Give a junkie money?

blueshark22

So i pulled into a parking spot yesterday, in limerick across from the train station, to just pop in and collect a takeaway, when i got out of the car this fela maybe 23/24 asked had i any change and i said 'il get you on the way back' when i returned i did give him a few euro , but im sure i was just feeding his obvious drug habit , im wondering should i have given him money or just walked past, i just felt so sorry for him (i really don't mean to be condescending towards him ) i probably should have just given him some food??

starbelgrade

A mate of mine gave a junkie half of his sandwich one day as he'd asked him for a few bob for something to eat. The junkie threw the sandwich back at him & called him a c*nt.

I suspect that he wasn't actually hungry at all. Not for food anyway.

Zillah

He doesn't want your stupid food, he wants to put opiates into his veins as quickly as possible.

True story: I once bought lighter fluid for huffing for a homeless man because he was banned from the shop.

Also true: I was so innocent that at first I assumed he needed it to start a camp fire because he was cold.

They're not injecting it back into the economy that's for sure.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Hell no!

KeithM89_old

I find a post-dated cheque works best...

Biggins

No.

ixoy

Not in the junkie league, but a couple of months ago this guy in his early '20s approached my friends and me and asked us for some money for "da head shop". Refreshingly honest.

alwaysadub

I don't give anyone money these days.
Charity begins at home and all that

galwayrush

At least you'll know exactly where the money is going if you do.......:rolleyes:

Millicent

blueshark22 wrote: »

So i pulled into a parking spot yesterday, in limerick across from the train station, to just pop in and collect a takeaway, when i got out of the car this fela maybe 23/24 asked had i any change and i said 'il get you on the way back' when i returned i did give him a few euro , but im sure i was just feeding his obvious drug habit , im wondering should i have given him money or just walked past, i just felt so sorry for him (i really don't mean to be condescending towards him ) i probably should have just given him some food??

I've asked in that situation if they want something while I'm heading into the shop/chipper/whatever. Some have said yes and the ones that didn't obviously don't want it for food.

deise48

what he suffers from should be considered a sickness and treated with a little simpathy surely we all have been touched by a family member who struggles with addiction problems

Carlos_Ray

starbelgrade wrote: »

A mate of mine gave a junkie half of his sandwich one day as he'd asked him for a few bob for something to eat. The junkie threw the sandwich back at him & called him a c*nt.

I suspect that he wasn't actually hungry at all. Not for food anyway.

Same thing happened to me but in relation to bus fare. A junky stopped me on abbey street and asked "any chaaangeee for da bussss bud?"

I said I could do even better and gave him a bus ticket (with one journey left mind you!) He also called me a cnut and threw the ticket on the ground. Thats junky gratitude for you.

We were walking past the Abbey Street Luas stop las Friday night after a few jars, when a smack head approched us looking for change. My friends offered him a cigarette instead, at which point he told him to **** off as he did not like Silk Cut.

jaykay74

Did you get a receipt OP? Its tax deductible.

zuroph

Don't give em a penny. PLenty of facilities for homeless in Limerick, and the junkies arent homeless.

galwayrush

If they don't move with the times and accept credit cards, they can **** off.....

zuroph

galwayrush wrote: »

If they don't move with the times and accept credit cards, they can **** off.....

Oh they'll gladly take credit cards.

galwayrush

zuroph wrote: »

Oh they'll gladly take credit cards.

So true........:pac::pac:

GizAGoOfYerGee

You can spot the junkies a mile away. I never give them anything.

There are, however, some genuinely down-and-out people on the streets that aren´t junkies.

I never give them money, but I would often buy them a coffee, sambo, and sit down with them to hear their stories. That means a lot more to them then a few coins.

PeterIanStaker

galwayrush wrote: »

If they don't move with the times and accept credit cards, they can **** off.....

Reminds me of American Psycho, "ask him if he takes Am Ex"

RoundyMooney

blueshark22 wrote: »

So i pulled into a parking spot yesterday, in limerick across from the train station, to just pop in and collect a takeaway, when i got out of the car this fela maybe 23/24 asked had i any change and i said 'il get you on the way back' when i returned i did give him a few euro , but im sure i was just feeding his obvious drug habit , im wondering should i have given him money or just walked past, i just felt so sorry for him (i really don't mean to be condescending towards him ) i probably should have just given him some food??

One born every minute. Keep giving and they'll keep asking, sorry demanding.

Caliden

chaaaaaaange?

gogo

deise48 wrote: »

what he suffers from should be considered a sickness and treated with a little simpathy surely we all have been touched by a family member who struggles with addiction problems

Nope, never had any family suffering from any addiction, and sure I feel sorry for them but I'll be fu(ked if im going to fund anyones addiction.

mikemac

Back when I was a young lad, I'd get Bus Eireann to Dublin maybe twice a year.
Well, I was over 150km away so a big day out, hurray

And everytime I'd usually come across somebody looking for a pound for the bus and they'd approach and ask me.
Yeah, didn't seem a strange request so I always gave money and genuinly believed it was somebody stuck for bus fare.

Didn't cop on until about 3 years of this happening, I was so innocent and stupid. And the same feckers asking other people after I walked away.
Ok, not much money involved but I realy did believe them.

Saft Hans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBUbJhFmTPc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBUbJhFmTPc

Sid_Justice

GizAGoOfYerGee wrote: »

You can spot the junkies a mile away. I never give them anything.

There are, however, some genuinely down-and-out people on the streets that aren´t junkies.

I never give them money, but I would often buy them a coffee, sambo, and sit down with them to hear their stories. That means a lot more to them then a few coins.

call bs on this.

The_Joker.

starbelgrade wrote: »

A mate of mine gave a junkie half of his sandwich one day as he'd asked him for a few bob for something to eat. The junkie threw the sandwich back at him & called him a c*nt.

I suspect that he wasn't actually hungry at all. Not for food anyway.

Lol. The junkie done the right thing!
How dare your mate give him only half the sandwich, he could have at least giving him the whole sambo, stingy bollox.

Red Hand

feelingstressed wrote: »

Back when I was a young lad, I'd get Bus Eireann to Dublin maybe twice a year.
Well, I was over 150km away so a big day out, hurray

And everytime I'd usually come across somebody looking for a pound for the bus and they'd approach and ask me.
Yeah, didn't seem a strange request so I always gave money and genuinly believed it was somebody stuck for bus fare.

Didn't cop on until about 3 years of this happening, I was so innocent and stupid. And the same feckers asking other people after I walked away.
Ok, not much money involved but I realy did believe them.

I was the same. Except if they asked "20 pence for a phonecall", I'd give them the 20 pence. It was only after some guy obviously didn't like the fact that it only 20 pence that I copped on.:o

gogo

GizAGoOfYerGee wrote: »

I never give them money, but I would often buy them a coffee, sambo, and sit down with them to hear their stories. That means a lot more to them then a few coins.

Do you then ask them for a go of their gee then?

yomchi

An oul dipso asked me for a euro for a flaggon once, I said here's two euro... get me one aswell.

Called me a smart cnut!