Street Shuffle

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Begging is also work. Before you scoff, admit dumpster diving might be harder than it looks! The news media puts out stories, anyway, about some nameless vagrant finding money and other valuables mistakenly thrown away. Humor is an effective, if short duration, cure for social illness.

Narcotics addiction is more common as alcoholism -if less visible. Drug lords may rake-in cash, but most junkies deal in nickel bags. Just one $5.00 donation can give a junkie the fix he needs. A beggar holds his donation cup between his feet, doubtless in fear of it being stolen, while he nods-off. He has had trouble even finding one in the past. Any money goes to dope -not coffee. His solicitation would get better results, however, if he were to push the cup further away. Many passersby who might otherwise give may be intimidated by getting too close.

Nodding-off is a sure sign of a junkie. The donation cup is for a fix. A person desperate for spare change stands and actively solicits contribution. Hitchhikers have to use a sign to snag a moving vehicle. Alcoholics fall down flat, passed-out. Not all vagrants are drinkers, as not every homeless person is a beggar. Many homeless people refuse to beg, scavenging instead, and, without money, can't buy liquor. They run into other problems buying liquor, such as ID (which many homeless people don't possess), and are sometimes running from alcohol.

For some beggars, not standing is more effective, when soliciting donations. The individual's size can be intimidating, and scares-away potential givers. Seated on the pavement--as if disabled--is his best bet. That kind of beggar looks needy and is apparently not absent-minded, as if in a haze of opium. Who feels good about helping a junkie get his next fix? It could be his last. 

Carrying all my worldly belongings everywhere would be my incentive to find a permanent address. If it is not, there must be a reason shopping cart vagrants are such a common sight, and I am referring to mental illness. Everyone has heard of Agoraphobia -the fear of public places. The opposite phobia, that of fear of private places, may drive these homeless to endless wandering. 

The shopping cart may be turned on its side while sleeping to prevent it from rolling away. That doesn't happen by so much by accident as by theft. Newer shopping carts are immobilized at the edge of store property. Finding one that works is challenging, and not willingly surrendered. Homeless-on-homeless crime must be assumed, when not sharing smokes, cheap wine, and needles.

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