Do you give money to beggars?

[Eric]

Yeah if they played music or handicapped.

[Dalzius]

Not unless I have extra coins in my pocket.

[Heart Break Kid]

We have a saxophone player in our town centre now... He only knows one song which is Careless Whipser by George Michael? But he can't even play that well, if he learnt Baker street by Gerry Rafferty then maybe I'd consider giving him something. On the whole I don't give to any beggars as I don't know what they're going to spend it on and I really hate the ones that walk up to you and harass you for money.

[Stephen]

In spain once there was this woman without any legs who was sitting on the path begging and stuff

So I held 10 euros above her and told her she could have it if she could reach it

[LetsBeFreaks]

I give them spare change but I hate doing that because for all we know they could be spending it on drugs or something.
If I see a homeless person I sometimes buy them a coffee or something if we're near a McDonalds. At least you know they're making good use of it.

[buttons]

In spain once there was this woman without any legs who was sitting on the path begging and stuff

So I held 10 euros above her and told her she could have it if she could reach it

stephen...

emmm not really. sometimes if i buy something to eat and don't like it i'll give it to them (i never bite my food i always pick pieces off to eat so its not like my germs are all over it). & a lot of the time when im out and go to mcdonalds ill buy an extra if there's a beggar outside. we have charity boxes for homeless people and we're told to put money there instead of giving directly to them. its the junkies at the bus stop that annoy me, "have you got change for a cup of coffee?" "have you got change for the telephone box?". no way. i dunno why im such an easy target, offended. there's a woman outside our shopping centre that plays a guitar with one string using a plastic fork. LOADS of people give her money and take pictures with her lol we have a fbook page for her ; https://www.facebook.com/pages/Guita...63038230440261

[GirlNextDoor15]

In spain once there was this woman without any legs who was sitting on the path begging and stuff

So I held 10 euros above her and told her she could have it if she could reach it

this is a joke, innit?

[Stephen]

k i didn't really do it but as i walked past her i imagined doing it and then giggled abit

dont think she cared about me laughing though, she was completely legless

but i did walk up to her and ask her if they've taken the hobbits to isengard

[Neversoft]

Not really. I think a lot of them try and make it seem worse than it actually is. When I was in Manchester at the end of last year this guy came up to me and my friend and said about how it was Christmas as if we didn't already know and asked if we had any money we could spare and he held open his hands to show apparently the only coins he had. His hands were absolutely filthy, though. He had clearly gone and rubbed them in dirt or something, because there's just no need for anyone to have hands that filthy, especially in Manchester where it always rains. He caught us when we weren't really going anywhere though and I hate to say no and then run away, so I was all like I'll check... although I didn't really have anything so I told him I only had coins then he was like "Ugh. Haven't you got any notes." What happened to wanting *any* money? After that my friend just pulled me away and we escaped. That's the end of the story.

[Vause]

No and I never will. I have to be tight with my own money in order to live. Call me heartless but ya know.