men and their pride

deejmemixx

Toombes

God bless you, Shane. You made an incredibly generous gesture and for that I'm proud to call you my friend.

jd50ae

Good on you. More of us should take the time and notice what is around us. Don't know why, but I am not surprised that a member of this forum would do what you did.

roland_7707

Toombes:

God bless you, Shane. You made an incredibly generous gesture and for that I'm proud to call you my friend.

Amen!

deejmemixx

roland_7707:

Toombes:

God bless you, Shane. You made an incredibly generous gesture and for that I'm proud to call you my friend.

Amen!

I don't feel it was generous. I feel it was being human.

perkinke

deejmemixx:

roland_7707:

Toombes:

God bless you, Shane. You made an incredibly generous gesture and for that I'm proud to call you my friend.

Amen!

I don't feel it was generous. I feel it was being human.

I wish you were right, but I have to go with generous. It's a hard population to work with, striking the balance the way you did between helping but also preserving their dignity is a hard thing to do. Deserves something better than "Way to go," but way to go.

roland_7707

Bigshizza

Nicely done Deej... the exact population I will be working with when I start my internship.

deejmemixx

Puff_Dougie

Thanks for sharing this, Shane. I know you don't think you were doing anything remarkable, but the vast majority of people would have ignored this man altogether, or gone out of their way to avoid having any contact with him. Even those who made a first attempt to offer help would have moved on after the first attempt was declined. You demonstrated kindness and compassion, as well as respect for his sense of dignity and self-reliance. Sad as it may be, your response is the exception rather than the rule, and it is a great example for others to emulate. God bless you, sir.

james40

deejmemixx:

roland_7707:

Toombes:

God bless you, Shane. You made an incredibly generous gesture and for that I'm proud to call you my friend.

Amen!

I don't feel it was generous. I feel it was being human.

I feel we we're put on this earth to help each other. Plain and simple. You sir are the man.

Aland84

That was a nice gesture. It's hard for me these days to make that move. I've had so many ask for hand outs and I know a lot will buys the exact opposite of what they need, but one time a guy started to chat me up and we were about to part ways and he asked "hey man do you mind givig me a few bucks so I can buy a beer?" I gave him a few bucks for his honesty.

deejmemixx

Aland84:

That was a nice gesture. It's hard for me these days to make that move. I've had so many ask for hand outs and I know a lot will buys the exact opposite of what they need, but one time a guy started to chat me up and we were about to part ways and he asked "hey man do you mind givig me a few bucks so I can buy a beer?" I gave him a few bucks for his honesty.

honesty goes. Long way.