Man Begging For Money Offered Job At Dealership, When He Said No, They Responded With MASSIVE Sign
And this is why it’s always a better idea to give panhandlers food instead of money. A homeless man who spends his days begging for money at a Brighton, Michigan intersections actually turned down a $10.00 and hour job a car dealership offered him.
A homeless man who spends his days begging for money at a Brighton, Michigan intersections actually turned down a $10.00 and hour job a car dealership offered him.
Dealership management was so in awe by the reason the homeless man gave for not accepting the offer that they did what any hard working American would have done. They let the world know about it by posting a sign which read “Please Do Not give anything to this Panhandler. We offered him a full-time job at $10.00/HR. He said: ‘I make more money than any of you, and he did not want a job. Please donate to a more worthy cause.” Good for them!
Brandon Gaille Reports:
23 Amazing Panhandling Statistics
May 22, 2017
When you see a panhandler out on the street, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Many see panhandlers as lazy people, alcoholics perhaps, and definitely a freeloader. What if everything that society thought about panhandlers happened to be wrong?
In a recent survey, 94% of panhandlers use the funds that they get from the donations of others to simply purchase the food they need.
Some panhandlers do have the ability to make upwards of $80,000 per year, but those are the exception instead of the rule. In San Francisco, for example, the average daily intake for a panhandler is just $25 per day and some people have been living this way for 5 years or more. Many must opt for the cheapest food options available, which mean high fat, low nutritional content foods so that they can stretch their money further.
Three Fast Facts About Panhandling
1. Only 3% of panhandlers don’t want some form of permanent housing that would help to get them off of the street.
2. 48% of panhandlers are African American.
3. 1 out of every 4 panhandlers in the United States has served in the military at some point in time.
Takeaway: There will always be people who try to take advantage of others and panhandling is no different. The problem is that an uncaring attitude toward all panhandlers because of the actions of a few creates future problems that will ultimately create even more panhandlers. When more than 60% of panhandlers make less than $25 per day and when more than 60% of them are disabled in some way, that is not a life that anyone would wish on their greatest enemy… yet there is an expectation that panhandlers should crawl up out of the mess unassisted and contribute to society because a few take advantage of others.
Drug Use Can Be Problematic in Panhandlers
1. 44% of panhandlers admit using part of their daily take on drugs or alcohol at least once per week.
2. 1 in 4 panhandlers meet the clinical definition of being an alcoholic and another 32% are addicted to at least one drug other than alcohol.
3. 82% of panhandlers are homeless.
4. The average panhandler asks people for assistance about 6 hours per day. The average panhandler will ask for help every day of the week as well.
5. The average person on the streets who is asking for assistance has been panhandling for 4.6 years.
6. Some panhandlers look for other forms of secondary income as assistance. This may include plasma donations, selling drugs, or collecting food stamps.
7. A vast majority panhandlers who utilize local community services have at least one mental illness that may or may not have been clinically diagnosed.