the last time i was truly homeless it was so embarrassing i kept my mouth shut.
I lost the pay by the week dump because San Francisco towed my motorcycle and i was a motorcycle messenger, i could keep my job if i paid the fines/fees or pay for rent and attempt to navigate the homeless shelter to welfare hotel and leave the bike to rot.
I chose keep job and bike.
A guy i knew in AA landed a job helping homeless people, i asked him for help but i would have had to quite my job!
So, I was homeless but not qualified for assistance due to having a job.
you have to be on welfare and in the system to receive aid - i worked, paid 30 bucks a month for storage to keep my clothes and washed up in bathrooms at work/starbucks , changed my clothes every day and didn't "look" homeless or associate with them.
Most "homeless" are drug addled idiots on welfare, living in welfare hotels or homeless shelters.
I would never step foot in a homeless shelter ...
A metal detectors, no guns or knives ( yeah, with the folks I see around those places I know I'll need a gun or knife )
B tuberculosis, bed bugs, etc
I have been hungry and homeless and strongly considered asking for change at a gas station, when I got there
I just couldn'tOnce, I had just gotten a job and paid my rent but my first real paycheck was 2 weeks out, I sold my tools cheap at gas stations to buy gas and "donated" plasma