A bum walks up on me tonight, and tells me he's from Stanford, Connecticut. "Wow, that's cool I'm from Austin, Massachusetts." Not appropriate, I guess. He was just released from jail for not paying his child support, and he has been walking all over downtown searching for a shelter. Boring. "Are you familiar with the area?", he asks. I gave him a half-hearted, yes, but I could not point him in the direction he wanted.
So, his next direction was my wallet. "Yo, lemme get a 5 for my troubles." Your tone is all wrong, no wonder you landed in jail. I give the typical white response of, "Sorry, no cash." He huffs and puffs as I walk away. Oh snap, I forgot that your CS payments are actually my problem, and shit on me for not carrying a map of Savannah's homeless shelters. Don't ask me for $5, at least ask for $500 because your not getting squat either way. If you ask for the latter, it looks like your making an effort to pay the child support.
In conclusion, Wild Wing sucks. None of this would have happened if I hadn't ventured down there tonight. Thank goodness I didn't need a map to get home. We had another Genser sighting.
6 comments:
He hit you up for the full $5 bucks?!
Man, this economy must be real bad. Even the bums' rates are going up.
No respect for the game anymore.
When I see bums approaching me, I prefer to strike first by asking them for change...they can't lie about it like we do because usually they are carrying a cup full of change for such occasions
change?spare some change?
Tybee Island, super cool to the homeless.
Savannah bums could learn a lot from May 15th on Tybee
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