Life Panhandlers at McDonalds - Page 5

**gblowfish** · 09-25-2013, 01:43 PM

This morning on the way to work, I whip into Mickey D's to get coffee and a McMuffin for the commute. I'm sitting in the drive thru, waiting to place my order. This guy walks up to the car window, panhandling. He asked me for fifty cents. I said, "hey, if you're going to beg for money, at least think bigger. Ask me for a five, or a ten. Hell, ask for a dollar. The dollar menu is a dollar. I offered to buy him a sandwich, but not give him money. So he blinked a couple times, then he moved on the car behind me to keep schmoozing for cash. When I got my receipt at the top it said "MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE." Hey, McD's, why not give this beggar on your drive thru line a management position? Win-Win, problem solved!

mike_b_284 · 09-25-2013, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravedigger

I don't think anybody would think, "Guy who'll sell everything for .50." As a good investment for management.

I bet he'd still get a bonus,

EDIT
Oh, that doesn't make any sense. I thought it said investment management.

**Dave Lane** · 09-25-2013, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

THAT makes me madder than anything. I've offered to buy people food and gas on separate occasions in the past, but they just want money.

F THEM...I want to help, but they are ruining it.

I have a rule that I will only help people that will accept food and if they don't accept food you know what the money is for

Miles · 09-25-2013, 10:45 PM

This McDonalds must not have been deploying homeless repellant which is also known as classical music.

vailpass · 09-25-2013, 11:53 PM

They need to run that guy off. Panhandlers piss me off almost as much as washroom attendants.

dmahurin · 09-26-2013, 12:09 AM

I had a guy come up to me in Pensacola a few years ago at a sonic and said "I'll be honest guys, I just want some beer and cigarettes if you could spare any change." I gave the guy a few bucks for being honest.

Earthling · 09-26-2013, 12:57 AM

I took a bus from Idaho to Dallas, Tx, leaving most of my money in a Nevada casino en-route. Fact is, I had one thin dime on me when I arrived at the bus terminal in Dallas, which I had made sure to keep so I could call my sister when I arrived to come pick me up. I had never seen a payphone that took a quarter instead of a dime for a call until that day and I found myself .15 cents short. There was a guy flipping burgers at a cafe next to the terminal and I asked him for .15 cents for my call, explaining the circumstances. He slapped about $5.00 worth of change on the counter and told me to take what I needed. I took .15 cents and made my call. I think about that from time to time because its easy to get jaded over all the ass-holes trying to fleece you out of your money.

vailpass · 09-26-2013, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Earthling

I took a bus from Idaho to Dallas, Tx, leaving most of my money in a Nevada casino en-route. Fact is, I had one thin dime on me when I arrived at the bus terminal in Dallas, which I had made sure to keep so I could call my sister when I arrived to come pick me up. I had never seen a payphone that took a quarter instead of a dime for a call until that day and I found myself .15 cents short. There was a guy flipping burgers at a cafe next to the terminal and I asked him for .15 cents for my call, explaining the circumstances. He slapped about $5.00 worth of change on the counter and told me to take what I needed. I took .15 cents and made my call. I think about that from time to time because its easy to get jaded over all the ass-holes trying to fleece you out of your money.

Damn. That was a tough day.

**cdcox** · 09-26-2013, 12:59 AM

I've got a several stories:

1. Dude approaches me the the parking lot and says he needed gas money. I take him to the filling station and put a few buck in his tank (emergency short trip). I bid him farewell, and when he thinks I'm not looking, he swings back to the same parking lot to hit someone else up. I drive back to the parking lot to ask him what's up and he takes off.

2. I take a dude to a gas station to put some gas in his tank. He stops me after $5. He didn't want me to put too much in, in case someone else called him on his bluff.

3. Took a father to the grocery store to buy food for his kids. He was very grateful and bought things like raw hamburger, pork chops, etc.

4. Dude approached me in a restaurant parking lot a couple miles from a hospital, claimed to have a family member there, and a non-patient son that was hungry. He wanted money so he could buy him food. Smelled like a scam, and the world wouldn't end even if his story was true. I reached down and pulled out my inner asshole and said: "It's not like he's going to starve to death if he misses a meal." Dude said "You better get in your car and leave, or I might not be able to contain myself." Still think he was scamming. Why not hit up people at the hospital? Fellow patient families are likely to have empathy for your family situation.

