I never, ever give anything to those dopes holding signs by intersections. Almost all of them are scammers, people who could work but choose not to. One of them draws sympathy by sitting in a wheelchair with American flags attached. He has been seen folding up his chair after a day’s work, climbing into his car and leaving.
I did break my rule just once, though, when I happened upon a guy holding a cardboard sign by an off-ramp intersection. The sign said, ‘WHY LIE? NEED BEER.’
I gave him a dollar.
Was this in Largo, FL? There is a guy at the offramp of 19 & Ulmerton that has the same sign. Somewhere, on one of my camera SD cards, I have a picture of him. Mr. RightField once wanted to give him an old 6-pack of Guiness.