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I was getting lunch at Chipotle when this lady looking in her late 30's was asking people for cash outside. I lied and said I didn't have any cash. After eating, I went into the grocery store for some bread and peanut butter. She approached me inside the store asking that I buy her some alcohol if she gave me cash because she didn't bring her ID. I declined, but she followed me for a bit asking repeatedly. Eventually she left for another part of the store. Would you have bought a (possibly alcoholic) stranger booze?
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Apr 23, 2022 11:26
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Never in the store or anything but I’ve bought pints for people I’ve just met in bars before if they’re friendly
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Apr 23, 2022 11:32
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I bought some weed for a homeless guy one time so I guess that’s a yes.
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Apr 23, 2022 12:28
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Like if they gave me the money and were clearly of age, as you described? Of course, why wouldn't you? I have also given many strangers beers.
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Apr 23, 2022 12:34
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I bought a homeless guy a red bull, some chocolate and a newspaper the other day. That was probably about as bad for his health.
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Apr 23, 2022 12:37
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Yes
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Apr 23, 2022 14:22
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Weka posted:Like if they gave me the money and were clearly of age, as you described? Of course, why wouldn't you? Because every aspect of the situation the OP described is sketch as all hell.
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Apr 23, 2022 14:26
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Probably a sting operation
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Apr 23, 2022 14:28
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Weka posted:Like if they gave me the money and were clearly of age, as you described? Of course, why wouldn't you? gently caress that, someone asking you to buy beer in or outside the grocery store because they don't have ID? That's probably a $1000+ fine in a lot of cities if you were to get caught doing it, and pretty sure some cities even have sting operations for it... Although buying beer for strangers is a good gesture though.
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Apr 23, 2022 14:33
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Fred Dawes posted:I was getting lunch at Chipotle when this lady looking in her late 30's was asking people for cash outside. I lied and said I didn't have any cash. You're full of poo poo, OP.
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Apr 23, 2022 14:35
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Beer? No. Food or water? Yes.
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Apr 23, 2022 14:39
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You Are A Elf posted:Beer? No. This. I have done this before.
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Apr 23, 2022 14:54
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Chrs posted:Never in the store or anything but I’ve bought pints for people I’ve just met in bars before if they’re friendly this. buying a stranger a pint in a pub almost feels like a drinking rite of passage, it's weirder to me that people haven't done it
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Apr 23, 2022 14:58
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If someone looks in their late 30s to me, there's no way they're getting carded, so something else is up. Nah, I might spot ya if you look like you need a drink, but buy it yourself.
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Apr 23, 2022 15:00
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I give people money if they ask for it and I have it and they ask nicely usually. I see this indigenous guy playing didgeridoo alot and I toss him a few coins whenever I've got them. There was a real rude frantic lady asking for money outside the pokies and I didn't give her anything because she was kinda mean. I dont personally give a poo poo what they spend their money on. Once that money hits their hat/hand it's theirs. I guess I hope they don't gamble with it? But whats a few coins anyway?
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Apr 23, 2022 15:04
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I've bought a drink at a bar for new 'friends' I had met that I'd almost certainly never meet again but were being kind and giving another stranger, me, fun conversation. I quickly learned not to give to people asking for something on the street after I moved to Philadelphia. If they have a sign asking for $2, they want $5. If they're asking for $5, they want a 20. If they're asking for food, they want a 20. If you give them the food they asked for, they get mad and ask for more or for more money instead. And if you live near them and they know you as someone who gave in and gave them more, your rear end is now a target for them every future time you happen to show your face again. I told this to my brother when he came visiting there from Wisconsin. We ran into some guys 1/4 block from my apartment who were begging him to buy them a bag of chips because they were so hungry. I was urging him to GTFO and told him once we got far enough away that they weren't homeless and actually owned and operated a laundromat together a block away and were taking him for a sucker. My brother went into a convenience store and bought a bag of chips anyway. Handed it to them. He immediately got "Thanks but what I REALLY need from you is..." and then the new expanded list of money and food demands was unfurled. I hate to say I told him so but I told him so. I've given just barrels of money to things like charities to help people in need but I don't give direct handouts on the street anymore. Once your kindness gets you a middle finger a couple of times, it's over. (EDIT: A person used to sit outside of the building I worked at downtown holding a sign of her supposed ultrasound image. She'd say something like "care to spare a penny for a pretty pregnant lady?" as people passed. Except she sat there with this ultrasound image for another year. And 2. And 4. And I'd watch sympathetic people dump cash into her lap every day. I'd assume tourists who hadn't seen her sitting there pulling the same act every day yet. Once you run into enough people like that, you stop and look at someone begging on the street with a much, much, MUCH more critical eye before opening a wallet.) Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Apr 23, 2022 |
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Apr 23, 2022 15:16
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You can buy children cigarettes and alcohol as long as they aren't on the store property when you do.