5. People who come to your house offering to do work for $ will either do shitty work or are trying to con you. No good experiences to report.

6. Ran into a guy who I tried to help over a several day period. It quickly became obvious that it was way beyond my capabilities to turn his life around or even turn his life 5 degrees. Lesson: there is a reason that people end up in the situations they are in.

7. Dude needs a bus ticket in Memphis. I offer to buy it for him, we start walking to the bus station. He wants to go down a shady ally. OH HELL NO. I end up buying him dinner instead. He acts resentful. But he walks away eating the food I bought him with an expression of satisfaction on his face.

8. i was looking for a parking space in downtown KC in the early '80s (wayyy before cell phones). It is pouring down rain. Big ole dude frantically flags me down on the street holding his stomach. I crack my window, he has trouble communication, but I finally figured out he wants a ride to the hospital. He acts like he's been stabbed but I can't tell, and even if he is, there is no way I'm letting a stranger twice my side inside my car. Tell him I can't help him and move on.

9. One time a long time ago the shoe was on the other foot. I pulled into a parking garage. This was before ATMs. Too late, I realized I didn't have any cash on me. The garage didn't take credit cards. I needed like a $1.50 to get my car out. I checked between the seats for change. No dice. I finally pulled behind an obviously well-to-do woman who was paying her bill and begged her to pay mine. She paid, but made it obvious she didn't appreciate being approached in that manner. Thank you, rich stuck up woman, wherever you are.

Sorter · 09-26-2013, 01:03 AM

This thread reminds me, I need to visit McDonalds and order a BigMac, then record my findings for Chiefsplanet.

It's quite possible that this could occur this week/end but I make no promises.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-26-2013, 01:31 AM

I live in Hollywood. There are homeless at every freeway entrance and exit, at nearly every fast food entrance and exit, at nearly every drug or grocery store entrance and exit.

I learned 20 years ago to avoid eye contact.

Problem solved.

Consistent1 · 09-26-2013, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I live in Hollywood. There are homeless at every freeway entrance and exit, at nearly every fast food entrance and exit, at nearly every drug or grocery store entrance and exit.

I learned 20 years ago to avoid eye contact.

Problem solved.

Yep. Like I said earlier, Chicago is awful, St Louis is bad. Atlanta sucks. Even smaller places can be bad enough.

You just have to leave it alone and walk away.

**007** · 09-26-2013, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

I only ever smacked one hobo.

I think

yourself right?

**007** · 09-26-2013, 02:05 AM

This is the advantage of never carrying money on my. Sorry guy. No money. These are the ones that force the issue. The rest I just make no eye contact with.

cookster50 · 09-26-2013, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Consistent1

Haha. I gave him fifty cents to be some soup...

Cannibal!

Garcia Bronco · 09-26-2013, 06:02 AM

I never give money to beggers and you shouldn't either. It perpetuates the behavior. Besides, I gave at the office.

