Posted by NCWayne on March 11, 2009 at 21:17:13 from (24.172.56.198):
In Reply to: O/T Honest Panhandler posted by john in la on March 11, 2009 at 19:31:02:
The only time I've ever given money to a 'panhandler' was when one was honest with me. I was washing my '55 at a car wash in Charleston, SC waaaay back in 1987 when an old black gentleman approached me and started talking about my car. That wasn't unusual, especially with the older folks that were young when the car was new, so I didn't think anything about it. He and I talked for 20 minutes or so when he finally broached the subject of needing a few dollars. He was straight up about things and told me basically 'I could feed you a line of BS about needing money for this or that, but to be honest I'd sure like to buy me a bottle of wine if you can spare a few bucks.' Being in the Navy at the time I had heard just about every line you could imagine from the ones outside the base stateside as well as those overseas. He seemed like a nice, cleancut old guy, even though he was on the streets, so I figured he was honest with me so why not. Just so ya'll know I don't condone the drinking but I figured the honesty was worth a few bucks at least.... I've seen many more panhandlers in the years since then but never again have I seen an honest one....
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