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What would you do if a scraggly homeless person knocked on your door, and all he asked was for a sandwich, a bottle of water, a bath, and perhaps a beard trim? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've actually skipped work just to help a homeless guy get his beard trimmed. Bought him pizza too. Kinda hard to get anywhere in life when you look like shit.

Be kind to the homeless, they just need a helping hand here and there.

What would you do?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

My experience with homeless people on my porch has usually been them stealing from it or shitting on it. So I'd be rather shocked if they just asked for something normal.

I wouldn't oblige the bath, but I could help them with some food and water.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (9 children)

There is a difference between a homeless person and a thief. It's a bad stereotype to consider all homeless people as thieves.

In my experiences in life, thieves almost always have a home. I mean, where is a homeless person gonna store your television?

They're not the same.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They steal our patio furniture, and then I see it in the camps down the road. We've had to start locking it up with chains. In this case they are both homeless and thieves.

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