when I worked near minimum wage jobs I couldn't understand coworkers who'd order takeout food for lunch absolutely insane I packed leftovers or a sandwich made with $1 of ingredients, ate it standing in 60 seconds, never punched out people are poor bc they make bad decisionshttps://twitter.com/coldhealing/status/1310585278281781250 …
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Replying to @MorlockP
I've got a way better story. A long time ago, my wife saw a couple begging at a street corner. Because the girl was young and pregnant, she invited them to our house. Though they could have had free food from us, they chose instead to order pizza delivered to our house.
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Replying to @jollier_raptor @MorlockP
Back when I was at UC Berkeley, I met a pregnant woman panhandling who said she needed money for her copay for a doctor visit. I didn't have any cash on me, and said so, but asked if there was some way I could help. She asked for a ride. 1/
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Replying to @argyriou15 @MorlockP
I got my car and let her in, and asked where to. She directed me to her apartment. At her invitation, I went in with her while she scrounged up some money. We got back in my car, and she started giving directions again. We ended up at The Oaks Card Club. 2/
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Replying to @argyriou15 @MorlockP
We and the security guard were the only non-Chinese people there, and the only ones not smoking. She goes over to a table, hands me her cash, and asks me to buy her chips. The other customers are looking at her with undisguised contempt. 3/
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Replying to @argyriou15 @MorlockP
On my way to the chip window, the security guard tells me to hold back some of her cash, so she'll have something left when she loses all her chips. I hold back $5 (she had about $50), but she notices that the chips aren't for the whole amount and sends me back to the cashier. 4/
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Replying to @argyriou15 @MorlockP
It doesn't take her very long to lose all her chips, even though she's not betting a lot each time. After she's done, I take her home, and take off before she can come up with some other dumb idea. 5/5
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