Time For a New career

[Bahco]

Anyone fancy a nice easy job where you can earn up to £23 k per year plus fringe benefits and pick and choose when and where you work. THIS GUY has it made!

I must admit that I am a bit of a mug and do give beggars the odd £1 here and there as I feel sorry for them.

Incidentally, does anyone know why they always have a dog in tow?

 

[imamartian]

Incidentally, does anyone know why they always have a dog in tow?

IMO there are three types of people when it comes to beggars... those that always give, those that never do, and then a third who usually don't give, but for a number of reasons... e.g are maybe scared, or feel sorry for them but don't want to make a contact with them, those that don't want to seem to accepting this guy's in trouble but only give a quid, it's easier not to etc...

Well having a dog solves nearly all of those issues... it's easier to feel sorry for the dog, talking about the dog avoids making a connection with the human being, giving 50p is fine as it's only a dog etc....

clever tactics.....

I never give just because of the likes of the scum in the article !

 

[CortinaV8]

My local tramp shops in the Co-op, if he can afford to buy thier overpriced cr@p then he obviously doesnt need the donations.

 

[joinerjohn]

We had one in Derby who was recently given an ASBO. Turns out he lived in a house and caught the bus into the city centre every day together with his "Props".
Round here, there are a few who have the ever present dog. Beats me why they usually park their ar**s outside cash machines. I mean if someone doesn't have any change on them, what on earth makes these beggars think they'll have some change after going to the hole in the wall?????????

 

[Bahco]

Begging is a "job" and everyone knows his job and how to do it well.

The reason they always have a dog is that the Police cannot arrest them unless they have a proper dog carrier van as they are not allowed to put the dog in a normal police car.

 

[Whitespirit66]

My local tramp shops in the Co-op, if he can afford to buy thier overpriced cr@p then he obviously doesnt need the donations.

Yes, in my part of Bristol, we have a Roma woman gipsy who stands outside the Co-op selling The Big Issue. In the evening, I have seen her being picked up in a 2 year old Mondeo around the corner.

She's only here because dopey, bleeding-heart, do-gooders have encouraged her. They're not starving, its part of a big industry with criminals running it.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

It's not only done in the UK, it's a worldwide industry, the thing is they don't get the handouts like they do in the UK!

 

[caretech]

If it can be said that they are earning money, as their "job" is begging then why cant the tax man hit them like they do us ?

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If he was begging, surely he was unavailable for work, he should have to pay back his benefits, fiddling bars***D

 

[Bahco]

If he was begging, surely he was unavailable for work, he should have to pay back his benefits, fiddling bars***D

Fair point. I'm not giving anymore to these professional beggars. They always seem to be smoking too which are not cheap.

 

[r.bartlett]

\we had a tramp living under a tree in the church graveyard opersite our house. He would occasionally knock on our door and ask if we could phone him a taxi into town..(he always paid for the taxi and would offer 50 p for the phone call)
Then in the evening we'd see another taxi dropping him bsck off.

He is ex SAS and would talk of some of his exploits. I would go back research and verify his 'version' and it always seem to stack up..(unless he spent all day in the library swatting up!)

 

[ColJack]

Fred the wolverhampton ring road "tramp" lived for free on handouts by the various local do-gooders, even got a new tent every now and again.
He left a substantial amount of unclaimed benefits and pension for his next of kin ( whoever they are ) when he passed away..

he actually prefered to live like that, he didn't like houses...

 

[Mw Roofline]

Incidentally, does anyone know why they always have a dog in tow?

They can claim a food allowance for the dog.

 

[Mickymoody]

Fred the wolverhampton ring road "tramp" lived for free on handouts by the various local do-gooders, even got a new tent every now and again.
He left a substantial amount of unclaimed benefits and pension for his next of kin ( whoever they are ) when he passed away..

he actually prefered to live like that, he didn't like houses...

Go to a festival/weekend car show, there are loads of free tents and ice boxes left, just asking to be taken FOC. You could open a shop, or free tents for Freds. I heard about Fred, he had a facebook page set up in his honour didn't he, when he was alive?