In my city the panhandlers are professionals. You can find open positions on Craigslist and there's set shifts at standardized locations. If you get up early en

In my city the panhandlers are professionals. You can find open positions on Craigslist and there's set shifts at standardized locations. If you get up early enough sometimes you'll see a shift change. A cheap cargo van shows up, the guy gets in, and another hops out to take his place. All of the nearby locations with panhandlers are setup this way, maybe a couple hundred spots in the city. Sometimes I wonder how many people there are running the system...