tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post3505132459707037150..comments2023-08-06T04:09:45.468-07:00Comments on ...and hijinks ensued.: From safe in my warm roomPrincess Pointfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911296163218358167noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-6206563027788528722007-01-31T22:23:00.000-08:002007-01-31T22:23:00.000-08:00It is sad that those aggressive folk really taint ...It is sad that those aggressive folk really taint everyone's view of the homeless. Some people seriously have no idea that the one's you see downtown aren't representative of the experience as a whole, and have no idea of the working homeless and the couch surfers.<br /><br />I think you do have the right to feel some pride in what you do, and know that you are truly helping them, whether they realize it or not. But I would still be pissed about the garbage-- it creeps me out to think of someone going through my trash!Princess Pointfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10911296163218358167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246838997491107294.post-25546932706689586642007-01-24T10:28:00.000-08:002007-01-24T10:28:00.000-08:00It is hard to deal with the fact that we all becom...It is hard to deal with the fact that we all become jaded to various degrees when we are witness to poverty and homelessness.<br />Yes, there are some people who choose to live that way, but there are others who have falled upon bad times.<br />The thing that makes me the most upset is when someone asks me for money when I pass, and when I pass back they give me the same schpiel. YOU ALREADY ASKED ME.<br />It's also hard when you live downtown and the same people insist on asking you for money as they wash your front window when you've clearly stated that NO, you do not want them to wash your window.<br />I find those situations frustrating the most because I work for an organization that tries to help people out of cycles of abuse and poverty.<br />It's not like I can give them a schpiel myself about how I AM helping them, every day, by going to work and raising money for an organization that wants to help them.<br />Even Calgary poverty was diminished immediately in my eyes when I stepped onto East Hastings.<br />These kinds of situations are a tricky school of fish my friend. <br />you give money with the thought that the person will buy food or something useful, when it's really a toss up. You won't ever know unless you give them something like a food item.<br />It's like when the bums rip open the garbage in my back parking stall. They rip it open because they're looking for anything to eat/drink or maybe some cans, which is understandable. It becomes a real pain in the ass when they rip all of your garbage all over the place so that you have to clean your parking stalls every three days because so much garbage (which you threw out BECAUSE it was garbage) is flying around.<br />I get it, but I'll be damned if it doesn't make me mad.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087094311331861756noreply@blogger.com