10-05-2022, 09:44 AM
I'll give you another example.
Although I run my ass off operating the pop stand to keep gas in the car, Scott has taken to wanting to ride with me when I go to the store so he can save his own gas.
The other morning, he said he'd buy me a cup of coffee if I took him to 7-Eleven. Since I can't buy hot coffee with food stamps, I agreed. I put my remaining buck and some change in the gas tank while we were there, which didn't move the gas gauge at all.
Meanwhile, the store clerk had insulted Scott, thinking he was a bum. When Scott explained that he was paying for the coffee, the clerk apologized and gave him the coffee for free. I remarked that since he got the coffee for free, we could use the money he saved for gas. Nothing doing.
When you're homeless, you have no friends. Period. Even the ones who comment on how selfish other people are and how everyone is looking out for himself are that way themselves. And Scott is biggest critic of the "Me! Me! Me!" crowd I know.
Although I run my ass off operating the pop stand to keep gas in the car, Scott has taken to wanting to ride with me when I go to the store so he can save his own gas.
The other morning, he said he'd buy me a cup of coffee if I took him to 7-Eleven. Since I can't buy hot coffee with food stamps, I agreed. I put my remaining buck and some change in the gas tank while we were there, which didn't move the gas gauge at all.
Meanwhile, the store clerk had insulted Scott, thinking he was a bum. When Scott explained that he was paying for the coffee, the clerk apologized and gave him the coffee for free. I remarked that since he got the coffee for free, we could use the money he saved for gas. Nothing doing.
When you're homeless, you have no friends. Period. Even the ones who comment on how selfish other people are and how everyone is looking out for himself are that way themselves. And Scott is biggest critic of the "Me! Me! Me!" crowd I know.
