Posted on 01/31/2016 4:39:22 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
A beggar in Detroit has entered the digital age, accepting credit card donations.
Abe Hagenston, 42, who has been on the streets for nearly a decade, has brought an unprecedented measure of sophistication to begging.
It is all rather a long way from "Buddy can you spare a dime."
Having a technological background - he was a web designer - Mr Hagenston has paved the way in cashless panhandling.
Thanks to his mobile phone, he can process payments before the traffic light has changed.
He takes Visa and MasterCard, naturally American Express will do nicely, with the money being transferred to his account thanks to a smartphone attachment which can read credit cards.
The phone – nicknamed the Obamaphone – was provided by the US government's Lifeline Assistance programme.
Like all true professionals, he has a LinkedIn account. Mr Hagenston also has his own website.
He uses the website to solicit further donations and offer his services to carry out odd jobs from clearing snow to mowing the lawn.
If he is unable to do the work, he knows other homeless people who are willing to do so.
"My business is being homeless, now homeless is my business," he explains
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
It seems to fit. The act, or nature of being a bum.
I had one ask me for money. When I asked him what unit he was in he said, “The 583rd Airborne Division.” I almost gave him a buck for the creativity of his answer.
Hey, at least he went! :)
You should at least get a rickshaw ride for it.
Oh gawd Larry, ROTFLMFAO, thanks, I needed a good har-har!
Sorry way too young to have been in ‘Nam.
“42 year old homeless Vietnam Vets can be trusted with your credit card.”
I’d love to meet one of them there vietnam vets born in 1973! That would have been one tough baby! ;-)
LOL. What a dope.
Apparently there are people that stupid...that’s why he continues doing it. Makes one despair thinking there are people in this country that stupid. I bet all the people who fall for it are democrats.
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