Street Beggars: what do you do?

[ghosthunter]

Street Beggars: what do you do?

-give them some money/change

-give them some food

-give them the finger

-give them nothing

[mbt]

i tap the window very lightly with my fingertips hehe...

[Sheep]

pag maliliit na bata binibigyan ko ng yosi :D initial reaction nila tumatanggi....pinipilit ko the pinagsisindi ko...ayun nagyoyosi sila hehehe

[mbt]

ngek!! gutom na nga susunugin mo pa yung baga hehehe

[kuroy]

ako paiba-iba...depende sa conviction...

sometimes nagbibigay ako sometimes ndi. depende sa tawag ng konsensya..

[kimpOy]

i dont give them anything.
a little tap on the window din.

dont give them fish but teach them how to fish

[stelvio]

Don't give them anything but give to charities that caters to this children. These children don't have any business loitering in the streets, period. This statement coming from a guy who has actual experience hitting a boy at 60kph when he ran at full speed across edsa at a green light like there's no tomorrow. He survived unscathed with just minor bruises luckily.

[badkuk]

each time you give something to street beggars, you are actually encouraging them to go out on the road to beg, putting their lives, as well as you and your family, and fellow motorists and their families, at risk

And you never know where the money goes -- gambling? yosi? rugby? So you are in fact reinforcing their habit by giving them money

If you want to help, please course it through the proper channels/orgs B).

[theveed]

Nope, never had, never will... Not that im insensitive, but the young ones can always go to stay with charity homes, the older ones should've stayed in their provinces, the younger ones can always get a job... kahit janitor, takatak boys, kargador trabaho padin yan - no skills necessary.

Walang gamot sa katamaran.

[wreckless]

give them nothing..
same reason as Kimpoy's.