Thoughts and Panhandling ….
When I came to live in Chicago I knew my daily commute would begin and end at the train station with the running of a gauntlet of people asking me to give them money. No, I am not talking about government officials but people asking to spare a dollar to help them out.
I am as generous as I can be with people I think are truly needed but this past morning I was struck by a wierd sight.
A man asking for a donation from me was wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap. As a strong Yankees fan I was more than willing to help out a fellow fan but I worried about his marketing theory.
Asking people who live in Chicago for money …. shouldn’t he have been wearing a Cubs or White Sox cap?
My guess is that tourists are more likely to give panhandlers money than locals. You know, tourists are in high spirits by the mere fact that they’re on vacation.
Locals on the way to work though? “Get outta my way ya bum!!”
I wrote about an eccentric Chicago bum here: http://nickycheese.blogivists.com/2008/04/01/if-you-give-a-bum-a-dollar-if-you-give/
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