Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Bummin', New-Orleans style

Hungry and "homeless", but has clean clothes, jewelry and a cell phone, plus enough money to catch the bus down to the French Quarter from where ever it is that she really lives. And people still give her money all day long, which is why she does it.


I'll just leave this here as I head on down to the airport, because it's traveling time for me today!
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6 comments:

  1. Pawpaw9:15 AM

    As in any other business, location, location, location. In some cities, begging is a business and beggars have to be licensed. On a separate note, I knew a kid that put himelf through college by begging. He worked about 4 hours per day, and on a good day he'd clear $200. This was back in the 80s, and he was making $50K in 1980 dollars by begging.

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  2. Old NFO11:03 AM

    Yep, scammers...

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  3. MrGarabaldi12:08 PM

    Hey Murphy;

    Yep playing the system. She has her Obama phone and clean clothing. The Homeless here have it much better than other places in the globe. OTOH, enjoy the flight ;)

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  4. Lauren5:39 PM

    She forgot her Louis Vuitton handbag purchased with her benefits card.

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  5. Peripatetic Engineer1:25 PM

    She is strictly an amateur. In Europe, they bring out the entire family along with the pets. The kids are clean and have nice toys and the dogs are well fed.

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  6. LL4:45 AM

    Note that the sign does NOT say, "Will WORK for food."

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