Organized panhandlers....am I the only one who NEVER gives?
Here in SoCal, due to mild weather and pretty socked in population, we have more than our fair share of people begging...like on every busy corner and they sit right where they can watch you at every fast food place and see clearly when you're given change, which they want....then they give you grief as it's never enough or God forbid, you give them food. Most of my local ones are overweight, and they operate in almost gang-like groups, and have shift-changes where they hand off their signs to the next shift. I make sure to get eye-contact with the ones watching me receive change at McDonalds in particular....and make sure they see my change go in the collection container screwed to the wall under the window, for the Rondal McDonald House or whatever it is. They always yell when I drive past, but that attitude that I personally OWE them something just infuriates me....