# Dear Homeless Person: Show respect when I give you spare change! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841 "2010-10-21T00:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/201 "2010-10-22T14:58:00Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Why must you insist on being deliberately obtuse? Because the world is too scary if it is more complicated than a bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/202 "2010-10-22T15:07:22Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > …I’ve seen trolls and shit on this board since my time began back in 2001. Most of them have been ‘one hit wonders’ who have been quickly ostracised by the membership or dispatched by the mods, never to rear their ugly mooshes again. … > > And here ends my participation in this thread. You may not return to answer this, but… I’ve NEVER seen trollish behavior go unrewarded on the SDMB. Those kind of trainwreck threads go on and on for pages and pages, far longer than almost any others. They generally continue until a mod euthanizes them. I wish it wasn’t so, but whaddaryagonnado? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/203 "2010-10-22T15:14:05Z")
I don’t think \*\*fuzzy \*\*is trolling, I think he genuinely feels the way he says. And to be quite honest, I don’t take much issue with it. If the event he describes actually went down the way he says it did, I would also probalby feel a little…odd about it. I wouldn’t start a pit thread, and I wouldn’t demand respect, but if I gave a coin of what I thought was decent value to a homeless person and they scoffed at the gesture, I’d probably think their behavior was a little weird. He asked for change, I gave him change, he scoffed. Sorry, that’s weird. And frankly, who cares about the delivery method? \*\*Fuzzy \*\*didn’t hurl it at the man’s face. I often toss items to expecting recipients. Not a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/204 "2010-10-22T15:22:16Z")
What **Fuzzy** _should_ have done is read the hobo bum pigman a choice scripture or two to show him just how much G\_d loves his wretchedness. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/205 "2010-10-22T15:31:05Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What **Fuzzy** _should_ have done is read the hobo bum pigman a choice scripture or two to show him just how much G\_d loves his wretchedness. It probably would’ve been more satisfying for the OP to just throw the bible at him. ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/206 "2010-10-22T15:33:44Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Why must you insist on being deliberately obtuse? What I have been trying to do here is offer up possible explanations of how the homeless person may have interpreted your actions; What? You ran out of black people and Muslims to stick up for, and now you have a hardon for bums? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/207 "2010-10-22T15:42:18Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > “Toss” =/ “Throw” > > Have you ever “tossed” a beer at a pal? It was exactly like that. I got his attention, motioned that I had something for him, then gently _tossed_ the money towards his outstretched hand. The fact that it bounced off his palm was an accident…or, looking back, the drugs he was on ruined his manual dexterity. He didn’t kick the coin away until he saw it was “only a stinking quarter”, as **FrankieFrank** and other morons of his ilk have stated. This is hilarious. He had his hand out, attempting to catch a tossed coin…one can’t really toss a dollar or a handfull of change, so he knew it would be a coin. He was disapointed when he realized it was a quarter? Doesn’t this bum realize that a quarter is about the biggest coin folks carry? I mean, one or two of us may jingle a couple 50 cent pieces in our pockets, or the odd Sacajawea, but most of the time the largest coin we would have is a quarter. This bum is being just silly, expecting a Susan B. Anthony dollar. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/208 "2010-10-22T15:48:39Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > This is hilarious. He had his hand out, attempting to catch a tossed coin…one can’t really toss a dollar or a handfull of change, so he knew it would be a coin. He was disapointed when he realized it was a quarter? Doesn’t this bum realize that a quarter is about the biggest coin folks carry? I mean, one or two of us may jingle a couple 50 cent pieces in our pockets, or the odd Sacajawea, but most of the time the largest coin we would have is a quarter. This bum is being just silly, expecting a Susan B. Anthony dollar. Maybe he thought it was going to be a beer. Evidently people toss beers, too. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/209 "2010-10-22T16:01:00Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > Frankly, I’m shocked that anyone is siding with this street person. The supposed ethics of the situation doesn’t matter – he’s basically guaranteed that I will _never_ donate money to any street person ever again, and in fact I will show no restraint in expressing to the next street person I meet exactly how I feel about him and all the other worthless dregs of American society. You, Rand Rover, clothahump, and Shodan should TOTALY start a book reading club. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/210 "2010-10-22T16:06:13Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > You, Rand Rover, clothahump, and Shodan should TOTALY start a book reading club. Don’t you mean book _burning_ club? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/211 "2010-10-22T16:12:46Z")
I may have set my sights too high, I admit ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/212 "2010-10-22T16:23:38Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > You, Rand Rover, clothahump, and Shodan should TOTALY start a book reading club. And invite **Starving Artist** and **curlcoat**. Appetizers: Napkin Sandwiches Book choice: The Golden Decade of the '60s ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/213 "2010-10-22T17:14:22Z")
> [@Morella](#): > > What? You ran out of black people and Muslims to stick up for, and now you have a hardon for bums? Piss off **Morella**. Why do you have such a hard on for Devil’s advocates? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/214 "2010-10-22T17:39:21Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Maybe he thought it was going to be a beer. Evidently people toss beers, too. Why the hell would anyone toss a beer? If it’s in a cup or glass it’s going to spill everywhere; if it’s in a bottle, it could smash and cut you; and if it’s in a can, even if you manage to catch it it’s gonna shpritz everywhere when you crack it open. If you’re too lazy to bring it to me, set it down and I’ll come get it. But don’t _toss_ it. What the hell is wrong with people? Nobody says “hey bro, toss me an enchilada!” Well, it’s the same thing, right? Just without the sauce? Who pours enchilada sauce on beer? I don’t want _my_ beer tasting like cumin. This _is_ still America, right? Or wherever the hell you’re reading this? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/215 "2010-10-22T17:43:49Z")
Shpritz? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/216 "2010-10-22T18:11:36Z")
Have some of you really never seen anoyne toss a can of beer to another person? Obviously, by the way, beer tossing really only works with cans or maybe the plastic bottles. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this phenomena on TV and even in beer commercials. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/217 "2010-10-22T18:27:35Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Have some of you really never seen anoyne toss a can of beer to another person? Obviously, by the way, beer tossing really only works with cans or maybe the plastic bottles. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this phenomena on TV and even in beer commercials. Yeah…I toss cans of beer too. There is a method for it, it’s not like an overhand throw or anything. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/218 "2010-10-24T13:38:36Z")
> [@EmAnJ](#): > > Yeah…I toss cans of beer too. There is a method for it, it’s not like an overhand throw or anything. ‘Lob’ is the word I think. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/219 "2010-10-24T17:53:47Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Have some of you really never seen anoyne toss a can of beer to another person? Obviously, by the way, beer tossing really only works with cans or maybe the plastic bottles. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this phenomena on TV and even in beer commercials. I’ve never in my life seen a plastic bottle containing beer. Do they really exist? ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841/220 "2010-10-24T18:06:23Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > I’ve never in my life seen a plastic bottle containing beer. Do they really exist? They have for at least the last 10 [years](http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/food-beverage-stores/246915-1.html). SSG (P) Schwartz [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-homeless-person-show-respect-when-i-give-you-spare-change/557841.md?page=12)