[speedy]

Give 'em coupons---drives them nuts

Absolutely, mears, I have actually seen this. There was a priest in NYC who, in all sincerity, gave them either coupons for food or actual food. It completely threw the panhandlers off their game. They would eventually accept it, but you knew they were angry about it. Another good thing to do is ask THEM for spare change. I have found that panhandlers do not have all that great a sense of humor.

[Lauretij2]

Hard to buy weed with coupons these days.. Not hard to understand their anger.

[Mears]

Now THAT I never thought of----asking them for money----I will the next time I'm in Boston.

Pretty funny!

[boojumsnark]

When one asks me for cigarettes or money, my stock answer is, "No thanks, I already have some." Then keep walking.

Usually stops them in their tracks while they try to figure out what happened.