Awesome. I saw my personal favorite on a 30-something African-American homeless guy in Times Square a few years ago. It read: "Tell me off for a dollar".
The coolest thing is that we actually watched a couple of people SCREAMING at the guy for a good 30 seconds each. I was all prepared to pay up and go off on some Patrick Bateman-esque rant but my girlfriend stopped me.
To this day: I'm not sure if it was legit or some kind of social experiment.
He'd be more heroic if he didn't look so pleased with himself. Besides, I don't remember Bruce Wayne needing money for kung-fu lessons; he was living as a common thief in some jail in Nepal or somewhere.
My favorite encounter with someone seeking money happened outside the Trenton NJ train station. I was wrestling a giant suitcase into my car when a panhandler approached me and my friend. He pointed to the sign at the Roy Rogers restaurant advertising a $1.99 chicken special. My friend and I each gave him a buck. He looked at it and said, with great indignation, " I need something to DRINK, too!" We didn't cough up any more cash.
I admire a more original approach like the Ninja sign. I once went to a great Mexican restaurant that was recommended by a homeless man. He had heard my friends talking, trying to figure out where to go for dinner...he told us the name of a restaurant, and then held out a cup. The restaurant was amazing, and I'm guessing that they're nice enough to share food with a homeless man.
Courtesy of Kim Morgan's Pretty Poison blog.
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Awesome. I saw my personal favorite on a 30-something African-American homeless guy in Times Square a few years ago. It read: "Tell me off for a dollar".
The coolest thing is that we actually watched a couple of people SCREAMING at the guy for a good 30 seconds each.
I was all prepared to pay up and go off on some Patrick Bateman-esque rant but my girlfriend stopped me.
To this day: I'm not sure if it was legit or some kind of social experiment.
He'd be more heroic if he didn't look so pleased with himself. Besides, I don't remember Bruce Wayne needing money for kung-fu lessons; he was living as a common thief in some jail in Nepal or somewhere.
My favorite encounter with someone seeking money happened outside the Trenton NJ train station. I was wrestling a giant suitcase into my car when a panhandler approached me and my friend. He pointed to the sign at the Roy Rogers restaurant advertising a $1.99 chicken special. My friend and I each gave him a buck. He looked at it and said, with great indignation, " I need something to DRINK, too!" We didn't cough up any more cash.
I admire a more original approach like the Ninja sign. I once went to a great Mexican restaurant that was recommended by a homeless man. He had heard my friends talking, trying to figure out where to go for dinner...he told us the name of a restaurant, and then held out a cup. The restaurant was amazing, and I'm guessing that they're nice enough to share food with a homeless man.
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