Reactions to Panhandling (was " Petty Crime")
From:
Hal Davis
Date:
Jul 09 22:58 UTC
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Reactions from panhandlers can vary with locale, time of day and personality.
In Dayton, Ohio, last month, a man accosted me as I was returning from a late
(11 p.m. or so) hamburger dinner to my hotel. He wanted a bus ticket to
Cincinnati and a couple of bucks for a meal.
I walked with him to the bus station (across from the hotel) to buy him the
ticket. No such luck. The ticket window had just closed, the agent told him.
They would reopen at 6 a.m. or so. So, no dice. No ticket purchased by me.
After some vigorous entreaties from him, I gave him his requested couple of
bucks toward a meal.
Panhandlers play the odds. Sometimes they score.
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