If a total stranger asked you for money, would you give it to them?

Hi Rosekiss. I have been homeless and had to ask strangers for some change but when I did have to ask for help if I said I needed it for food or what ever that is what I got with the money. Who knows this man might have really needed a bus ride to some shelter or maybe somewhere that was important to him. So I know how this man felt but I also know how you must have felt too. If I had some money and didn't need it yes I think I would give it, actually know I would have because I have done this a few times. If I could I would ask God what to do in any case. Then again this might have been someone who might have done some evil to you so who knows only God knows what the man's intentions was.

I usually give it to them. How they use it is between them and God, or their conscience, if you prefer. I feel as if I've done my part in keeping this world a little gentler and a little more caring. A little money like bus fare isn't going to hurt to give.

For me, it would really depend on the situation, who they were, if I had any to give and how much and what they were saying that they needed the money for. It is true often times the money we give might BD used elsewhere or not for any good, while other times they are really bring genuine. I guess it would have to depend on what my inner gut feeling was really trying to tell me.

A few months ago I was shopping in a larger town several hours away. I went outside for a smoke and this guy came and sat next to me and started up a conversation...generalities about the weather. Out of the blue he asked me for a smoke, which I gave him. Then he was telling me that he had a terrible headache so I gave him the strip of headache tablets I carry. Next thing he is asking me for money. I was appalled and told him I didn't have any as I only carried plastic. My thoughts were, that he was nicely spoken, neatly dressed, why on earth didn't he put as much effort into a job as he obviously did into begging?

Same thing happened to me last year. While I was on my way to work, a guy approached me and told me that the city is so dangerous, he told me that someone snatched his wallet and that he didn't have any money to go home. He seemed so real since He was wearing an office attire and he had his suitcase. I told him I only have almost P100 in my pocket but he told me that that was not enough for him to go home so because of my stupidity, I went to a grocery to buy something for my P500 to get change. Then I lend him the amount he needed but he still demanded for more but I refused. When I got in the office, I felt that he might just be a part of a syndicate. Two months after the incident, I was on my way home and a guy approached me when I turned around, it was the same guy asking for money. He didn't recognize him but what I just did was not pay attention to him.

well Honestly i did it a couple of times there was even one time someone asked for my mobile to make a phone call .... as long as it`s just bus fare or something i can give I usually give it , who knows people get in trouble all the time maybe the person was robbed or even lost his wallet why would I not help but still it depends on the situations it might be dangerous to get out money from your wallet and give it to someone if for example you are in a street that`s not crowded ......well I just give it with good intentions and if they will use it on a bad thing it`s not really my fault but i believe it`s better than not helping someone who might really be in trouble

I have already done this, I gave a man about 20 pesos because he looked pitiful and that he told me he just wanted to go home. now there are legitimate people who asks for help becausee they do needed this help, but then there are in reality those that only do this to scam people. whatever it is that i gave my 20 pesos to, i would rather think that i helped him and if his intention was to fool me, then that is on him, not me. of course i do remember him and if he comes to me again, i would probably just deny him the second time. I have always heard this kind of excuse from a lot of people and some looked as if they are only scamming me so i would not give in to those people; There was even a time that a child was asking me for money, i gave him the coin i picked up on my pocket, and guess what? this kid was shouting at me and was telling me that i was mean, that i was greedy or selfish because i only gave him such amount. i was surprised, i was already in the jeepney and even the child's companions (teenagers) were shouting at me!!! Oh my God! i got angry too, and i shouted back at the teenagers, I told them they can find a decent job and stop asking people for money and not be grateful for any amount given to them. i remember i told them beggars can't be choosy! get up and work! haha oh well that is what i felt at the time, normally ii am so giving but that was the least i expect so i just had to fight back as i felt offended. I think i even said to the kid if you dont want my 5, give it back! =) the people in the jeepneys with me were calming me down, i was even telling them i'd get police and drive you out in there, give me time to get to the next stop. hahaha oh well. sometimes really we can let it pass. i just got mad that i was called greedy by these people who do not even know me and begged to give them something! Wow.

I do that a lot , I dont think giving that amount will affect me so If someone I dont know ask for a small amount of money yes I would definitely give them . I know some people are liar but we can never really know . One time someone ask me for money to help them buy something to eat and I could see they weren't lying but my boyfriend didnt want me to give them so I ask them what would they like to eat and I could see there face light up when I offer to buy them something to eat.

Sometimes I give money to strangers and sometimes I say no. It depends on the situation and it depends my impression of the person who asks for money. I use my intuition when I decide whether to say yes or no. Sometimes I get the impression that the person is honest and actually needs money for food or money for a room in a shelter. In those cases I give them money. Sometimes I get a feeling that the person is lying or tryiing to scam me, and when that happens I don't give them any money. Some of the beggars in my country will try to scam you. They are healthy, but they pretend to be ill or disabled. One person gave me a note saying that he was mute and deaf, but during the conversation he suddenly forgot that he was mute and answered one of my comments He blushed and disappeared very fast.

Hello rosekiss you were doing absolutely right about that kind of situation, its an bad practice to help any stranger asking for money.Me too had many experiences like this, strange person asking for fare money to his native place, somewhat he looked like an needy person, but me refused to offer him money.Well the reason we should never give any money to strangers, if think he is in real need and you have surplus, than provide him with what he wants, but never give any stranger money. You did the right thing, keep it up with my lot, good luck.

I may not mind giving SOME money to a stranger seemingly in utter trouble and request for help as some cash. There may be some people willfully utilizing our such frank mindedness. But I have found some simple persons trapped in strange and stringent situations losing all cash. Most of the people blindly use the policy of NO monetary help to a stranger to mercilessly ignore that suffering simple persons.

I wouldn't give them money. First of all, in my country, there are lots of beggars and people who ask for money with lots of claims (like they have to get money for the bus fore, they need it for medicine, they need it for the phone booth), and if I paid for every one of them, I would be homeless... I don't earn my money just to give it all away. Also, most of them lie... you know, I feel the stink of booze on them, and they seem wasted, a lot of time. It would just me money thrown out of the window. I usually say I don't have money with me. Especially nowadays, when most people have credit cards, they aren't even suspecting that I lie, or if they suspect it, they have no right to tell me so. I don't usually say I don't wanna pay, because as a weak, young girl, I would be in danger if they got angry, especially if they were bigger men.

No, I will not give any money to strangers as they may be wrong use my money or there is no assurance that I will get back my money...

Me and my friend were crossing the overpass around 11:30 p.m. and a woman talked to us (because we were the only one crossing) and asked us if we could lend her money for bus fare because she lost her wallet and needs to go home. She was a carrying a 1 year old child and the child looks really tired. So we gave her the fare, we even gave her extra for snacks just in case they child gets hungry. When we arrived to my sister's house, we told her about it and it turned out to be the latest modus operandi in their area. I was so furious that she even used a child for few bucks. And I am also pissed that I fell for that and gave her money.

sorry friend, sorry mylot members, but definitely not. I wont give money to a stranger, even if is it a girl, or a boy.. I lend money to my close friends, I like to help people around me, but helping close friends, not strangers. May be this guy asked because he really needed it, but may be not, he lied. I dont know, but Im not working for lazy guys.