Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Flying a Sign

I have a new respect and also a greater distaste for sign flyers. These are the people sitting on the corner or street side with the cardboard sign that says "Homeless Please Help" or something along those lines. A few of my favorites I've seen are: "Bet you can't hit me with a Quarter." "I'm having visions of a cheeseburger." and "Bet you a dollar you'll read my sign."  Thing is, I don't agree with giving sign flyers money. 99% of them use them for an addiction of some kind. If you feel the need to give them something go buy them a dollar hamburger and give it to them. I do respect these people only because the ones that are dedicated to it are really dedicated. Also known as panhandling I feel that this is a horrible way for homeless people to take advantage of other people. Most of them treat "sign flying" as their full time job. They could be looking for a job. But, people will do what they do to get what they want the easy way.