In life people are less likly to go out of their way for others unless it benefits themselves. Did anyone ever notice the ammout of 'passerbys' who go out of their way and cross the street just to avoid the homeless in NYC rather then walking near them?
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VINTAGE GLAM0UR
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I don't think that falls under the category of not going out of your way unless it benefits you. Crossing the street to avoid a homeless person in NYC (at least in my experience) is more a matter of personal safety and nose protection. I live in NYC. There are so many resources here for the homeless. I can only hear the same story day in and day out from the same person before I start to wonder if they really did lose everything in a fire on Christmas day. As far as the first part of your question goes I agree-how many corporations would give to charity if it weren't a tax right off?
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I don't think walking past a bunch of homeless people is "going out of your way". When I go to DC I do exactly the same thing you've just described, but only because I don't want to be accosted by several mangy gentlemen asking me for change, cigarettes, etc. I will also roll up my windows and lock my doors when I see a homeless person sitting in the median at a stoplight.
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I help people all the time. I have taken people that claimed they were hungry to a place to eat and paid for their meal. I have brought those willing to work home with us and then paid them for work. I will not support drunks and druggies out on the street. I have NOT just given money to people that accost me in the street and paw at me and try to take my purse. If I cross the street when I see those kinds of people it is because of prior experience of the very negative kind. And one more thought. I have proposed to some homeless that said they were hungry that i would pay for a meal for them, even right there, across the street where they were, but they say they want the money instead. I'm sorry. I don't hand out cash like that. I am willing to help but I'm not stupid or naive anymore.
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I go out my way to help all the time. It is very rare and I do mean rare when I give change to another person on the street. The whole reason I do this is because I want to effect real change (meaning have them(homeless/street kids take care of themselves) not to make them dependent and constantly ask for change everyday. It is similar to this quote, " Give a man a fish he will eat for a day, teach a man how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime".
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I go out my way to help all the time. It is very rare and I do mean rare when I give change to another person on the street. The whole reason I do this is because I want to effect real change (meaning have them(homeless/street kids take care of themselves) not to make them dependent and constantly ask for change everyday. It is similar to this quote, " Give a man a fish he will eat for a day, teach a man how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime".
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