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What would you do if a scraggly homeless person knocked on your door, and all he asked was for a sandwich, a bottle of water, a bath, and perhaps a beard trim? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by over_clox@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've actually skipped work just to help a homeless guy get his beard trimmed. Bought him pizza too. Kinda hard to get anywhere in life when you look like shit.

Be kind to the homeless, they just need a helping hand here and there.

What would you do?

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[+] Vanth@reddthat.com 124 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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[-] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 4 months ago

100% this.

I was a volunteer treasurer at a youth homeless shelter.

Sadly, it's not possible to evaluate someone's intentions when they knock on your door and ask for a sandwich. They might truly just want a sandwich, or they might have other intentions entirely.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Our local cities have been shutting down homeless assistance and food banks. Even the churches aren't allowed to help anymore.. ☹️😭

[+] over_clox@lemmy.world -10 points 4 months ago

It's not typically the person that knocks that you gotta worry about, it's the person that doesn't knock that you really gotta worry about.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 4 months ago

That's not very true, unfortunately. Knocking allows someone to somewhat figure out if anyone is home, allows a person to gauge who is home (a man or a woman) and how easily the knocker can gauge overtaking them. Breaking in means the homeowner may have time to get a weapon and means the knocker will have to search for anyone home.

Getting them to come up to the door and see if they're armed makes it easy if a person is looking for a victim. People just breaking in are usually hoping no one is home and just wants to rob the place.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I guess it partly depends how far out in the woods you live. The dogs will announce an intruder before they even get 100 feet close to your home, and I had my cats trained to knock on the door knocker, when they weren't out eating rats anyways..

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