Gimme gimme never gets

Living in downtown Salt Lake City you tend to see a lot of homeless people. I mean a lot of homeless people. So many that it bothers me. Not that I have predigests feelings to the lesser fortunate. I know that times are tough, and that some of them really need a little help. But if there is one thing I've noticed is the homeless people that are not homeless. How can you tell? You sort of just can. Often times they don't look homeless at all. Or sometimes they make themselves look a little to homeless. If you go near pioneer park you will find the people walking around with shopping carts full of their stuff. For the most part I believe these people to be truly homeless. You see someone sleeping under a stair way you got a yes to that as well, but then you have the people who just sit outside the temple, or mall and expect people to give them money.

During the summer, and fall months I notice a particular person standing sitting outside the City Creek mall. Some days he's in a wheel chair, others on the ground, often in a lawn chair, and once used one of those green fake plastic Irish hats you see around St. Patrick day in order to collect money. He sits there with some sob story sign, and people give him money. These kind of people just piss me off. There is a problem in this country, and I'm begining to believe throughout the world, that people just expect to have things given to them. Its bad enough that our govermnt trys to rip us off with crap such as Obama Care, but to have some jack ass sit around and have people throw money at them is just stupid.

There is another man that gets money from outside this very mall, but do you now what he does? He has a sign that says no sob story, no problems, just good pinging. He sits outisde, and play the bag pipes. No I would be willing to give this man a little money. He's a street performer, not some guy trying to rip me off.

So be careful out there. If a guy asking or money seems suspicious give him a few cents, or nothing at all. Don't be worried about being insulted, because if they do then they don't deserve it anyways, and if they don't take it because it's not enough money then you know what they truly are. Pay attention to paterns, changes in story, and trust your senses.

Lastly don't be afraid to give a little in the end. A "God bless you" always means at least some good for sure.