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You mean being asked for spare change makes you avoid that library? Why not just give them your change?
by TurdF3rguson 4mo ago
You mean being asked for spare change makes you avoid that library? Why not just give them your change?
- ghaff 4mo agoI don't have any change on me.
- queenkjuul 4mo agoDo what I do: kindly tell them you have no change. Works for me every time
- onetokeoverthe 4mo ago[dead]
- IshKebab 4mo agoIt's still annoying though.
- queenkjuul 4mo agoBoohoo
- trick-or-treat 4mo agoJust say that then. Or give them a dollar.
- ghaff 4mo agoUsually don't have dollars either.
- trick-or-treat 4mo agoThen just shrug and keep walking like 99% of the rest of humans
- ghaff 4mo agoWhich is what I do.
- trick-or-treat 4mo agoSounds like you've got it figured out.
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- hsuduebc2 4mo agoSure, that's exactly what you want in library. I understand it's tough for them but some of the homeless people are not people you enjoy you want to be around. I don't understand this need to spread this sentiment.
- TurdF3rguson 4mo agoYou will encounter homeless people in libraries, because it's one of the few public spaces that won't kick them out. Your reaction to that shouldn't be to hate and avoid libraries though. It should be to appreciate them more.
- vasco 4mo agoThe guy didn't said he hated it, you did. He just said he avoided it. I would too. The same way I wouldn't want to hang out at a homeless shelter (and why many homeless themselves avoid any places with many other homeless people).
- TurdF3rguson 4mo agoI would avoid homeless shelters because I have no reason to be there. But I won't avoid libraries because I do have a reason to be there, and I know there's no reason to be scared of interacting with homeless people. They're just people and the library is for them too.
- vasco 4mo agoThey're not just average people, they're people with a particular condition which is more than likely associated with mental health issues, lack of social skills and several times more likely to be dealing with an addiction problem than a normal person. Plus all the trust issues of having lived in the street. Only someone who hasn't interacted a lot with the homeless would say they are just like everyone else. Even if the reason they became homeless was just random by the time they've been homeless for a couple of years they are a different person. There's a reason many of the homeless avoid shelters, if you talked to one you'd know why, and it's not because the other guests are lovely kind people to be around.
- llbbdd 4mo agoIndistinguishable from a joke