Story archives - tag: "homeless"

Ian

When I was reading Walden on a park bench, a homeless black man walked past and said "I used to read Thoreau".

tags: homeless Thoreau reading [add]

2008-07-23 11:54:59 / Rating: 392.25 /

Snafu Suz

As I dropped my spare change into his cup and heard a splash, I was horrified to realize he was not a homeless person begging for money but just a guy on the corner enjoying his coffee.

tags: humor embarassment coffee homeless [add]

2008-07-09 00:01:01 / Rating: 346.5 /

Johnson

As I gave him the last 35 cents in my pocket, I realized that the homeless man was now wealthier than I was.

tags: money homeless poor [add]

2008-04-21 13:56:50 / Rating: 173 /

Rob

I have never seen the man in Boston who bares his disfigured foot hoping for a handout actually receive any money from the white-collar commuters passing by.

tags: homeless begging unsuccessful [add]

2007-09-28 12:32:55 / Rating: 73 /