Where I live you cant go a day without at least one person asking for change. Its always the same people, they usually say they need change for the bus, etc always in odd amounts and even if someone gives them the exact amount they still ask someone else for more. I know for a fact that theyre all crackheads with a couple alcoholics mixed in and the worst part is most of them are young kids around my age. Theres a bottle redemption center a couple blocks away and the scrap yard is about a 30-40 minute walk from here but these guys are just lazy and want a quick and easy fix.

On the other hand, one time I was in Manhattan with my mom, this guy was asking for money with a sign saying he was hungry. We bought him some food and the guy couldnt believe it, the look on his face was stunned and he gave us one of the most sincere "thank you's" Ive ever heard.