Okay, I do this thing that I'm sure is bad: When guys give money to beggars I make fun of them.
But it's not because I think it's unmanly or anything, I don't even really know why I do it! Out loud I say something along the lines of "Hehe, sucker" while inside I melt a little bit. This isn't to say I think everyone should give money to beggars. You don't get knocked points if you don't do it (unless you do something that Navy guy did, which is yell at them--and she didn't even do anything to him!), I completely understand. Typically I refuse to give cash, but occasionally I will offer them food or a coffee, a coffee more often than not as when I run into beggars I'm normally about to walk into a coffee shop, but I don't like the idea of giving out cash. Some people do, and when it's a guy that I'm out with I do get a bit sappy in my heart region. It's one of those things I can't explain (like when I hear a certain note--normally a low G--something about the bass gets me. I do the whole hand-over-heart-and-sigh thing. Most people who have seen this think that I know and like/love the song but it could be a song I've never heard before, it's just that bass! But that's not the point) but I think it goes back to the whole help others thing that I appreciate. Sure, I don't trust that when I give money it will be spent on whatever that person sobbingly told me they needed it for, but then again, I don't have extra money to give and hate feeling like a sucker. Food/Coffee I can always share with someone who is stuck out in the cold. But if the guy has the extra cash and feels like helping someone out there is nothing wrong with that, please don't let my rudeness stop you.
That is all.
But it's not because I think it's unmanly or anything, I don't even really know why I do it! Out loud I say something along the lines of "Hehe, sucker" while inside I melt a little bit. This isn't to say I think everyone should give money to beggars. You don't get knocked points if you don't do it (unless you do something that Navy guy did, which is yell at them--and she didn't even do anything to him!), I completely understand. Typically I refuse to give cash, but occasionally I will offer them food or a coffee, a coffee more often than not as when I run into beggars I'm normally about to walk into a coffee shop, but I don't like the idea of giving out cash. Some people do, and when it's a guy that I'm out with I do get a bit sappy in my heart region. It's one of those things I can't explain (like when I hear a certain note--normally a low G--something about the bass gets me. I do the whole hand-over-heart-and-sigh thing. Most people who have seen this think that I know and like/love the song but it could be a song I've never heard before, it's just that bass! But that's not the point) but I think it goes back to the whole help others thing that I appreciate. Sure, I don't trust that when I give money it will be spent on whatever that person sobbingly told me they needed it for, but then again, I don't have extra money to give and hate feeling like a sucker. Food/Coffee I can always share with someone who is stuck out in the cold. But if the guy has the extra cash and feels like helping someone out there is nothing wrong with that, please don't let my rudeness stop you.
That is all.
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