Burn in Hell Panhandlers

[Ben]

So this is apparently a popular panhandling method, but I only ran into it for the first time today. Busy intersection with stoplights. Panhandlers holding signs that say "Please help us bury our father" "Please help us bury our grandfather". 30s-40s aged people - about a half dozen adults and a couple of 10ish year old kids (standing in busy traffic).

You know, for just a couple of seconds, what with the 8x10 photo of the poor grandpa on all the signs and stuff, I almost went, "I should..." then "Wait a second! Since when does the county let a body rot if people can't afford to pay?!"

What a rotten way to panhandle. I looked it up when I got home, and this is usually done with "grandparents" or small children/babies, whose photos are taken off the interwebz. It's apparently not illegal (at least in CA). What absolutely filthy excuses for human beings.

[MillCreek]

Now if the sign said 'Please help us build a Viking funeral pyre for Gramps', I would be far more inclined to throw them a few bucks.

[just Warren]

My gramp's health meter went from yellow to red to nothing in like three seconds as he sat in his favorite chair watching the Lawrence Welk show.

Can I get some monies?

[Perd Hapley]

Whole-family pan-handling? That works?    I'd think they'd get a lot more sympathy (money) by working separately.

[Ben]

Whole-family pan-handling? That works?    I'd think they'd get a lot more sympathy (money) by working separately.

It's actually quite common. While this is my first time on the "funeral" front, I've more than once seen the "We're out of gas and trying to move our family to a new job" trick. In Kettleman City, CA, which is kind of a major rest stop town that intersects I5, I used to see it all the time. For about a year it was the same older pickup/camper. The funny part was that the families kept changing. Different people -- white, hispanic, etc. Same vehicle and same signs. Guess they were working in shifts.

[wmenorr67]

It's actually quite common. While this is my first time on the "funeral" front, I've more than once seen the "We're out of gas and trying to move our family to a new job" trick. In Kettleman City, CA, which is kind of a major rest stop town that intersects I5, I used to see it all the time. For about a year it was the same older pickup/camper. The funny part was that the families kept changing. Different people -- white, hispanic, etc. Same vehicle and same signs. Guess they were working in shifts.

Probably union labor.

[lupinus]

And then when the police show up to give them the boot, a bunch of morons on Facebook go apeshit.

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