Board index › General Discussion › News and Current Events

Beggar Making £1,700 A Month Banned From Asking For Money

Page 1 of 1 [ 5 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

blitzkrieg
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Jun 2011
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Posts: 22,045

26 Sep 2023, 6:07 pm

There are plenty of cases of beggars who really do need money - and then there is this person.

It's no wonder cynical people don't give beggars money.

Article/link below:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lincoln-beggar-banned-b2418768.html


_________________
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party and I attended with my real face” - Franz Kafka


Fnord
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 May 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 60,949
Location:      

26 Sep 2023, 7:08 pm

One of the first Tagalog phrases I learned after moving to the Philippines was, "Umalis ka na!" ("oo-mah-LEES kah nah").

It means "Go away!"

I use it often at the open-air markets.  The beggars will zero-in on me in a crowd of Filipinos, passing them up just to hit on me.

The tin-cup beggars who seem barely able to walk get my alms. The better-dressed ones healthy enough to follow me throughout the market do not (especially if they are using cell phones).


_________________
The mere fact that science may not yet adequately explain an object, event, or experience does not mean the immediate explanation should automatically default to a conspiratorial, extraterrestrial, paranormal, or supernatural cause.


Nades
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 8 Jan 2017
Age: 1935
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,132
Location: wales

26 Sep 2023, 7:17 pm

A massive problem in city centres. He must have really be badgering people to be dragged to court.



blitzkrieg
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Jun 2011
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Posts: 22,045

27 Sep 2023, 8:01 am

Fnord wrote:
One of the first Tagalog phrases I learned after moving to the Philippines was, "Umalis ka na!" ("oo-mah-LEES kah nah").

It means "Go away!"

I use it often at the open-air markets.  The beggars will zero-in on me in a crowd of Filipinos, passing them up just to hit on me.

The tin-cup beggars who seem barely able to walk get my alms. The better-dressed ones healthy enough to follow me throughout the market do not (especially if they are using cell phones).


It baffles me that better dressed so called 'beggars' with cell phones don't realise that having a cell phone might make people suspicious of their beggar status.


_________________
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party and I attended with my real face” - Franz Kafka


blitzkrieg
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Jun 2011
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Posts: 22,045

27 Sep 2023, 8:01 am

Nades wrote:
A massive problem in city centres. He must have really be badgering people to be dragged to court.


Yeah. :|


_________________
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party and I attended with my real face” - Franz Kafka