being targeted by panhandlers

[Dreamstalker]

I hate when that happens to me. I just usually dress casual and people thinks that I have money.

Ditto. I don't get it. When I was younger I used to 'experiment' where I would dress slightly worse than the panhandlers in whatever area I was going to and I'd still get hit up. Maybe because my clothes were clean?

I hate the ones that pigeonhole people and ask for more and more money; one once cornered me on a curb so pretty much the only direction I could move was into traffic. A cop saw that and escorted her away. If you're asking for money for food, come up with a better plan. A whole chicken is $10 and you could have meals for a week if you plan (you already let slip that you have cooking facilities). You want $10 for fried chicken? Sorry, I like KFC too, but I don't think you should be wasting that cash.

We see panhandlers in the middle of the road at stoplights; mom once commented: "yeah, they'll get themselves hit and they figure the government HAS to give them money then. They can't sue the city because they know they shouldn't be here. I bet they won't even sue the right driver"

That said, I do know a few panhandlers in The Square of Harvard that I will give what I can to; sometimes it's change, sometimes I'll buy myself a large deli sandwich and give them half, etc. But the rude ones get nothing.

[Nekojin]

Ditto. I don't get it. When I was younger I used to 'experiment' where I would dress slightly worse than the panhandlers in whatever area I was going to and I'd still get hit up. Maybe because my clothes were clean?

It's more than just clothes that show off your social status. Hair and demeanor both say just as much as clothing does.