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What would you do if a scraggly homeless person knocked on your door, and all he asked was for a sandwich, a bottle of water, a bath, and perhaps a beard trim? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by over_clox@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've actually skipped work just to help a homeless guy get his beard trimmed. Bought him pizza too. Kinda hard to get anywhere in life when you look like shit.

Be kind to the homeless, they just need a helping hand here and there.

What would you do?

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[–] TheBigBrother@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I usually buy a meal for a homeless drug addict who sometimes it's asking for some coins in a near mall, I don't like to give him money straight cos I know he will buy drugs with it, I prefer to buy him something to eat.

Where I am there is not so much homeless people there is just poor people who asks for coins so no beard issue but I definitely like to give them something to eat instead of money for drugs.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Agreed, if you already know the person has bad habits, then definitely don't support those habits.

But hey, occasional help with the basics never hurts. Everyone needs food and water occasionally at bare minimum, plus many people forget they also need occasional help with hygiene.

It's not like they want to be dirty, they just don't tend to have regular access to facilities to bathe, shave, or wash their clothes..

But yeah, I ain't about to just hand them money. If I'm gonna help, I'm gonna help. I can't do much, but I do what I can when I feel I should.

[–] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Wow you're a woke globalist. /S

Everyone should really check this piece of shits post history