Men selling flowers on side of the road. What's the story behind that?

[Anonymous]

I think for the most part they’re just….people selling flowers? Same as people selling water / tchotchkes / whatever

That said, I used to live in a not great neighborhood in Denver - and the flower guy who set up in the convenience store parking lot every night was definitely selling something else along / wrapped up with the flowers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate when people beg in the median, I hate when people sell water or flowers in the median, but I ESPECIALLY HATE when people make children stand in the median to raise money for sports or whatever.

I hate it, but tragically I am not King. So I have to just make sure I don’t hit anyone, keep my windows up, and move on with life.

I'd rather them sell something than beg. Yes I've bought water and flowers. No I do not give out free money. But I will support a person standing in the rain or sun selling a product that I buy.

Well, just remember that I hate you.

[Anonymous]

In any country in Latin America or less well-off areas of the middle east, you will see this.

People give them the money, and then the sellers give them the product. It's what capitalisim is based on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about the people that park their truck on the side of river road and sell fruit out the back? What's up with them? Also mules?

What are all of these naive questions. Voters in this area vote for lenient immigration policies, sanctuary cities and towns, and roll out the red carpet for illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants cannot get jobs that require I9 and often have minimal amounts of education, so how do you expect them to feed themselves and make money? They work under the table selling flowers, fruit out of the back of the trucks, stand around the parking lots of home Depot looking for day labor, etc. Etc. Are y'all really this naive? You voted for it, now you get it. There are millions up on millions of people living in this country illegally who are working a black market economy outside of the govt's radar. They work all cash jobs to avoid paying taxes, and also because they have problems getting bank accounts and social security numbers unless they commit identity fraud. It's a gigantic black market economy dodging appropriate income taxes.

+1 million to this.

[Anonymous]

I always thought they were the Moonies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate when people beg in the median, I hate when people sell water or flowers in the median, but I ESPECIALLY HATE when people make children stand in the median to raise money for sports or whatever.

I hate it, but tragically I am not King. So I have to just make sure I don’t hit anyone, keep my windows up, and move on with life.

I'd rather them sell something than beg. Yes I've bought water and flowers. No I do not give out free money. But I will support a person standing in the rain or sun selling a product that I buy.

Well, just remember that I hate you.

Okay, but the human I gave $10 to does not. So hate away.

[Anonymous]

I think they must be dealing gummies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about the people that park their truck on the side of river road and sell fruit out the back? What's up with them? Also mules?

What are all of these naive questions. Voters in this area vote for lenient immigration policies, sanctuary cities and towns, and roll out the red carpet for illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants cannot get jobs that require I9 and often have minimal amounts of education, so how do you expect them to feed themselves and make money? They work under the table selling flowers, fruit out of the back of the trucks, stand around the parking lots of home Depot looking for day labor, etc. Etc. Are y'all really this naive? You voted for it, now you get it. There are millions up on millions of people living in this country illegally who are working a black market economy outside of the govt's radar. They work all cash jobs to avoid paying taxes, and also because they have problems getting bank accounts and social security numbers unless they commit identity fraud. It's a gigantic black market economy dodging appropriate income taxes.

I was joking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it legal to run businesses or collect for personal charity on median strips or public property in general?

I read the whole thread waiting The answer

They are not “selling flowers”; they are begging. They are likely on the same corners 0people would be on if they didn’t have flowers. In some areas they are not allowed to just panhandle, so technically they are not breaking that law. They are “selling flowers”. There is no price. You can give them $1,$5, $20 and take a flower or not take a flower.

If you check they always have 20 or so. They are not running out, even tho they’re out there for hours. Yet they leave with hundreds of dollars per day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a business like any other. What is there to think about?

Well, it's not exactly common in other cities.

Yes, it is…..

It is.

I've seen people selling flowers, wild mushrooms, blankets, live crabs, shrimp, and vegetables by the side of the road. I've seen this in Virginia, Washington State, Kentucky, and Oregon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a business like any other. What is there to think about?

Well, it's not exactly common in other cities.

Yes, it is…..

It is.

I've seen people selling flowers, wild mushrooms, blankets, live crabs, shrimp, and vegetables by the side of the road. I've seen this in Virginia, Washington State, Kentucky, and Oregon.

Oh, and homemade hats in the mountains of Virginia! I wish I'd bought one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I want to know is what's up with the disabled people you see on the corners of Rockville Pike and Old Georgetown Road? I feel bad for them but have always wondered how they get to those locations to beg if they are disabled. Do they get dropped off?

What I want to know is why people on median strips by traffic lights always have a bum leg, never an arm in a sling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They need money

There are lots of jobs available...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They steal them out of people’s gardens. I used to have a beautiful, expansive rose garden, but I pulled them all up after catching the roadside flower vendors cutting the blooms off for the millionth time.

Are you saying you had long-stem roses growing in your yard, because that's what they're selling by the roadside? The roses come from greenhouses in South America, not your yard.

If you caught someone cutting blooms, they were likely planning to sell them to a shady florist who used them in floral foam arrangements, not long-stem bouquets sold on the side of the street.

[Anonymous]

Flowers from funeral homes folks