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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: 420seriouscat69 on July 17, 2013, 09:52:43 PM
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Have game here in KC. They've got a different strategy then most who play the game.
For example: "Yo brother, you look nice today. You got some big meetings? Where did you go to school? Where do you work? You must be rolling my man. Anyways, if you don't mind, I just ran out of gas and gotta get to work. You don't happen to have a couple dollars do you?"
I've heard that line twice now while being downtown.
Another example: "Bro, what are you wearing? That smells nice! You GQ'ing for a lady tonight? Nice! Anyways, my car just got towed, do you have a few bucks for a cab so I can meet up with my friend to get help?"
Their strategy is solid, but it sounds like a lot of work to hear "NO, sorry!"
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No eye contact and continue walking, the key is to let them know that you dont give a crap about them or their story.
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
and that he lives/works downtown
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
was just about to comment on how seamlessly he used homelessness as a vehicle for a fanning-brag about working downtown, studly
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
that's the thing, I'm not. I'm dressed down compared to my last job and I'm wearing Axe spray. :confused:
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
that's the thing, I'm not. I'm dressed down compared to my last job and I'm wearing Axe spray. :confused:
I heard from some hobos you look/smell great while going to your downtown job from your awesome River Market loft, but I'll take your word for it.
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
that's the thing, I'm not. I'm dressed down compared to my last job and I'm wearing Axe spray. :confused:
I heard from some hobos you look/smell great while going to your downtown job from your awesome River Market loft, but I'll take your word for it.
That was probably Steve, he's the best. I give him leftovers from 12 Baltimore.
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
that's the thing, I'm not. I'm dressed down compared to my last job and I'm wearing Axe spray. :confused:
Where you getting hassled? I walk to/from work daily for about 5 years along with all around afterhours and I can name very few times I've been hit up for money.
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do you guys think the homeless have a bbs where they talk about all the ways they're going to scam wackysquawk08?
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
that's the thing, I'm not. I'm dressed down compared to my last job and I'm wearing Axe spray. :confused:
Where you getting hassled? I walk to/from work daily for about 5 years along with all around afterhours and I can name very few times I've been hit up for money.
It's usually in the mornings. I'm sure anyone who's met me in IRL could see me as an easy target.
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do you guys think the homeless have a bbs where they talk about all the ways they're going to scam wackysquawk08?
Funny you say that. As I was walking to my girls house tonight after kickball, I thought Kim Carnes might be the ring leader of this.
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:surprised:
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
that's the thing, I'm not. I'm dressed down compared to my last job and I'm wearing Axe spray. :confused:
Where you getting hassled? I walk to/from work daily for about 5 years along with all around afterhours and I can name very few times I've been hit up for money.
It's usually in the mornings. I'm sure anyone who's met me in IRL could see me as an easy target.
That's "when".....any specific location? I'll get my goons on them.
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13th and Baltimore on my way to 12th and walnut. I usually walk through cosentino's to avoid more bums.
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For example: "Yo brother, you like nice today."
:D
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13th and Baltimore on my way to 12th and walnut. I usually walk through cosentino's to avoid more bums.
That's pretty shocking actually...like unbelieveable....I'd say don't cut into the grocery....keep walking the streets bro, these are our streets now.
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13th and Baltimore on my way to 12th and walnut. I usually walk through cosentino's to avoid more bums.
That's pretty shocking actually...like unbelieveable....I'd say don't cut into the grocery....keep walking the streets bro, these are our streets now.
:thumbs:
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Is that white dude who wears tie-dye and acts like he has a bum leg still crutching around the plaza? He's a faker. Don't give him money.
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Don't give any of them anything....money or food. Feel bad? go work at a food kitchen.
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KSC roommate has bought food on three different occasions for people who are "just waiting for their food stamps to get in" by KU Med. I told him he's going to get a reputation of a sucker. That crap gets around.
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Had dinner with the folks last night & they reminded me of a fanningism. I guess when I was 19, coming back for Xmas break & we went to dinner on the plaza, I guess I PI'd some guy who asked for $ outside McDonald's & I screamed back "they're for hire dude!". Dick move?
