SASOY
6 Answers
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I assume, wishing they weren't homeless.
Homeless people get a bad rap at times. Most believe they are drunks or drug addicts.
Granted, they are out there, but more and more people are becoming homeless because of our nations economic troubles. Its going to get worse before it gets better too. SAD
| 12 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
Ann
We have many homeless people living in bigger cities in New Hampshire. The Soup kitchens, usually theire only meal in day is hurting for donations.It is getting worse by the day and I am afraid some people will not make it through the winter.Food Pantries for the poor are also depleted and some poor elderly women was caught in the supermarket putting cans of cat food in her purse and told the people who caught her, that the cat food was for herself to eat. It is absolutely heartbraking to see such things in our country. I dont believe it happens in any other civilized Nation.. I think most homeless people would like to live in a warm place, have a job and enough food to eat. That would be luxory for them.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
ole hipster
I know two homeless people and what do they think of themselves?? They think that they are first of all....happy to be alive, happy to not be mugged and happy to have people actually talk to them like they are human instead of the dregs of society. Homelessness is now rampant in the US and has been for quite awhile....there are homeless families out there also who must rely on soup kitchens and food pantries just to feed their children.....it is awful that people have to suffer like that in such a rich nation as the US (I don't know about the UK and other areas)....I live in Chicago and see a lot of the misery that some people do not see who live in small cities and/or towns.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
jhharlan
dowsa
"Why me does anybody care .I feel for them lost souls hope they get the help the need.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
robertgrist
Homeless move into vacant houses quickly these days. The banks foreclosed on more than a million homes last year and have destroyed many of those structures rather than maintain or try to resell it. If I were on the streets these days I would be salvaging anything I could from foreclosed homes to sell or trade. I wouldn’t be homeless for long or I would be in jail…either way it’s off the streets. That is the reality of the situation. If you are homeless you can’t get a job.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
I am glad you wrote that down.
Thanks.
I live in a part of Canada where 'the business' is a fact of life. Hearing your story puts an interesting side bar to what we read in the newspaper every single day.
I have worked in some very rough areas where I have actually had to fight for the shopping carts that belonged to the store I worked for...just taking the garbage out was an adventure in it's self. (Who is shooting up behind the store today?)...I have had to on occation, stand at the front door and hold it closed so that the person on the 'flight out of town' wasn't landing in our pad...We lost so much merchandise it wasn't even funny... we spent more time asking people to leave than selling to legitimate customers at times. It is interesting to read your point of view. I truly appreciate this.
The unfortuate thing is that homelessness and crime seem to co-exist. And honestly, if you work in a place where this is right outside the door it gets blurry, it's exhausting and it takes it's toll.
I watched this world from behind store windows. You have lived it.
...Once I let a guy with a knife walk away with what ever he wanted because he was high and I didn't think the merchandise was more important than my life.(My co-worker...who was 16 was working in the back of the store and I had no way of calling for help) The high guy thought this was hilarious. I don't see the humor at all.