09-25-2013, 01:43 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17686178 VARSITY	Panhandlers at McDonalds This morning on the way to work, I whip into Mickey D's to get coffee and a McMuffin for the commute. I'm sitting in the drive thru, waiting to place my order. This guy walks up to the car window, panhandling. He asked me for fifty cents. I said, "hey, if you're going to beg for money, at least think bigger. Ask me for a five, or a ten. Hell, ask for a dollar. The dollar menu is a dollar. I offered to buy him a sandwich, but not give him money. So he blinked a couple times, then he moved on the car behind me to keep schmoozing for cash. When I got my receipt at the top it said "MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE." Hey, McD's, why not give this beggar on your drive thru line a management position? Win-Win, problem solved!
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09-25-2013, 10:45 PM	#63
Miles MVP Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Casino cash: $1692400	This McDonalds must not have been deploying homeless repellant which is also known as classical music.
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09-25-2013, 11:53 PM	#64
vailpass Psycho Bag Of Squanch Join Date: Sep 2001 Casino cash: $9594244	They need to run that guy off. Panhandlers piss me off almost as much as washroom attendants. __________________ “Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” Joseph Stalin
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09-26-2013, 12:57 AM	#66
Earthling MVP Join Date: Apr 2001 Casino cash: $10008447	I took a bus from Idaho to Dallas, Tx, leaving most of my money in a Nevada casino en-route. Fact is, I had one thin dime on me when I arrived at the bus terminal in Dallas, which I had made sure to keep so I could call my sister when I arrived to come pick me up. I had never seen a payphone that took a quarter instead of a dime for a call until that day and I found myself .15 cents short. There was a guy flipping burgers at a cafe next to the terminal and I asked him for .15 cents for my call, explaining the circumstances. He slapped about $5.00 worth of change on the counter and told me to take what I needed. I took .15 cents and made my call. I think about that from time to time because its easy to get jaded over all the ass-holes trying to fleece you out of your money. __________________ AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SO EASY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR ONLY FRIEND TALKS SEES LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE YOU AND YOU DO JUST THE SAME AS HIM -Jiimi Hendrix
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09-26-2013, 12:59 AM	#68
cdcox www.nfl-forecast.com Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $2361769	I've got a several stories: 1. Dude approaches me the the parking lot and says he needed gas money. I take him to the filling station and put a few buck in his tank (emergency short trip). I bid him farewell, and when he thinks I'm not looking, he swings back to the same parking lot to hit someone else up. I drive back to the parking lot to ask him what's up and he takes off. 2. I take a dude to a gas station to put some gas in his tank. He stops me after $5. He didn't want me to put too much in, in case someone else called him on his bluff. 3. Took a father to the grocery store to buy food for his kids. He was very grateful and bought things like raw hamburger, pork chops, etc. 4. Dude approached me in a restaurant parking lot a couple miles from a hospital, claimed to have a family member there, and a non-patient son that was hungry. He wanted money so he could buy him food. Smelled like a scam, and the world wouldn't end even if his story was true. I reached down and pulled out my inner asshole and said: "It's not like he's going to starve to death if he misses a meal." Dude said "You better get in your car and leave, or I might not be able to contain myself." Still think he was scamming. Why not hit up people at the hospital? Fellow patient families are likely to have empathy for your family situation. 5. People who come to your house offering to do work for $ will either do shitty work or are trying to con you. No good experiences to report. 6. Ran into a guy who I tried to help over a several day period. It quickly became obvious that it was way beyond my capabilities to turn his life around or even turn his life 5 degrees. Lesson: there is a reason that people end up in the situations they are in. 7. Dude needs a bus ticket in Memphis. I offer to buy it for him, we start walking to the bus station. He wants to go down a shady ally. OH HELL NO. I end up buying him dinner instead. He acts resentful. But he walks away eating the food I bought him with an expression of satisfaction on his face. 8. i was looking for a parking space in downtown KC in the early '80s (wayyy before cell phones). It is pouring down rain. Big ole dude frantically flags me down on the street holding his stomach. I crack my window, he has trouble communication, but I finally figured out he wants a ride to the hospital. He acts like he's been stabbed but I can't tell, and even if he is, there is no way I'm letting a stranger twice my side inside my car. Tell him I can't help him and move on. 9. One time a long time ago the shoe was on the other foot. I pulled into a parking garage. This was before ATMs. Too late, I realized I didn't have any cash on me. The garage didn't take credit cards. I needed like a $1.50 to get my car out. I checked between the seats for change. No dice. I finally pulled behind an obviously well-to-do woman who was paying her bill and begged her to pay mine. She paid, but made it obvious she didn't appreciate being approached in that manner. Thank you, rich stuck up woman, wherever you are.
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09-26-2013, 01:31 AM	#70
DaneMcCloud Supporter Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hollywood, CA Casino cash: $10053648	I live in Hollywood. There are homeless at every freeway entrance and exit, at nearly every fast food entrance and exit, at nearly every drug or grocery store entrance and exit. I learned 20 years ago to avoid eye contact. Problem solved.
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09-26-2013, 02:05 AM	#73
007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $14060126 VARSITY	This is the advantage of never carrying money on my. Sorry guy. No money. These are the ones that force the issue. The rest I just make no eye contact with. __________________ My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
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09-26-2013, 06:02 AM	#75
Garcia Bronco No Keys, No Problem Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Denver Casino cash: $5313136	I never give money to beggers and you shouldn't either. It perpetuates the behavior. Besides, I gave at the office.
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