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I've given Starbucks gift cards to homeless folks, who were always happy to receive them. And in California, businesses must give you cash for a gift card if it

• datavirtue 3y ago
  That would be a great billboard...a close up of a hipster handing out a Starbucks card to a homeless person. One of those feel-good moments.
  • agentwiggles 3y ago
    I mean, they do have food there. A $10 gift card would buy a decent breakfast sandwich and a basic coffee, I'm sure a homeless person would appreciate that. Not to mention an excuse to spend a while indoors. I agree that the image is funny, but it's not the _worst _ way to give someone in need $10.
    • NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
      Yeah, for a homeless person, the advantage to having a little bit of cash to drop in a restaurant or coffeehouse means that they get to rent that table for, oh, perhaps a couple of hours. They get access to a well-maintained restroom. There is climate control. Motels > restaurants > libraries > buses, in terms of comfortable hangouts. When I was living on the streets, St. Vincent de Paul continually finagled for me some gift certificates to a 24-hour burger joint. That was a GODSEND, because the worst part of living on the streets is wondering what to do with yourself all night. It was absolutely Heaven for me if I could slip into the burger joint and doodle in my journal, or sip coffee in an IHOP and read a book.