http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/ Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:37:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/comment-page-1/#comment-4031 Flasshe Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:06:20 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/#comment-4031 Buying underwear. Looking for panhandlers. Buying underwear. Looking for panhandlers.

]]> http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/comment-page-1/#comment-4030 Janet Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:49:37 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/#comment-4030 What were <i>you</i> doing there? What were you doing there?

]]> http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/comment-page-1/#comment-4025 Flasshe Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:01:15 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/#comment-4025 Actually, it was a complex with a Wal-Mart, PetSmart, and Costco. Not sure if that qualifies as official "big box" stores, but they look like big boxes to me. Actually, it was a complex with a Wal-Mart, PetSmart, and Costco. Not sure if that qualifies as official “big box” stores, but they look like big boxes to me.

]]> http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 Janet Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:07:44 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/#comment-4024 Which big-box store? Just curious. Which big-box store? Just curious.

]]> http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/comment-page-1/#comment-4023 InfK Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:28:05 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2006/04/12/attention-suburban-panhandlers/#comment-4023 I almost never give money to panhandlers (heck, I don't even carry cash that often these days), but for a long time I kept a box of that semi-soft dogfood in the car for those I saw who had pets. (the semisoft "burgers" smell so bad I figured it was less likely to be eaten by the human...) More recently, I would take granola bars or whatever from the snackrooms at my temp jobs and keep them in the car to hand out, but as you said, so many of them stand at busy intersections for some reason. Hollywood is positively teeming with homeless people but surprisingly few of them are actually panhandling, for some reason. I almost never give money to panhandlers (heck, I don’t even carry cash that often these days), but for a long time I kept a box of that semi-soft dogfood in the car for those I saw who had pets. (the semisoft “burgers” smell so bad I figured it was less likely to be eaten by the human…) More recently, I would take granola bars or whatever from the snackrooms at my temp jobs and keep them in the car to hand out, but as you said, so many of them stand at busy intersections for some reason.
Hollywood is positively teeming with homeless people but surprisingly few of them are actually panhandling, for some reason.

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