Why dont homeless people get a job?
There is a lot to consider. Most people who get a job need a home address, and phone # to be called after an interview. In addition, a shower and shave/brush teeth etc. general hygiene would be more acceptable and conducive to passing an interview. Also, a way to back and forth from work, if they can get that far. A lot of people work, live pay check to pay check and a car accident or sickness with the cost of high medical bills could soon make one homeless; consider yourself lucky. Laziness may have nothing to do with it. Try to get a place to rent these days, with first/last months rent with a deposit could and will cost one possibly up to $1500 - $2000 and up. That's not necessarily an easy task with a job and impossible without one.
Should you still give money to homeless people who might spend it on drugs?
It is not my position to judge people so if you as the giver should just give from your heart, once the money leaves your hands it is a gift and what they chose to do with it is there choice.But having been on the streets working with homeless maybe you might consider a few senerious that might change you mind about giving. Imagine that this person is going into the DTs and needs a drink deperatley that will keep him alive for another day, or the person is an addict and is suffering withdrawl symptoms that would also take his life without a fix at that moment so are you the one that wants to make that call? I know I am not that guy so I always look at it this way if Im giving anything to the homeless it is without any conditions but it is with a pure heart. Once I make the choice its their’s to do with what ever they want to do with it what they want.Hope this helped and opened your eyes.
My dad is homeless, he might be on drugs. I want to help him but would it be a bad idea to send him money?
Dont enable him. To get someone off drugs first thing is to remove him from his comfort zone. Tell him you want him to come live with you. This takes away all his connections that he can buy shit from. This move also gives you a new level of security because you can watch over him. Be prepared for the first week to be really ugly. He is coming down and will go thru both emotional and physical detox. Love him and forgive him. As he turns the corner and starts to come back to sober living pay even more attention to his needs. In his mind he has made the greatest Sacrifice possible. During the next two weeks keep him occupied and if he slips up and says inappropriate or does inappropriate things forgive him. Be stern but loveable. Now he is in the psychological stage of recovery. He is over the physical side of addiction. Watch out for things like mispent money and voids of time. Once again offer better more consructive ways of living. It is now that a truly addictive personality will be looking for a substitution with what kinds of addictive things are available in his new comfort zone. Once again a firm yet unyielding hand is required to keep him headed in the right direction. Once he starts conquering his own mountains and receiving praise from outside sources you can take a breath and begin to pat yourself on the back. Not too many times because you have to be vigilant forever for the addiction signs nut you have done your job and went above and beyond what 98% of society would have done
What's your opinion on homeless people with dogs?
It did not bother you to see 2 HUMANS being homeless, it bothered you to see 2 animals that way, have I got that right? You felt no compassion towards your fellow HUMANS, but, you wondered if the dogs had enough food...am I correct? Then you have all the dog Jihadists in here, except Rayven who seems to be the only logical one in here, go on and tell you how they would be homeless too if they had to give up their dogs, hence putting those dogs in the same position you saw those animals in today!! You know, we wonder what's wrong with the world and why we are killing eachother...here is part of the reason...we are so far removed from feeling anything for OUR fellow humans and instead worry about some dogs. ALL Thumbs Down are welcome and proudly worn as symbols of being proud. ADD: Listen my friend...I live in S Fl where homeless people gather year around because of the climate, I know, I have dealt with them, spoke to many and helped a few and I will let you in on a little secret...very few choose that life style because they just want to, most do not. No sane person chooses to lose his/her family, their job, their home and kids, everything they had to live under a bridge. There is not an intersection here that does not have people like that standing there and begging. I feel like a total loser driving by in my car, in the A/C while its 100 degrees outside. The worst? Entire families, little kids with no food, no clothes, sitting on the side of the road, looking for food and shelter...those are the ones that kill me when I see them and go out of my way to help as much as I can...trust me, not that many people want to be homeless!! Take care!!
Why would homeless people's family allow them to be homeless?
A large number of homeless people are mentally ill or brain damaged and their families cannot deal with them any longer. My own father went homeless after being released from prison for pedophelia, having sexually molested me, my step sister, and a child he was babysitting (these are the ones known, there are probably many others). The family could not deal with him any longer. He was brain damaged from repeated concussions from sports and several car accidents. It's hard to know what caused what. Did he drive so crazy and have bad judgment from brain damage, or did he get brain damage from driving fast and poorly? But it released his inhibitions and allowed him to prey on the innocent.Pedophelia was not the only manifestation of brain damage. He was also irrational and quick to anger. He borrowed or stole things from the family. He couldn't keep a job. He pushed the family towards the poorhouse.It was an attempt to stabilize the family that led to my dad being kicked out of the family home. He was likely 30 by then, living with his parents. He had been lovingly called the black sheep until his conviction. After that we just did not talk about him at all. It's as if we were part of the family by adoption rather than birth. The family kept tabs on where he was and gave him some money occasionally. He eventually was employed enough to rent a tiny studio apartment and buy a beat up bicycle. Rather employed long enough in a union job to get unemployment whenever he was laid off. He lived in that apartment over 10 years until he died of an illness rather suddenly. He never did admit to having molested me, only saying that he did not remember. Perhaps that is the brain damage, but I don't know how a person could forget a thing like that.It's painful to have a family member who is homeless. When people ask about your family, you either have to lie or become a victim of their pity. It's kind of horrifying, but the family was being ripped limb from limb while he was present so this is the best alternative. It is a relief that he is no longer around.
Would you ever give a homeless person money?
I personally never would give homeless people money because they are nothing but annoying, can’t get a job, are bums, buy drugs with the money people give them, don’t appreciate what people can give them, and they ask for more with hustling and it drives me crazy! What are your opinions? Will you ever give homeless people money?