call, I’m in trouble, I thought. This is ridiculous. Only in America can I stand here flat broke while pumping gas into a Jaguar.
I was practically shaking—and it wasn’t because of the temperature. I was tired and frustrated. I was scared to death. God was breaking some things loose in my life and I couldn’t help but laugh at the broke kid and his Jag. How in the world did I end up here?"

-Dave Ramsey

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#40
#40
I would have done the same thing. I've been scammed many times and have given money knowing I was being scammed.

And if I saw the Escalade I would have been mad, but I'd probably bought something for the next person I saw too.

I'm too a Bible-thumper and inherited too much of a soft spot from my dad. Funny enough though, the Bible never says to ask questions about what the money is for, just to give.
 
#41
#41
Funny enough though, the Bible never says to ask questions about what the money is for, just to give.
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good point!!! I have to tell myself that when somebody approaches me ...... :good!:
 
#42
#42
I would have done the same.

Would you ask a begger to return the $1 you gave him because you later found out that someone was feeling extra generous and gave him $10 earlier in the day, and you believe that he should have disclosed that to you before you gave? Likely not.

You didn't pay for her groceries because you sought to make some larger endorsement / condemnation of either her lifestyle or finances - but because you couldn't stand the thought of her (or her family) going hungry.

So, G,S,M to you for doing something, and accomplishing that.
 
#43
#43
Daddy Gee said:
good point!!! I have to tell myself that when somebody approaches me ...... :good!:
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Now I'm not going to say I bat 1.000 in this department. I do use some discernment. If there's a guy where I can smell liquor on him 20 feet away - I don't give him anything. But if I have cash on me and there is a judgement, I err on the side of being too generous.

My disdain for people with food stamps has lessened the last five years as well. That's not to say I don't occasionally get annoyed with what they purchase. I guess I'm a bit more experienced "with life" to understand not every person that uses them is completely worthless as I once would have said.
 
#46
#46
tigervol9802 said:
I would have done the same thing. I've been scammed many times and have given money knowing I was being scammed.

And if I saw the Escalade I would have been mad, but I'd probably bought something for the next person I saw too.

I'm too a Bible-thumper and inherited too much of a soft spot from my dad. Funny enough though, the Bible never says to ask questions about what the money is for, just to give.
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I always figure if they are begging they need it more than I do. If I was on the street, I'd want a bottle of liquor too.
 
#48
#48
VolsNSkinsFan said:
yea she isnt really like that, she just gives them to other family members
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Still not what should be happening though. I know of a lot of people that get a substantial amount of food stamps and it is much more than is needed. Being able to buy lobster and steak every night shouldn't be what the program is about.
 
#49
#49
Walking around downtown St. Louis one night a guy came up to me and my friends and said he didn't need money, he just wanted liquor. We admired the honesty and all gave him a couple bucks. In retrospect I probably should have just bought him a meal, but we were all drunk and thought his honesty was worth a few bucks.
 
#50
#50
Your a cop right? If so I woulda...

Got her plate # and pulled off some poleece shenanigans.
 
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