Comments | dobynumber5: Facing the facts and moving on

dobynumber5

Facing the facts and moving on

Jun 28, 2006 02:32

An informal survey of 1 out of what-seems-to-be-an-ocho-bazillion of the homeless in the Short North think that I’m terribly rude ( Read more... )

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kilelana June 28 2006, 09:00:10 UTC

Far more likely where I live is to be accosted for a cigarette rather than money.

Much easier to be rid of those people since I don't smoke so I don't even have to lie.

Damn the man, I don’t really want to have to spend time on this.You could always stop going outside. :P

watch4whales June 28 2006, 12:30:53 UTC

Or a lighter. It seems like the people in Detroit have cigarettes but no lighters.

kilelana June 29 2006, 07:12:00 UTC

Sounds like a crucial problem. There should be a committee looking into this and pledged funding for lighter production.

I might start carrying matches without the book so they can't strike it on anything to ignite the match. That would be entertaining.

watch4whales June 29 2006, 11:38:41 UTC

Clinics give away condoms...we should give rehab centers matches or lighters.

Matches but no book. LMAO!!!

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watch4whales June 28 2006, 12:30:01 UTC

Oh shit!!! Ask Miss Manners!!! DO it! I wonder what she'd say too.

You should use that line or part of it. "Do you have a dollar?" "Yes, I do."

I had a teacher in college who if you asked - Can I go to the bathroom? He would reply - I don't know. Can you?
So you'd have to ask May I. Or if he was asked - Do we have any homework. He'd ask if you were pregnant and if you became plural somehow. He wouldn't take we as a meaning for the class as a whole but rather there were two of the person asking the question. LOL

dobynumber5 June 28 2006, 14:48:19 UTC

See, I'm afraid that if I tell them that I do have a dollar and don't give it to them that they'll take me down with a cattle prod and then steal it from me. Don't ask me where the homeless get cattle prods - I think it's part of their uniform. Crazy hair and cattle prods, both are required to be homeless.
Methinks I might write a letter to Miss Manners, I'm quite curious if she'd answer - keep your eyes open!

watch4whales June 28 2006, 15:39:42 UTC

I bet the cattle prod says GAY and then you'll be branded. Heh.

Yeah I got the Sunday only paper for the coupons and classifieds and that was the only other section I would read. The one with Miss Manners and Dear Abby. Then they added Dr. Ruth.

Dan Savage speaks jcomer2001 June 28 2006, 13:22:27 UTC

He always says "Not today"...so do I, sometimes. Sometimes I give them money, because, lord, if I didn't have any, I would want someone to be that generous.

We have a certain number of homeless men who sleep in the trees by the Mojave River or whatever and shower in the gym at school. It would be a little less weird if we had a way to keep them out. One has a long, psycho-ish beard and stinks horribly of cigarette smoke. He'll turn two or three showerheads on and stay in there an hour.
Sigh. I want to be merciful to homeless people; friends of mine have been homeless before. But I also want a solution to their problem.

Another reason I'm not a Randist.

Re: Dan Savage speaks watch4whales June 28 2006, 14:15:04 UTC

My cousin works at a library in Arizona and apparently they have the chase the homeless people off the library steps in the mornings.

hope jcomer2001 June 28 2006, 14:21:47 UTC

Yes, we have them on campus; I feel some compassion for them, as I said.But it does cause problems: a homeless STUDENT used to leave her mother in the bathroom for hours on end and go to class. Mom was very ill and they eventually dropped out of sight. They were living in a car.

Re: hope watch4whales June 28 2006, 15:41:45 UTC

An Oprah show if I ever heard one. I just can't imagine.

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notes jcomer2001 June 28 2006, 14:24:59 UTC

the story is at
http://jcomer2001.livejournal.com/30060.html

Re: notes dobynumber5 June 28 2006, 15:28:20 UTC

This is a perfect example of what I'm talking about, though. This family needs more help than any one family is able to give them. They both need help not only regarding their living situation but their mental health, as well.

Re: notes jcomer2001 June 28 2006, 15:32:21 UTC

Yes, that's true. But when they can't or won't find a job and no shelter or program will take them, and it's SNOWING, what do you do? I couldn't have a student in my house. Vanessa offered to help. What else could we do?

Re: notes dobynumber5 June 28 2006, 15:39:23 UTC

I'd like to say that I had the perfect answer, but I don't. Point taken. hmm....

r0ht June 28 2006, 15:14:39 UTC

Hmm, I have the same thoughts about adults begging for money. But kids.. Lets sey they screwed up and their parents busted them continuously for hard drugs & threw them out. Or maybe they ran away? Either way, they're in a tough place & sometimes people just demand more attention than others. There really aren't enough programs for these kids.. Sigh.

You have to choose your battles, basically.