I've given money to a panhandler once in my life, and I'll never do it again. Here's how it went.
Panhandler: "Hey can I have a quarter?"
Me: Sure.
*I get out my wallet and fish for a quarter as the panhandler can plainly see that my wallet is stuffed with cash*
I give him the quarter
Panhandler: "Can I have a dollar?"
I feel bad for him and give him a dollar
Panhandler: "Can I have $5?"
Now I'm getting frustrated
Me: "Why do you need a dollar?"
He tells me some sob story about how he was kicked out of his house and he needed money for food and a bus fare (this guy was a teenager).
I begrudgingly give him $5 and leave, but the whole experience kind of annoyed me and I knew it was totally my fault for giving in to peer pressure.
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