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Apr 23, 2022 15:32
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Billy Ray Blowjob posted:You can buy children cigarettes and alcohol as long as they aren't on the store property when you do. You can let babies fly airplanes as long as they don't get caught
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Apr 23, 2022 15:37
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Big Beef City posted:You can let babies fly airplanes as long as they don't get caught Look not all of us grew up in Alaska.
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Apr 23, 2022 15:42
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Chrs posted:Never in the store or anything but I’ve bought pints for people I’ve just met in bars before if they’re friendly Yeah the sports bar I frequented in Houston I'd often run into Philly sports fans who were chill and we'd buy rounds or poo poo Or offer to buy for some lady and be turned down 95% of the time 
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Apr 23, 2022 15:48
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in that situation? hell no, that's the behavior of someone jonesing for something harder if that same bum was at a bar and wasn't obnoxious? hell yeah, take a load off
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Apr 23, 2022 15:50
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Sometimes. Homeless people, usually. They have it rough. A lot of them don't drink either, but a beer is currency in any case so I will occasionally offer one. I dislike solicitation and understand why others feel that way, but not everything is a scam. The point of kindness is kindness.
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Apr 23, 2022 15:51
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Unless it's a really nice beer, like Guld Draak. Then I become quite selfish.
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Apr 23, 2022 15:54
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Strangers should steal their own beer.
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Apr 23, 2022 15:57
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Beer for an awkward handjob seems like an acceptable trade
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Apr 23, 2022 15:59
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Outrail posted:Beer for an awkward handjob seems like an acceptable trade I usually just give the homeless a handjob regardless
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Apr 23, 2022 16:00
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Yaldabaoth posted:You're full of poo poo, OP. In this case, I actually believe them. When I was a cashier, I saw this situation more than once, sometimes beer, sometimes cigs. Most stores have a very hard-nosed approach with vice items, as you can get in some real trouble if regs aren't followed, at least where I've lived. It used to be that you didn't have to card folks that looked over 40, but at Walgreens you have to scan a customer's ID these days.
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Apr 23, 2022 16:04
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Seems too weird to be a sting, they usually target the alcohol license holder directly by using undercover. Might have been a homeless person who lost their ID and needed a fix, it’s a hassle to get certified state documents if you have no address. That said, I will always help a beer bro in need.
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Apr 23, 2022 19:24
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One time I went to see my friend’s band and I was standing outside the venue and this underage kid comes up to me and asks if I would buy him some beer from the liquor store across the street. I said “sorry man, I’m only 20”. He said “yeah me too, thanks anyway”. I was 40. There’s no way he really believed I was the same age as him.
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Apr 23, 2022 19:27
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My license expired and i didn't renew it for a while last year and people wouldn't let me buy alcohol. I thought it was stupid cause it still shows my age but whatever. Anyway i never asked a stranger to buy the alcohol for me, i would feel weird doing that but I'm also a goon so
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Apr 23, 2022 19:27
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I've bought beer for many strangers but not usually in the scenario you described. Mostly just when I am really feeling it on something and feel an unnatural love for humankind. In your story I would've done it as well but they'd have to pay double to cover my drink, obviously As a kid I paid I paid many a hobo to buy liquor for me and you best believe they took their cut Play fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Apr 23, 2022 |
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Apr 23, 2022 19:31
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I used to buy booze for other teenagers when I was an underage teenager. Got kicked out of a few music venues a few times for buying rounds; got left in the pub a few times after everyone else got kicked out. Good times. Never did it as a legal adult. Police take a different view of that.
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Apr 23, 2022 19:41
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