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Had dinner with the folks last night & they reminded me of a fanningism. I guess when I was 19, coming back for Xmas break & we went to dinner on the plaza, I guess I PI'd some guy who asked for $ outside McDonald's & I screamed back "they're for hire dude!". Dick move?
:D
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I hate talking to strangers in the first place, but homeless people who are super pushy almost make me have an anxiety attack. My breath gets short, and heart beats fast, and my singular goal is to get away as fast as possible. It's hard to explain because it's not fear of the person, it's solely about the conversation. I don't care about your story dude, stop talking to me or I might trayvon you.
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Its hard to have one strategy, because you can get by with 90% on one approach but theres always going to be that one guy who's pushy/talkative enough where you know the only thing that will bug him off is telling him to piss off but you can't.
When i travel abroad, homeless people are 1000% worse, and i know pretending i don't speak any language they do (i speak english and german fluently and a little french) works great, you just have to sell it, if they do catch your eye start saying something pissed off sounding in jibberish and they quit... so yeah, next time a homeless guy starts talking to you, do an impression of a subtitled movie and sounds pissed off, should work
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One time my girlfriend and I were in Flagstaff on the way to the Grand Canyon. We stopped for gas and this homeless dude who reeked of booze walks up to me to ask for money just as I'm putting the pump away. My girlfriend, who was sitting in the car, decides this would be the perfect time to go buy new sunglasses inside the gas station. I'm not leaving my car unsupervised with this alcoholic bum so I have to stay out there and deal with this obnoxious rough rider for what felt like half an hour. I was pretty pissed at her about it.
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With the ones on the Plaza I just give them a howdy before they get a chance to say anything and continue on my way. The ones that recognize me just give a "how's it goin today man?" So I'll give them a little response.
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Every time I can tell I am about to be hit up for money, I always ask them for money before they can say anything.
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i want to make it illegal for bums to be on the plaza. need to get on that.
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I like how you fanning-bragged how well dressed and good smelling you are
that's the thing, I'm not. I'm dressed down compared to my last job and I'm wearing Axe spray. :confused:
Axe should be called "My First Cologne" ages 12-16. Dude at work bathes himself in it before coming in.
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i want to make it illegal for bums to be on the plaza. need to get on that.
Yeah they kick them off if they are "aggressive" in their panhandling. Basically you could try and get one riled up or just tell one of the guards he was bothering you and they would kick that guy off for a while. After a few times they will be banned.
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Basically you could try and get one riled up or just tell one of the guards he was bothering you and they would kick that guy off for a while. After a few times they will be banned.
boy does our very own rick daris have a solution for you!
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i want to make it illegal for bums to be on the plaza. need to get on that.
Yeah they kick them off if they are "aggressive" in their panhandling. Basically you could try and get one riled up or just tell one of the guards he was bothering you and they would kick that guy off for a while. After a few times they will be banned.
i'm talking about having jan marcason and jim glover draft legislation making it illegal to bum money in our entertainment districts.
i'd imagine that the country club plaza hosts more visitors to our city second only to our airport. the last thing tourists want to deal with is these jackasses begging for money on every corner. i don't care if that's how it is elsewhere.
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The amount of "bums" or "homeless" people that aren't actually homeless but everyday citizens who can make good, tax-free money by wearing trashy clothes and writing on cardboard is on the rise.
There was a video of a "homeless" man in Texas that could pull at least 60k a year. A good year over 100k.
Family friend was once approached by a woman who claimed to have 3 kids and needed money for diapers, clothes, etc. Friend told the woman to stay at this location and she was going to go out and get her some supplies she needed. Friend came back with said supplies and woman was gone. If the woman REALLY needed those supplies to support her family, I doubt she would have bailed.
Also I remember walking by a "homeless" man asking for cash in the Georgetown area in DC. This guy was also playing on his new flip phone (no smart phones at that time except Blackberry's).
I usually take the ignore, don't-look-at approach. If I feel guilty or in a giving mood, I'll walk in the nearest food place and get a meal to-go for the person.
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I always try to carry a $5-10 giftcard to subway or wendys that i can give to the homeless. That way they can't use cash on drugs or other non-essentials.
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Have you guys ever watched those shows like Drugs inc?
Anytime you give money to a homeless person they go and buy smack with it and shoot their dope up on playgrounds and leave their needles for small children to get stuck with.
