This is the same roommate that was with me for the Taco Bell "change comes from within" story.
Back in Chicago in 2005, there was always this beggar by Ogilvie train station asking for change. He was always smoking cigarettes and I saw him wearing a complete matching outfit: shirt, shorts, shoes, all perfectly coordinated with its purposefully obscure matching colors of maroon and baby blue. He was dressed nicer than me yet was shaking a cup full of change at people while smoking a cancer stick! What an asshole.
Wearing expensive ass shoes or clothes and at the same time asking for money really shows the ignorant "hood rich" mentality of these people. Friends of mine who are teachers in ghetto areas see kids come to school with the newest Air Jordans, yet the same kids don't even have money to eat lunch. This ignorance even spreads across continents. On the Jay-Z "Water For Life" MTV special, Jay-Z travels to Angola and South Africa and meets people who have to travel a couple of miles to haul back a small tank of water, which needs to last an entire family one week for drinking, bathing, cleaning, etc. They then show that these same people own cell phones! WTF? Do the cell phones even get service out there? It's ridiculous and sad that some people place vain frivolous material possessions ahead of basic life necessities. Expensive cars, jewelry, lavish houses...you don't need these things, save your money instead.
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I can remember once I was walking around ol' town Pasadena when I was pan handled by transient. He threw some BS line out asking if I could spare some change because he was hungry. I turned around, looked him square in the eyes and asked him quite frankly, "Come on dude, how much money do you really make doing this stuff?" He told me quite proudly, "$250-$350 a night". Uh WTF? He was making more than me, at that time, and it was all tax free. "Hood rich" indeed. Since then I've never given one red cent to these con-artists. Neither should you.
Pasadena? Is that in California? Is that out West? Call the govenor and get on with legalizing pot. Your state is so broke.
I hear it's a really racist state, too.
As for Bob, there are ways to help the homeless. May be you could call a local shelter, (try a women's shelter, may be) and ask how you can help out.
You are right. There is corruption in every part of this country. Just get educated.
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