Titel is total clickbate and maybe slightly in appropriate but whatever.
Working in Göteborg, Sweden at the moment and I see more and more beggers on the streets.
Theres tons of them in te city center and now even outside of town in front of super markets, home depots etc. most of them with a little pillow or blanket and a cup for teh money.
Now I think a lot of them are lazy gipsies, mostly coming from Romania or other countries in Eastern Yurp and just looking for an easy buck, but with this whole Syria refugee thing it can be hard to tell the difference sometimes.
I usually follow a rule of "If I think someone cant supply for themselves I might spare them some change if I have any on me in the first place". Or if I see one at a super market ill buy him/her a sandwich or something. But if I see some young guy sitting there with his hands up Ill just say have a good day.
To some of you living in bigger cities in the US this might be quite normal but frankly Im not used to seeing this over here and definitly not in this scale.
When travelling to central or South American countries im more likely to give them something because these countries are usually dirt poor and a dollar to me is 100 dollars to them, but here I find it a bit more complicated then that.
Whats your take on this? Do you ever give beggars money or do you keep your hard earned money all to yourself?
Working in Göteborg, Sweden at the moment and I see more and more beggers on the streets.
Theres tons of them in te city center and now even outside of town in front of super markets, home depots etc. most of them with a little pillow or blanket and a cup for teh money.
Now I think a lot of them are lazy gipsies, mostly coming from Romania or other countries in Eastern Yurp and just looking for an easy buck, but with this whole Syria refugee thing it can be hard to tell the difference sometimes.
I usually follow a rule of "If I think someone cant supply for themselves I might spare them some change if I have any on me in the first place". Or if I see one at a super market ill buy him/her a sandwich or something. But if I see some young guy sitting there with his hands up Ill just say have a good day.
To some of you living in bigger cities in the US this might be quite normal but frankly Im not used to seeing this over here and definitly not in this scale.
When travelling to central or South American countries im more likely to give them something because these countries are usually dirt poor and a dollar to me is 100 dollars to them, but here I find it a bit more complicated then that.
Whats your take on this? Do you ever give beggars money or do you keep your hard earned money all to yourself?