DO YOU WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LITTLE JIMMY GETTING HEP C?
DIDNT THINK SO!
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The amount of "bums" or "homeless" people that aren't actually homeless but everyday citizens who can make good, tax-free money by wearing trashy clothes and writing on cardboard is on the rise.
There was a video of a "homeless" man in Texas that could pull at least 60k a year. A good year over 100k.
Family friend was once approached by a woman who claimed to have 3 kids and needed money for diapers, clothes, etc. Friend told the woman to stay at this location and she was going to go out and get her some supplies she needed. Friend came back with said supplies and woman was gone. If the woman REALLY needed those supplies to support her family, I doubt she would have bailed.
Also I remember walking by a "homeless" man asking for cash in the Georgetown area in DC. This guy was also playing on his new flip phone (no smart phones at that time except Blackberry's).
I usually take the ignore, don't-look-at approach. If I feel guilty or in a giving mood, I'll walk in the nearest food place and get a meal to-go for the person.
Either the news or the Star did something on the Plaza group. They have set corners they work and they are definitely not homeless.
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Also the Plaza bums are quite territorial. Friend witnessed a gnarly bum fight over turf.
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one time i was wearing a ksu sweatshirt and some guys tried to get me to donate to their fake charity and when i didn't they started making fun of k-state. it made me feel awful, so i didn't wear ksu stuff the rest of the trip. :frown:
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one time i was wearing a ksu sweatshirt and some guys tried to get me to donate to their fake charity and when i didn't they started making fun of k-state. it made me feel awful, so i didn't wear ksu stuff the rest of the trip. :frown:
You need to down size that punk's face next time. These colors don't run
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The amount of "bums" or "homeless" people that aren't actually homeless but everyday citizens who can make good, tax-free money by wearing trashy clothes and writing on cardboard is on the rise.
There was a video of a "homeless" man in Texas that could pull at least 60k a year. A good year over 100k.
Family friend was once approached by a woman who claimed to have 3 kids and needed money for diapers, clothes, etc. Friend told the woman to stay at this location and she was going to go out and get her some supplies she needed. Friend came back with said supplies and woman was gone. If the woman REALLY needed those supplies to support her family, I doubt she would have bailed.
Also I remember walking by a "homeless" man asking for cash in the Georgetown area in DC. This guy was also playing on his new flip phone (no smart phones at that time except Blackberry's).
I usually take the ignore, don't-look-at approach. If I feel guilty or in a giving mood, I'll walk in the nearest food place and get a meal to-go for the person.
Either the news or the Star did something on the Plaza group. They have set corners they work and they are definitely not homeless.
Yeah most of the Plaza bums have phones and do it as a job more or less. The old trying to raise a downpayment on a cheeseburger guy used to rake in like 50k a year. There are a couple on the plaza that are picked up and dropped off by their spouse each day.
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i want to make it illegal for bums to be on the plaza. need to get on that.
I fully support this action
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LET'S GET THEM!
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street justice.
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one time i was wearing a ksu sweatshirt and some guys tried to get me to donate to their fake charity and when i didn't they started making fun of k-state. it made me feel awful, so i didn't wear ksu stuff the rest of the trip. :frown:
You need to down size that punk's face next time. These colors don't run
Funny story: I lived in a swanky condo on the Plaza for a while a couple years ago and had to park in the garage next to The Capital Grille at night in a reserved spot so my car didn't get A) blocked in, B) vandalized or C) broken into...anyway, I digress. I walked past TCG and normally stopped in for a glass of scotch on my way home and developed a small "hey there, hows it going?" relationship with the GM and valet fellas. Nothing large, but one time there was a bum camped out by the stairwell and saw that I had a Chiefs shirt on and when I promptly told him to screw off (amongst other words) and get a job like the rest of us, he yelled Chiefs suck very loud and started making a huge commotion and taunting me because I was a Chiefs fan. He followed me onto the sidewalk so the people eating and coming into/out of TCG could see him and you'll never know who was walking out to get into his car...Jon Baldwin and Tamba Hali
I stood there talking with the valet's and guys that came outside (probably hoping for a fight) while this is all going down. They exchanged words with the bum about how he should be thankful that he can even be a bum in KC and if he doesn't like the Chiefs that plenty of other cities have room for bandwagon fans yada yada yada...pretty sure the bum crap himself when they walked over to him and never heckled me or anyone around TCG again.
