Give money to hobos?

Spontaneity
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:52:08 +0000

I agree with Beatchick. Just trust your instincts. Sometimes the situation just depends on who you meet. I think the reason why most people shun and ignore the homeless is because we are afraid of them, because we view them as outcasts. I try to help out the ones who are genuinely out in the streets from hardships, but at the same time I can’t help but speculate on the ones who try to simply to use us for funds.

I don’t know, quite frankly. My view on homelessness radically changed when I got to Berkeley. From where I come from, there are homeless people, but I would have to say the ones from Berkeley are more communicative. This one time, I had just walked out of a restaurant in the Durant food court, and out of no where, this homeless person came up to me from behind in the diagonal. I didn’t even see her. She asked for money, and when I said I didn’t have any left (I really didn’t), she kept coming closer to me, and every time I tried to walk away, she would cut me off. I got really scared, because she kept breaking my bubble. Then, it got really weird when she told me to go to the ATM and give her money, so finally, I kind of just darted away from her. Scary, and probably not the best move on my part, but it’s just these kinds of situations that make you think about the homeless people. Personally, I would help out by donating to a charity organization because they would know how to distribute the funds to the needy.