Beggars, bums and ne'er-do-wells

I realize that people fall on hard times for various reasons and there but for the Grace of God go I, but....what's with all these fucking rude bums that think everybody owes them something?

I was walking along the street, minding my own damn business, when this guy starts walking beside me cursing and swearing about how 'fucking cheap assholes won't help a guy out'. It seems to me he's more or less talking to the wind and not me directly but he's keeping step with me as I walk along, all the while bitching and complaining about how people are a bunch of assholes.

He says, "I work you know. I've got a job but I need bus fare to take the SeaBus because my wife is over there and I don't get paid til tomorrow". I'm thinking, how convenient that your job pays you on Welfare Wednesday! But I say nothing and keep walking. He continues his little rant until we finally stop at the light. Then he says, "so, can you help me out? I work, I have a job, I just need to get the fucking SeaBus".

Personally I don't give out change to bums on the street. There are soup kitchens if they are hungry and all sorts of social services to help them out. I also think that for the most part they just use the money to get high so I just don't give them money. This guy was definitely jonesing for a fix, as they say, and it wasn't the SeaBus he needed the $ for.

So I say, "no, sorry buddy, I don't have any change". Well, that set off a rant like you've never seen! He's cursing and swearing and so I say, "listen, I don't owe you a fucking thing and neither does anyone else on the street, I have 2 jobs and I don't earn my money to support you, I've got my own bills, where do you get off thinking everyone else owes you something?"

He is a bit taken back, guess he didn't think I had it in me and so he just says, "fucking bitch" and storms off.

You've got that right, buddy! I am a fucking bitch when you think I owe you something. You're already getting my charity through the charitable donations I make and the taxes I pay for the services you sponge off of. Get a fucking job.