• Legge@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I too would rather stand in the median of a busy highway interchange for 12 hours a day, in the rain or snow, with a bag of my stuff getting ruined, holding a sign and watching everyone turn their head away from me to not make eye contact, day in and day out, than get a job. I’m so glad you understand

    /s

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Had coworkers who would insist the guys panhandling on the street were making more than we were. In fairness, we were being paid shit. But there were so many back-of-the-envelop assumptions and urban legends flying around - “Well, if he gets $1 on every light and there’s 20 light changes every hour…” / “I hear they all drive nice cars and just pretend to be poor…” / “I heard on the AM Radio that there’s a trick homeless people use to get rich quickly…” - that you couldn’t have any kind of serious response to the right-wing rumor mill.