Wow. Dude on spring garden sure is agressive in his panhandling technique. He TOLD me to give him change. I told him I only had bus fare. He told me i should buy a car. Well, he should buy deodorant. For his next trick, he grabbed (!) a young girl by the shoulder and told her “Hey! don’t ignore me!” Now a guy strides by with his Mcdonald’s fires and he yells “You’re fat
(he wasn’t)- you should give those to me.”
Now I know some people have real problems,and that
panhandling is not illegal- I suppose it’s a right- but perhaps there should be a course offered on ‘appropriate panhanding etiquette’.</p— jus’ passin’ thru
This article appears in Aug 20-26, 2009.
what he is doing is illegal, have him arrested.
Why isn’t panhandling illegal??? This city is full of such scammers it makes me sick. They cry with dry eyes.
I’d tell him to get a job.
the city has flip flopped regarding the panhandling issue. unfortunately, it’s not against the law to be annoying. most are cordial enough, but there are SO MANY on spring garden, i wonder how much any one of them can earn. some have been out there for years,too, so they haven’t progressed with their lives.
it might be important to add that busking is NOT panhandling- i like the culture that buskers add to a city.
but the message must be instilled that panhandling is not a job.
Where on Spring Garden is this fucktard? I double dog dare that cocksucker to pull that shit with me. Maybe I’ll troll the area and see if I can get a punch in. Goddamn bungholes.
some of these people can pull in up to a hundred grand a year,all non reported. there are actually some people selling or renting spots downtown. i followed a guy one day,just to appease my curiousity,and you know what,he had a fucking near brand new lexus,parked around the corner. and here i felt bad for this guy,and gave him 5 bucks a few hours before that. no,if they touch you in the person, that is assault.and can be arrested for it.i urge anyone else, call the cops.
I walked by that guy tonight actually… he said a bunch of gibberish, the only word I caught was ‘mulitplying’ and then started yelling at us for ignoring him.
I haven’t made an asshole eat cement for a while. Where exactly is this twit. He might be lucky to grab me once. Once.
Sounds more like a mental disorder than anything.
100 grand a year, eh? riiightttt
Fortunate enough to get to walk springgarden every day… those assholes wreck it for everyone. all I hear every bock or so… “change please”… “spare a loonie”…. “don’t have change for the bus”…. “quarter to get a coffee”….
FUCK OFF. No wonder Ipods are everywhere….I’d wear ear buds plugged into zamphir on full blast not to hear your inane questions of guilt and fake remorse.
WORK SAVE and get whatever the fuck you want and/or need…
tuna’s cheap, try living on that for a year and save what you can to get your ass off the begging corner. Dick
Sounds like the same guy that wished “cunt cancer” on me when my Husband wouldn’t give him $5. I avoid SPR because of the panhandlers.
Which panhandler was this? Description!
If any of those greasers every fucking touched me I’d call the cops on the spot. The ones on Quinpool are getting pretty bad too, I had this dude come up to, ask me for money for a cheeseburger and when I ignored him yelled at me “what the fuck is wrong with you?!”. If it’s not illegal, it should be.
Tell them if you give them money for “their cheeseburger” then you cannot buy “your cheeseburger”.
Or treat them like people who bum smokes and say, “I’ll save you the bun.”
Was it the short native looking one? He yelled at me and my boyfriend… and they wonder why most people don’t give them change.
I saw two panhandlers haul out their cell phones and exchange information. Probably scheduling their next Board of Directors meeting. Don’t be fooled by their “needy” appearance.
Well if people stop GIVEN them money they eventualy die off, i live downtown and have to deal with them every day, I just started yelling back at the, told them to get a job, I stood at Tim’s in front and every one that gave them money i yelled out,”our supporting their crack habbits”. hell i even told one guy to sell drugs and stop buggin me, now when i walk by them, they just say hello (nicely), or nod their heads, they know not to ask for change from me in fear I’ll snap again.
One More Thing……
The panners I have talked to, they have said they can pull in between $100 – $300 in a night, Friday and saturdays from the drunks, up to $300 in a day that’s $600 in 2 days in a week, how many people bust their ass for less then that in a week’s worth of work ?
Let me guess, the guy with the blond ponytail and beard? I’m usually sympathetic to homeless and pandhandlers, but that guy is just an ass with a capital A.
Next time I see one, I’m gonna ask them to suck my dick for a loonie. Just the look of confusion would be worth it.
Complain to the business he stands out in front of, and have several of your friends file written complains to the same store about his loitering and harassment of customers. Say you’ll never shop there again and will spread the word….that’s should get the shop into action about getting him removed. Also report him to the police for harassment. Who are the police going to believe…..a law abiding citizen who supports the local economy and has money, or a useless good for nothing begging bum? My money’s on you. Throw his ass in jail and Court. He can afford the fines….he makes enough.
we should have “stone a bum day” we could put up some stocks by the library and supply some nice sharp rocks, after a suitable donation to the foodbank is made, then rock smash the derelict piss stained wretch into a bloody pulp. Fuck that fair trade coffee gets my blood boiling, gotta calm down, it’s a long way until the next weekend.
I’m down with that, Basil! Getting really sick and tired of seeing these fucks all over the downtown district acting like we owe them something.
Basil Fawlty…. Damnthe cost… I would like 4 pointy ones a couple of the large round ones & a packet of gravel please .
OR – we could grab up a posse of these deodorant challenged mutants and smuggle them into Mayor Kelly’s office on Friday night so they’ll be good and ripe by Monday morning – that will then give Kelly some idea what the harbour shitter smells like
I’d sooner petition city hall for a “No Panhandlers Day” where people ignore the panhandlers. Or, if you’re caught giving money to them, you get a fine for $100.
That would teach people to stop being “nice”.
I’ve seen Kelly walk right past them. His nose must be filled with styrofoam chips.
i knew NGF would be all over this one lol
NGF hates bums, Jane. And these people are BUMS.
haha i know i know!!! u hate the panhandlers lol
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I don’t know why you feel so sorry for them, JD lol They’re useless and manipulative and don’t “deserve” the revenue that we “earn”.
The “travelling” panhandlers disgust me the most. Especially when they’re sitting in front of a business that has a huge “NOW HIRING” sign in front.
I particularly hate that one large woman who asks for money for a coffee EVERY day. She sits at one of the bus stations, like a squatting toad…
and one day, I said no – I dont have change for your coffee. I went, I broke my twenty dollar bill on my own coffee and walked back up the street. Only to be greeted by a most reproachful glare, and this woman saying “Is that a coffee?”
But the part that disgusts me, is not the person herself, but the fact, that for those two seconds, I felt bad about drinking my ‘effin coffee!
Argh.
There’s a couple that really get to me. One is that lazy cunt who always is asking for bus change and the other who someone mentioned, the creepy-as-fuck short darker fella. What a creep.