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"'My husband's beaten me up and I havent got enough for the bus'"

I had just dismounted the bus and was about to embark on a leisurely stroll back to my house. So, I was wandering, just minding my own business and a woman walks up to me and says, in a slurred voice:

'My husband's beaten me up and I havent got enough for the bus, could you spare any money'

So! Was she lying, or was she telling the truth? I know you get people doing this in town centres, but this was in a residential area...

If she was lying- how dare she? Using emotional blackmail like that to get me to give up my (not so hard earned) money. She didn't look beaten up, and surely she could ring 999?

If she was telling the truth- I might just go and slit my wrists now as I am obviously a cold-hearted cow who couldn't give her £1 for the bus!

I had just dismounted the bus and was about to embark on a leisurely stroll back to my house. So, I was wandering, just minding my own business and a woman walks up to me and says, in a slurred voice:

'My husband's beaten me up and I havent got enough for the bus, could you spare any money'

So! Was she lying, or was she telling the truth? I know you get people doing this in town centres, but this was in a residential area...

If she was lying- how dare she? Using emotional blackmail like that to get me to give up my (not so hard earned) money. She didn't look beaten up, and surely she could ring 999?

If she was telling the truth- I might just go and slit my wrists now as I am obviously a cold-hearted cow who couldn't give her £1 for the bus!

Probably just a drunkard. You should've given her some foreign money instead.

Whilst waiting for my college mates in town to go to an exhibition thing (hey, we're cultured) one of the tramps came up to me. Well, he came out of the station, looked around, saw me and made a bee line for me. Had my headphones in, he motioned for me to take them out.

"Excuse me, sir, very sorry to bother you *burp* but I'm stuck here and I *hiccup* don't have enough money for the bus home *hiccup* You couldn't lend me 30p could you? Like I said I'm *burp* very sorry to bother you, it's my own fault, I'm so stupid! *hiccup*"

*I dig into pocket, his eyes light up*

"And anything else you can spare, please mate!"


Usually I just say "No." but I had some shrapnel I wanted to unload so I gave him two twenty coins and a load of 1s and 2s.

I just don't like the way they have a pre-planned speech, and it's ALWAYS the same, they all use the same crap about being stuck and needing just a few pennies more for their ticket home (except for one guy who made up stuff about needing 70p so he can pay for his mum's EYE SURGERY!)

If they said "Look, I need more money for drink and drugs." I'd say "More power to you." and hand over my change. But the fact that they lie to me annoys MoJo. Annoys him very much.

" Excuse me mate... I spent all my money on my hotel, you couldn't lend us a fiver for a wee drink? "

A man came up to me and my friend and said "I just need a dollar!". He was bleeding from the mouth as well. If anyone had had a dollar it would have been the funniest exchage of my life.

I bought a bag of dog food for one of those guys who sit in the street strumming a guitar with a dog sat beside looking sad.

Better than giving him money that he would use on crap.

I feel cool.

Unfortunately Matt, you are not ;-)

You should have shot the dog and stolen his guitar.

I saw this old woman pick up a half eaten mars bar off the floor, wipe off all the hairs etc and eat it in Wolverhampton City Centre. I felt like giving her the sandwich I had just bought. But I didn't. Perhaps I should have.

there was a "tramp" outside of this fish and chip shop i went to on a cold bournemouth night on holiday. i felt kinda sorry but knew how they had a system. i went into the chippie and sure enough 3 mins later he walked in, took his hood off to reveal walkman headphones and a good haircut. i actually laughed.

Being a cold hearted Capitalist Conservative\Republican I never give money to anyone who begs for it, in fact I have only ever given money to three charities - the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, Salvation Army, and the 9/11 one for victims families.