After a nice dinner i was enjoying the weather, and some nice company, with a walk. To paint the picture, 60 degrees, and little buzzed off vino, and the best part - my studying done for that night. All is well until we hear incoherent grunts (reminded me of howling monkeys in South America). In any event we both know it is a homeless guy, probably drunk, that we will soon have to pass. As we approach, I give the homeless man the look of “don t f with daddy” but of course he could careless and curses at us when we walk by. This leads to my date being sad for his situation and changes the topic of conversation.
Now, as i was approaching this guy part of me wanted to lay his ass out for being inappropriate, part of me wanted to pull a patrick bateman for being a burden on society, and a small part of me (i suppose i am human) wanted to help. Why is it that society has taken the acceptable path of ignoring such a creature? I certainly cannot hit him for i will look like the bad guy even though it would be acceptable with anyone else. I def cannot end his misery for i will obviously go to jail. I suppose i could help, but is it worth it, probably not. So, like everyone else, i bite my pride and continue to stroll by. Thoughts? End rant.
Fool! You should have used this golden opportunity… Kneel down and look the guy in the eye, give him some money and say it’s all you have. As you walk away with the girl, she’d a tear (practice in advance) and say “if only… I could do more to help… Life is so short, we must always live it to the fullest…”
Ohai, your quote that you have at the bottom of your post hilariously lends such gravitas to the musings of one Rahul Roy. It made me laugh at the false poignancy attributed to something put in quotes.
I don’t get into fights anymore, not because I couldn’t bash somebody’s head in if I really felt like it, but because I think I have a lot more to lose than most people I’d find myself in such a situation with.
Also, most women find it immature to get into petty arguments or fights, even though women seem to do that all the time. Best to just take the high road and ignore the bum. At least you have a home; that guy has bigger issues to worry about.
I think it depends on the circumstance. Obviously it can easily go the wrong way, but it can also go the right way. Like if the girl is a vampire and likes to drink blood.
^I would totally let just about any of the Cullen clan drink my blood. Esp. Rosalie. Don’t believe me? Just google “Nikki Reed”. (Hopefully I don’t sound too gay, since it’s obvious I’ve seen Twilight.)
Seriously though–if a dude’s homeless, it’s either through no fault of his own, or through some fault of his own. (Thank you, edupristine.)
If it’s the former, he doesn’t need to hear you browbeat him.
If it’s the latter, he doesn’t really care.
Either way, it won’t do you any good. You did the right thing.
I’m torn on the issue of the homeless people in the street. My sensitive side feels sorry for them and actually does want to help, but my heartless side thinks that the majority of them are scammers. My hearless side wins everytime.
There is this really aggresive homeless guy in Hoboken named Lurch (real name Donald). He is like 6’2 200# and he scares the sH%T out of me. I was walking this drunk girl in heels on NYE and he runs up behind us like a stray dog showing his teeth to shake you down for a bite of food. I gave the guy 5$ and he said “I guess I’ll go walk somewhere else now.” This was in a poorly lit quiet area in the wee hours. Anyway, the whole situation was very uncomfortable and I could tell that the girl was 1) Happy he was gone but at the same time 2) Viewed me a little _____ (word loss but similar emasculating) why I just paid him off rather than telling him to go away. I know a few people who have stories about this trouble maker. This neighborhood watch guy even told me they know about him when I asked if they knew who he was (which is how I got his real name).