Do you ever give money to degens?

[celtic]

Woodsey can call me whatever the fk he likes if he buys me food

[leethefish]

i am a soft touch always give to homeless ...sometimes wonder if they really are tho!

[action man]

well they have degenerated. They grew up in a house, now they live on the street.

[nirvana]

Have done this a few times.

Best story Iv ever heard was Pleno1s. He walked into a Mcdonalds in the morning, pissing it down outside. 4 Tramps were sat trying to get warm out of the rain, the manager told them that theyd have to leave. Pads buys them all a breakfast and a coffee and smiles politely at the manager. Class act!

I like that

[Jon MW]

well they have degenerated. They grew up in a house, now they live on the street.

well quite - it's not the context we're used to but I don't see anything surprising in it's usage here.

[Simon Galloway]

Loads of stories about people begging outside tube stations, then getting in the Jag and driving off after the rush hour.  I could never give money in that kind of situation.  However, if someone is already dossed down for the night in a doorway or something and clearly there for the night, I'm happy to throw in some change.  There still are options for people in this situation (e.g. Mungos) but some choose not to, for whatever reason.

Years ago, I came out of BK with a takeaway for the train journey home, last train and obv pissed.  Whatever I ordered was £9.xx and so I walked out of there with a bag full of grub and change from a tenner.  "spare me some change guv so I can eat?"  Realising that I wasn't even hungry, I just gave him the bag of grub.  One look on his face instantly told me that he'd far rather have had the change than the food.