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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have more homeless/mentally ill stories:

1. The front desk just told me this homeless guy with his dog came in and wanted to charge his phone.  He sleeps on the steps of a nearby church.   He was told to leave.  Apparently he gets a monthly check of more than $900.00 (front desk knew the exact amount down to the penny).  He has asked me for money, clothes, toilitries.  He can get a room and a job.  He's  a young guy, wears clean clothes, dog looks well fed and healthy.

2.  In another building I lived in, 3 neighbors had severe mental illnesses.  Really unique backgrounds.  One gay woman from VA was in a mental hospital for suicide.  I found out the hard way after she talked me into listing her as a reference on my ssdi benefit application.  She lied, instead of confirming mobility issues following botched surgeries, she cited HER psychological diagnosis as my reason for applying for disability.  I have never been diagnosed or treated for anything psychological.  She said she had to do it because her father died a homeless black man on the streets of DC and the benefits should go to people like him, not me. She said I would have been approved based on the medical facts for the orthopedic conditions, but knew the psychological would get me denied because there is no proof or medical diagosis, and it would appear like I was trying to obtain benefits I wasn't entitled to.  This way, the resources go to the black population, homeless, and people like her uncle who had just been released from prison, I think for murder.   She said the system is running out of money and Obama wants all resources to go to the black community. She has a bizarre on-line presence and identity issues.

3.  Another was a gay guy from NY state whose parents support him.  He is a lifelong student.  Can't work, too mentally ill.  Had violent outbusts if i didn't  listen to his troubles.  His prominent father who he claimed had influence over a hospital issue was just a lie. He claimed he came from a prominent legal and medical family  who is well connected.  He  just wanted to come over and tell me his problems.

4.  Another woman from Mississippi.  Her mom an accomplished scientist, left her a million dollar inheritance.  She squandered it on a $10,000 a month apartment in West Chelsea in NYC before moving to DC.  She would sleep in our lobby instead of her apartment, panhandle outside my apartment door, and eat all of my food when I let her in.  Once she tried sleeping in my apartment too.  She demanded to see my disability paperwork claiming she could help me apply because she worked for the SSA in Michigan.  I told her absolutely not.  She was really angry. Eventually, she was evicted or forced to move.  Towards the end,  she never showered and wore the same clothes everyday.  She looked homeless, but wasn't.  She would stand in the street for hours in front of the building, ripping paper and throwing piece by piece  into traffic.

All these former neighbors have siblings and/or parents.

5. There are these two characters that repeatedly approach me with elaborate stories for money.  They each appear at the same locations, and out of nowhere.  One is a guy on a bike that always needs exactly $8 for emergency cab fare because his daughter has always had an accident and is at the Howard ER with burn injuries.

6. The other guy and his girlfriend always just moved today from Minneapolis into the apartment on the corner and their car was towed with their wallets and they always need $60.  He always says how embarrassed he is to ask for money and they don't know anyone in DC.

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****In story #3 my former neighbor told his psychiatrist details of a medical malpractice incident at the same hospital I had surgery.  Indirectly his psychiatrist, is a colleague of my surgeon, even if not in the same department.  He caused me massive legal issues instead of using his family connections to help resolve an issue.  I've lived in many apartments in major cities, and never knew anyone who was mentally ill.

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