Tuesday 26 February 2013
To Give or Not to Give?
I was on my way to meet up with Sam for lunch in Chinatown. As I was in the train reading a newspaper, I suddenly heard a voice from a man. I heard him say, "Sorry to bother everyone, but I would like to ask if you could all give me some money to buy something to eat..." During this time , no one said anything and as I looked up slightly, all I could see was one person ready to give some coins to the homeless man and everyone else pretended they didn't hear anything (myself included). He was then slowly walking through the carriage and as he went closer to me I was thinking to myself whether I should give him any money. At the same time I was thinking, 'How did he afford to get on the train?', 'Did he actively try to find work?' etc.. By the time I finished pondering, he had already walked past me and even the girl next to me have given some coins to him. Was I wrong not to give money to him? What if he really needed it? If you were in a similar situation, what would you have done?
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Over here, homelessness man receives Centrelink pay. If he absconds, he knew who to contact (e.g. crisis care) to get them back to where he is from. But, considering the weather is cold over there, I would have given him some $$$, so that he could at least buy himself a warm drink while waiting, or whatever the story is, he is running short of $ - Jeanette
I would have given him something x
Yeah I kind of realised that it is better to give than not to give. To be honest even if he could have been lying you rather give a little. I was speaking to a friend and her friend was asked for some money, but he decided to buy the man a meal instead. When he came back, the man had enough money and bought cigarettes so he chucked the meal in the bin...
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