I’m so glad there’s been posts on here about this. As above people have said, whenever I’ve done something similar I’ve asked what they want. Different people will ask for different things. Also some people with drug/alcohol problems can’t really eat, so would prefer a hot chocolate.
Re the girl saying she’ll spend it on crack-of course she bleeping will, shes addicted to it. If I give money to the homeless I assume they will probably spend it on drugs/alcohol as they will likely be addicted. I give them money regardless because their life is still worse than mine & they deserve compassion.
I’m really annoyed with her because she comes across as this liberal hippy ‘live & let live’ type person but she’s not. She’s shown herself to be judgy, clueless & cosseted.
I contemplated messaging her to this effect as I have contact with homeless people in work but that always seems futile with instagram.
She’s quite obviously wedged & has time in her hands-how about regularly donating money to a homeless charity or volunteering for a charity?
Re the girl saying she’ll spend it on crack-of course she bleeping will, shes addicted to it. If I give money to the homeless I assume they will probably spend it on drugs/alcohol as they will likely be addicted. I give them money regardless because their life is still worse than mine & they deserve compassion.
I’m really annoyed with her because she comes across as this liberal hippy ‘live & let live’ type person but she’s not. She’s shown herself to be judgy, clueless & cosseted.
I contemplated messaging her to this effect as I have contact with homeless people in work but that always seems futile with instagram.
She’s quite obviously wedged & has time in her hands-how about regularly donating money to a homeless charity or volunteering for a charity?