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I had a homeless peep in Lawrence tell me "Can you give me some money so I don't have to get a job". I almost did because of her brutal honesty, but then I realized why should I give a crap?
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Has anyone ever tried to converse with a homeless person in earnest? I like to do that.
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I always try to carry a $5-10 giftcard to subway or wendys that i can give to the homeless. That way they can't use cash on drugs or other non-essentials.
Please do that everywhere but downtown KC please...it's not really good for our 'hood. kthx.
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i want to make it illegal for bums to be on the plaza. need to get on that.
I fully support this action
I believe the ACLU gets all excited to fight these laws.
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A lot of bad persons outing themselves in this thread.
The "most homeless people pull in six figures" argument is ridiculous.
Take it to The Pit or to GPC, ya jerks. WonderMeal out.
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A lot of bad persons outing themselves in this thread.
The "most homeless people pull in six figures" argument is ridiculous.
Take it to The Pit or to GPC, ya jerks. WonderMeal out.
Gtfo bro.
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A lot of bad persons outing themselves in this thread.
The "most homeless people pull in six figures" argument is ridiculous.
Take it to The Pit or to GPC, ya jerks. WonderMeal out.
I don't think anyone said that homeless people pull in six figures.
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Had a guy pull up in a very $$$ late model Dodge Quad cab Cummins diesel and block me in my parking spot at HD in Topeka... Said he just landed a construction job in St. Joe but needed gas money to drive back and forth and the wife and kids were starving at home (price of diesel at the time was over $4). I suggested he should sell his truck and buy a Prius...
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I had a dream about this last night :sdeek:
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i want to make it illegal for bums to be on the plaza. need to get on that.
I fully support this action
I believe the ACLU gets all excited to fight these laws.
Don't even care
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-22-panhandle_N.htm?csp=34
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A lot of bad persons outing themselves in this thread.
The "most homeless people pull in six figures" argument is ridiculous.
Take it to The Pit or to GPC, ya jerks. WonderMeal out.
who said that most homeless people make 6 figures?
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A lot of bad persons outing themselves in this thread.
The "most homeless people pull in six figures" argument is ridiculous.
Take it to The Pit or to GPC, ya jerks. WonderMeal out.
who said that most homeless people make 6 figures?
the strawman that wondermeal just beat the crap out of
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I usually give a homeless guy my leftovers from M&S or wherever I just ate, if he is in between the restaurant and my car
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I usually give a homeless guy my leftovers from M&S or wherever I just ate, if he is in between the restaurant and my car
"God bless you!"
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There is a guy that's on Wanamaker consistently with a ku shirt on with a sign asking for money, almost gave him money once just cause I felt so bad that he had a crappy team to cheer for and he didn't have a job (almost)
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You know what pisses me off... When they bring a pet to sit on a corner with them...or even worse, an elderly person in a wheel chair. Saw that in Salina one time last summer. It was 105° and this man and woman had grandma sitting in her wheel chair on a corner panhandling...the obese woman was sitting on a fold up chair with an umbrella and grandma was left sitting in the blazing sun with a sign hung around her neck... :dubious:
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You have to be careful when you beat them because they might die.
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You have to be careful when you beat them because they might die.
Cops don't care if you kill bums or hookers. Serial Murder 101.
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I got hit up by a kid needing money to air up his bike tire near campus in Topeka once. Later I passed again and I saw that I had been scammed. When one of his friends asked me the same question, I told him to get some from his friend! HEY OH!
Also, I usually just give out gift cards that I have in wallet or tell them they can have whatever money is in my wallet. Usually a buck or two. Just depends upon how I'm feeling that day.
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here in vegas, when walking alone on the Strip, i always have iPod headphones handy. i don't plug them into an iPod necessarily, but will usually just put the cord in my pocket. helps me to avoid conversation with the homeless.
oddly enough, if i DO have an iPod, i almost always give to the homeless. the music sets the mood, and i feel really terrible for them; at least until i watch Dateline NBC and find out that it's all a big scam...
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