Do you donate money when you can?

[Spicoli]

I sometimes give money to homeless people, they don't actually need breakfast as there are lots of shelters and soup kitchen type places around here. I think if you give a man a fish, he can eat for a day; but if you give him money for substances he won't need nearly as much food in the long run.

Very true. One thing that drives me nuts is seeing a guy with a fresh sign.."Hungry, any amount helps but dollars heal, bless you". Saw that last month. I pass him and notice he had pulled up a sign advertising for temp work . The type that read "daily positions available- cash pay lunch credits". It's a small business less than 6 blocks away! I just don't get it.

[Alpha]

It depends. If the person looks able bodied they should be looking for work. I prefer to buy them a pie and drink etc rather than give money. That way they can't spend it on the pokies or drugs/ alcohol. It's got real bad around my area. I saw this f-cker ask a chick for money. She offered him $20 and he had the cheek to say it wasn't enough. There are some very real sad cases but many are just taking the piss. Plus if I asked them to help me pay one of my bills they'd tell me where to go. So same dif.

[Gandalf]

I don't donate to charities. It's nothing mean or personal, I just don't know about that kind of thing. I sometimes give a note to the homeless man downtown with no legs who lays at the traffic lights, but otherwise, I don't bother. I probably should, but who do you give it to and how do you know it gets there? You hear about live aid money going to dictators and CEO's living a life of opulence that we can only dream of. Dunno, it seems a bit of a scam sometimes. I would like to do something that I can see and touch. Yet then again, a food bank shouldn't exist in the first place. Thankfully you don't have them here, but I like the idea of helping out in a food bank. I'm a very insular soul and would like to help directly as I think it could help me too. I am somewhat autistic and think it has been made worse by living like Robinson Crusoe. It would help me as well as others to serve soup and look at people.

[TitoFan]

I sometimes give a note to the homeless man downtown with no legs who lays at the traffic lights

Just make sure it's not this guy.....

[El Kabong]

I volunteer and raise money for the Shriners Childrens' Hospitals....yes I do parades in a little minibike and drink lots of beer too, but the work the Shrine Hospitals does is absolutely incredible and I literally would not be living without their great and generous works as my Grandmother was a patient in the 1930's.

[Batman]

It depends. If the person looks able bodied they should be looking for work. I prefer to buy them a pie and drink etc rather than give money. That way they can't spend it on the pokies or drugs/ alcohol. It's got real bad around my area. I saw this f-cker ask a chick for money. She offered him $20 and he had the cheek to say it wasn't enough. There are some very real sad cases but many are just taking the piss. Plus if I asked them to help me pay one of my bills they'd tell me where to go. So same dif.

I shit you not the other week a big fucker came over to me, I mean I'm 6ft and a big lad but he must have been about 6'4 at least, had on all this snazzy gear whilst I'm tramping about in a hoody that is probably 3 years old, he shouts over to me ''OI BRO'' I stop and wait to see what he wants because looking at him he obviously isn't begging...oh how wrong was I, he asks if I have any change to which I replied ''sorry no I've not got any change on me'' he then asks how I am getting home if I don't have any change, I show him my bus pass, he then says, and this is no word of a lie ''WELL IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY DO YOU AT LEAST HAVE A CREDIT CARD''

I told him he was a cheeky cunt and laughed in his face then made a quick exit, it was either the worlds worst beggar or a really really bad attempt at a mugging