man i thought i was the only one who was noticing this.
3 major intersections in my area of town have white panhandlers, a young couple and a dog, two old white men at to different spots, one with a dog.
this is a majority Black area too.
fuck are THEY thinking?
but since they keep working this area they must be pulling in some good cash.
In my ethnically mixed community, I noticed the same thing as well. On any given day, I see about half a dozen of them at different intersections walking along sidewalk medians holding up signs.
Just yesterday as I'm parking my pickup truck with all 5 windows down, to soak up the gorgeous weather to pick up some poke bowl, I hear this voice shout, "hey handsome, once you finish parking, I have a couple things to ask!!"
I'm thinking, "Oh boy, here comes the pitch, let's see if I heard this story before or will this be an original new one...hmmm"
Her: {walking with an emphasized limp} "Sir, I just got out of the hospital and was wondering if you could spare 2 to 4 dollars?"
Me: "{Thinking to myself, ahhhhh, the old recycled hospital story, but with a donationssss range option} No, I don't have any loose change on me, Madame."
Then as I returned to my truck, I see her later, a distance away, walking with no limp
She had my SUS senses tingling from the moment she said..."heeeeey handsome!!" out of nowhere