tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post2714191906575248635..comments2023-12-26T21:48:58.294-05:00Comments on Bailey's Leaf: I realized that I was going to blog about the same thing I did years ago, then I decided I would revisit anyhow.Bailey's Leafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752350373632902394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8181941897289258428.post-55954450622087487382012-06-27T08:09:33.845-04:002012-06-27T08:09:33.845-04:00We don't really have to deal with that here.
B...We don't really have to deal with that here.<br />But I used to work in East Cleveland and we dealt with it all the time there. People would come in and say "My kids are in the car and they are starving and I need money to feed them". You knew it was for drugs but part of you felt like "What if they are telling the truth and the kids really are starving"???? It was hard not to give them the money.<br />Once there was a guy standing in a plaza holding a sign that said "Needs money for food". I was getting my lunch at Subway so I figured that I'd buy him a sandwich too this way if he really was hungry I at least got him something to eat (yea, Subway is debatable as food but it was better than nothing...). I know that people are hurting right now. The economy is terrible and we are all struggling to make ends meet. But my experience is that most of these people are looking for drug money and I don't want to help someone kill themselves.<br />I haven't been to that website you mentioned but I remember several years ago that a woman asked for money on a website like that because she wanted to be like those women in Sex in the City (a show I never watched) and buy designer shoes but couldn't afford them. People donated all kinds of money so she could pay off the tens of thousands in shoe debt that she already had plus she was able to buy more shoes. It made me sick.<br />We have our charities mapped out and most of ours are automatic withdrawal too. We do what we can. We give to the church. We sponsor a child. I wish I could do more. But I want to do GOOD with it, not support someones "habit".ChupieandJ'smama (Janeen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12367131116081742274noreply@blogger.com