Saturday, December 5, 2009
"Homeless" People
Some "homeless" people can be so unthankful! I went to pick up my boyfriend today and when we were on our way back to my house, we saw a middle aged (maybe older) man standing on the side of the road with a sign saying he needed clothes, food, or anything that would help for the winter. So we decided to stop the car and my boyfriend was going to give him his coat and toboggan. When Cody got out of the car and took his coat and toboggan off to give to the man, the man said, "Man, I don't want that. I'll freeze to death in that! If I wanted summer clothes I would have wrote 'summer clothes' on my sign." He even pointed to his sign while he was saying this. Then he said, "People stop by here all the time and try to give me hats and toboggans!" Me and Cody were shocked! Cody just told him, "Well, these things will help keep you warm. I was just trying to help you." Then the man wouldn't say anything else and turned around. It just made me so mad because he was SO ungrateful for something nice someone did not HAVE to do. We were trying to be nice. If he hadn't wanted to wear the coat, he could have just took it and used it to sit on or something. I don't understand why people have a sign wanting "help" and then they act like what you offer them is not even good enough! The things Cody was going to give him were very nice and warm. He probably didn't really want items but just wanted money instead. People like that make me sick because there are really people out there who would be SO happy to have a coat and toboggan! :(
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Millie, I think it is incredibly sweet and generous of you and your boyfriend to try and help. One of the most important parts of your post is in the last few words... "there are really people out there who would be SO happy to have a coat and toboggan!" I hope you will continue to focus on the those who are needy and not allow a negative experience to harden your heart.
ReplyDeleteThat is awful, I couldn't imagine the feeling of someone who was asking for help turn down what you were going to give them. Like Mrs. WHite said above there really are people out there who are thankful and appreciative. If you and your boyfriend want to help people who are needy then there are always things to do.
ReplyDeleteI know! :) Thank you all for the encouragement! I will still try to help people in need!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that he did that. At least there are still people out there that are trying to help people in need. Speaking of that, my boyfriend and I get a christmas angel each year for christmas, and instead of buying presents for ourselve, we spend whatever we can on our angel well when we went to walmart to drop our gifts off, the lady at the counter ask us "Is that all,that girl is going to be disappointed". Well excuse us, but we spent good money on it, and i'm pretty sure the child is going to be grateful for anything we get them. Rude much! So I see where your coming from.
ReplyDeleteI helped a couple out one time who were holding a sign asking for food. I bought them a bag of tacos (all I could afford at the time) and gave it to them. Out of curiosity I drove back by to see if they were eating and they were, BUT so was their son who must have been hiding or playing in the culvert. However, in Cincinnati my husband and I were about to give a few dollars to a lady with a sign but as we were about to stop she answered her cell phone. The way we seen it was if she could afford a phone then she didn’t need our help. Some of the people out there truly need help and it’s a shame that the others (ones who are scamming) make it so hard for them to get it by placing dought into the minds of individuals who would help.
ReplyDeleteMy mom and I get the names of two or three children from a local elementary school each year and buy Christmas presents for them. One year, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to be one of the people who helped Santa give out the presents to the children. The looks on their faces when they ripped the paper off and saw that they had new clothes was amazing. They got a few toys as well but the thing that they were most worried about was having warm clothes. However, even with this good experience there have also been bad ones. One year, we got the name of an older child and when he opened his gifts he wasn't very happy. He threw the gifts down on the ground and walked off without them. It made us feel like it wasn't worth our time to do this anymore but we also realized that it was just one kid and that we had helped so many other kids by doing what we had done.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of children at church except they except the help. Since it is Christmas we are buying lots of gifts for people in need. It is sad to see how many people who can't buy gifts for their children because they have no money. I will keep these type of people you are talking about in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing that someone could be so picky about what they are looking for. But there are people that would be very accepting of anything that they could get. This goes along with something that my church does, every Sunday morning they provide bagged lunches for the homeless. They will also take any clothing or blankets that have been donated when they go to give out the food. The people that come to receive the food are so thankful especially when it is cold. I believe that there are many programs in the community that provide great services to very thankful people if anyone is interested in helping.
ReplyDeleteThat's crazy. I can't believe that man wouldn't take a coat. Oh well, I guess you can't really say anything because no one knows what that man has been through. And, Kelly I still can't believe what that lady said to you at wal-mart! I would have gotten really upset! But it is really sweet of you guys to try to help out people in need.
ReplyDeleteThis is a crazy story! I have never heard of such a thing happening! I guess the man really was just wanting money so he could buy alcohol or something. That is so sad! It's very nice to hear that you and your boyfriend stopped. There are not to many people who would do that!
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