Perhaps you are capable of remembering every detail for the OP but most folk aren’t. Besides, he identified the guy as homeless and (I think, I’m not going to go look) a tweaker in the OP, so it shouldn’t be surprising that he asked for change.
No, you only rent beer… 
It would have been nice - since you were going back- to bring the guy a burger.
Asking a hungry person for directions to a restaurant, then taunting them with the gift of a quarter is just mean.
“Thanks” ::burp:: “here’s a quarter” ::tosses said quarter:: “If you’re nice and keep at it, maybe in a week or so, you can buy a burger too.”
Gah! Zombie transient person!
It’s not that old. It hasn’t even started to rot yet.
Stinks, though.
Hey fuzzypickles, if you think someone who has to eat out of a garbage can and sleep on the sidewalk should kiss your ass for giving them a little change that you would probably lose under a couch cushion anyway. Maybe you should just give up on the whole being charitable thing. You obviously miss the point. I wont judge you for not giving them change but i will call you out on the idea that you deserve special recognition.
And yes, all homeless people begging for change are junkies looking to score drugs… And all hispanics are hookers and thieves, all blacks are crack dealing murderers, and the Jews control the media. Bigotry of one stripe is as good as another and you have it in spades. Your ignorance does you no credit.
I rather ignore people with whom I don’t want any interaction. Should I elect otherwise, I wouldn’t have the naive high hopes of the OP of fawning gratitude.
Exactly so. And to emphasize the point, next time you pay into a bank — these people are your servants for godsake, and must be grateful for your custom — perform this ritual in front of them to show who’s boss.
Oh, I dunno, it got you this thread…
Only on the internet.
Yes, but what’s your point?
Months later and all you prove is you can’t comprehend what you read. Or you like to exaggerate for effect. Either one, boring.
This thread was rotten from the moment it started.
And the homeless guy should have been very grateful, regardless of how bad it smelled.
Oh, this thread again.
You know, to this day I still wonder whether **fuzzypickles **was trolling here or not. I’ve met people with his exact attitude, yet at the same time, well, damn.
Good for you, what they did is inexcusable.
I drive cab and I generally tip large because I know full well how important it is.
Just to give you an idea of how it works, for every $10 on the meter, my cut is $3.90, which I have to pay income tax on, so you can see how important tips are.
I try to give excellent service, keep a clean cab, get your luggage, take it to your front step etc and I don’t get upset when I don’t get tipped by a poor person, but when I get stiffed after busting my ass by someone who is just a cheap fuck, that burns my ass.
I had a person like Fuzzy Pickles in my cab last winter, here’s what happened:
I picked them up at the airport where they just got back from skiing in Banff. (owners of a high-end ski shop in my town, lots of dough)
I load a mountain of luggage into the cab by myself while they stood outside smoking, then I drive them home and carry all their luggage into their garage to the door leading into the house (I was only obligated to unload it into the driveway)
Then the guy asks me how much and I tell him the meter was at $19.90.
The fucking douche hands me a $20 and says “Keep the change”
Hello? Are you fucking serious? As I walked out of his garage I threw the dime on his garage floor, LOL
Lick my fuckin nuts!
I suppose I should’ve been grateful and respectful because after all, 10 dimes and I’ll have a dollar.
I work hard and don’t expect charity but don’t treat me like an asshole.
Pickles you were a dick and I still suspect your tale is a bit of a made up story just to have some fun, but if it’s real you should get over yourself and your big fucking quarter. I would’ve threw it at you and told you to shove it up your arse.
You’re the one who is disrespectful, or as we Canadians like to say “fucked in the head” is more like it.
I don;t generally give street people money, but occassionally if I see someone who ‘looks’ like a nice person who is down on his luck, I’ll just walk up to him and hand him a $20. Not for directions or anything, just for nothing because sometimes everyone deserves a fucking break.
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Which is the difference between you and the homeless guy in the OP - you are working for your money, he is standing around expecting people to hand him money. I’d say that the latter person has zero right to expect more than a quarter, or that dime you got.
As an aside, I think I’ve been in a cab four times in my 53 years so I wasn’t aware that they were to be tipped. OTOH, I don’t think I’ve ever paid the cabbie either so hopefully my husband (or in one case a friend) took care of it. We’ve rarely had anything they needed to carry tho.
Well aren’t you the entitled, precious little flower!
I really fail to see how the fact that I have very little experience with riding in cabs makes me an “entitled, precious little flower”. It is probably more that you are a twit.
I fail to see how you know “[the guy] is standing around expecting people to hand him money.” Sounds a lot like the mass presumptions the OP has undertaken.
Don’t feel bad, a lot of people don’t know. (I think some pretend not to know) –> not saying that’s you.
Don’t ever just automatically tip a cabbie either. If he provides you good service, is polite, respectful and makes your cab ride enjoyable, then by all means a tip is in order but there are a lot of dirt bag cabbies who have a perpetual sneer on their face and go out of their way to be dicks; these people you don’t tip.
Let common sense be your guide.
I took a cab tonight and the driver’s car was such a dirty mess I refused to get inside and took the cab behind him. I look at my car like my office for 12 hours, keeping it clean says a lot about your work ethic and what kind of person you are.
Some of these cabs smell like an old tuna fish sandwhich.
Apparently you don’t live in a place where panhandlers are even fairly common. Oh, and you don’t need to quote what I’ve posted, since my opinions don’t tend to change that fast…
Part of it is my age - when I was growing up I only saw my parents tip waitresses - and part of it is how I grew up - for example, I didn’t get on a plane for the first time until I was older so didn’t know one tips red caps - and part of it is where I grew up - cab rides were not a way of life in WA as they are in NYC. Nowdays it seems one is supposed to tip everyone!