Anonymous wrote:In my Silver Spring suburban house, I once had a 20-ish young black man come to the door with a clipboard to ask me to "invest" in him. IIRC correctly, he was visiting relatives and said he had a child.

Now I keep fentanyl pills by the front door for panhandlers.

Are you trying to feed their addiction or off them with an overdose?! I assume this is a joke, but not even sure of sub text.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they needed some help? Did you help them?

+1, seriously! If someone is knocking on your door asking for money, they need help! This seems like it should be obvious. Why wouldn’t you help them?


Be honest - were they a POC? Is THAT why you didn’t help them?

Where do you live? Asking for a friend.

I live right here in DC. Where do YOU live? Probably Ashburn or Gaithersburg, right?

South County Fairfax.

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Anonymous wrote:Are people really suggesting to keep cash on hand to give these people? Good way to get repeat customers.

They definitely tell all their friends.

Also makes you a target for robbery. Even if it’s not a lot, junkies need cash.

Same town, if junkie so break in, it’s good to have cash to give them so they leave.

Could you just put some cash in your mailbox for them? They could take the cash and leave.

You guys saying to have money available for something like this, LOL

You could put a few $20s in there and top it off as necessary.

In my Silver Spring suburban house, I once had a 20-ish young black man come to the door with a clipboard to ask me to "invest" in him. IIRC correctly, he was visiting relatives and said he had a child.

Now I keep fentanyl pills by the front door for panhandlers.

Anonymous wrote:O come on now let them in and give them a cup of tea and a Panera bread gift card.

8pm is tail end of dinner, you should have sat them down with a plate of home cooked food.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they needed some help? Did you help them?

+1, seriously! If someone is knocking on your door asking for money, they need help! This seems like it should be obvious. Why wouldn’t you help them?


Be honest - were they a POC? Is THAT why you didn’t help them?

Where do you live? Asking for a friend.

McLean, near the library.

I'm sorry. That really is an unsafe part of Mclean. It's safer on the other side of 123 across from the shopping center.

I also never answer the front door. Ever. If the police need to break it down that is fine. I let them do their job.

O come on now let them in and give them a cup of tea and a Panera bread gift card.

If I don’t know you, I’m not answering. I live in a very nice and safe neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:Are people really suggesting to keep cash on hand to give these people? Good way to get repeat customers.

They definitely tell all their friends.

Also makes you a target for robbery. Even if it’s not a lot, junkies need cash.

Same town, if junkie so break in, it’s good to have cash to give them so they leave.

Could you just put some cash in your mailbox for them? They could take the cash and leave.

You guys saying to have money available for something like this, LOL

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they needed some help? Did you help them?

+1, seriously! If someone is knocking on your door asking for money, they need help! This seems like it should be obvious. Why wouldn’t you help them?


Be honest - were they a POC? Is THAT why you didn’t help them?

Where do you live? Asking for a friend.

I live right here in DC. Where do YOU live? Probably Ashburn or Gaithersburg, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they needed some help? Did you help them?

+1, seriously! If someone is knocking on your door asking for money, they need help! This seems like it should be obvious. Why wouldn’t you help them?


Be honest - were they a POC? Is THAT why you didn’t help them?

Where do you live? Asking for a friend.

McLean, near the library.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they needed some help? Did you help them?

+1, seriously! If someone is knocking on your door asking for money, they need help! This seems like it should be obvious. Why wouldn’t you help them?


Be honest - were they a POC? Is THAT why you didn’t help them?

I have in-laws that panhandles as a scam, they are white and on welfare because of “back pain”. Race is not a factor, money to individuals beggars is less effective than a good charity which gets economies of scale and oversight.

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Anonymous wrote:Are people really suggesting to keep cash on hand to give these people? Good way to get repeat customers.

They definitely tell all their friends.

Also makes you a target for robbery. Even if it’s not a lot, junkies need cash.

Same town, if junkie so break in, it’s good to have cash to give them so they leave.

Could you just put some cash in your mailbox for them? They could take the cash and leave.

What?! I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Who does this?!

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they needed some help? Did you help them?

+1, seriously! If someone is knocking on your door asking for money, they need help! This seems like it should be obvious. Why wouldn’t you help them?


Be honest - were they a POC? Is THAT why you didn’t help them?

Where do you live? Asking for a friend.