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Originally Posted by vivelamorte
The biggest culture shock however was buying myself a brownie at a Starbucks and then witnessing a homeless women scavenging for food in the trashcan in front of the Starbucks. Really broke my heart. I should've given her my brownie. Not used to stuff like that here in Germany.
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Yeah, and I'll bet she rakes in about $50 to a &100 bucks a day at that trash can.
"Oh, you poor thing, here's $1 (or $5) so you can get yourself something ggod to eat."
You want to have some fun every once in a while? The next time a bum comes up to you telling you some SOB story about "Hungry, need something to eat" give him about $3 dollars and get in your car. After he goes into the nearest Quick Stop (this happens in it's parking lot most of the time) go up and stand by the door. When he comes out of the door with the fortified wine in the paper sack ask if he's on a liquid diet. Some of the replies can be real interesting.
As I drive around while I'm working I get into every section of town. It's amazing the amount of people in some areas who must work the :Night Shift". You see all these people wandering around the Quick Stops around 0900 - 1200, hanging out, drinking cheap booze from paper sacks.
Only in America can you be a total loser, not work and still have people give you enough to live on. If they want to live that way don't use my tax money to support them.
The Salvation Army runs a soup kitchen where you can get a free lunch daily. I volunteer to work there once and a while. I get a kick out of the people who drive up in a better car than mine to get the free meal.
Pete