it was naffing cold on friday night
and i had in the depths of the cupboard a SLIGHTLY leaky but serviceable thermos.
this now belongs to the young guy who sometimes sits across the road from the soup kitchen.
obv it was useless as just an empty thermos and so i filled it with hot tea, and gave him a small bag of sugar. i was in a shitty mood and had had a shitty day, i figured it's best to turn that into something positive, right?
he's actually a decent, previously self-employed dude who's been hit by the recession. he's sober, polite, never relly asks for money, and form talking to him a few times, he's actually properly trying to get back on his feet.
he also ended up with a blanket and some spare clothes in the last cold snap from me too, and some assorted cold and flu meds when he was hacking away just after christmas.
i think above all he appreciates the conversation, and the fact i remember his name, and ask what he's been up to.
there's been times where but for the kindness of friends, i'd have been in the same position. and considering i'm a horrible cunt the rest of the time, i figure it's about time i did something decent, all told.
next time, don't just autmoatically reach for the change in your pocket. it doesn't always help in the way you intend. blankets, food, warmth, and above all being treated like a human being always trumps a few sweaty coppers and no eye contact.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 13:03, 11 replies)

Everybody should be forced to volunteer in a soup kitchen from time to time.
That's not what "volunteer" means, you fucking idiot.
Yeah yeah yeah.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 13:28, closed)

I didn't mind this until your condescending, holier than though last line. Now I just feel sorry for the bloke for having to talk to you.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 13:36, closed)

what's the point in telling everyone you did a nice'un
if you can't then feel superior and condescend those less blessed with win while displaying humility in the face of your own sheer magnificence?
i did say i was a horrible cunt.
OR it COULD be that those words aren't strictly mine, they're artistically licensed up quotes from the guy on the receiving end of the blankets, clothes, medicine and hot tea.. but then that would make me less of a cunt. so go with option a.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 14:59, closed)

It's OK, I just took it as advice to keep my money in my pocket in future really.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 15:05, closed)

this man gets it
don't give the smelly buggers an inch.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 15:46, closed)

i'm just imagining you trumping a sweaty copper.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 13:44, closed)

You had better have a cold shower Janet.

( The Mock Turtle ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 14:20, closed)

i could trump ON a sweaty copper
but id probably get soundly truncheoned.
you'd bleeding LOVE that.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 15:47, closed)

You should also tell him the good news...
Jesus has risen!

That'll cheer him up no end.
(Rsoles, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 16:20, closed)

bout time the lazy fuck got up
i know he was tired after all the manifesting in cheese toasties and the whole 'crucifiction' thing, but a 2000-odd year lie-in? jog on. bet he's been playing call of duty or some shit.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 16:23, closed)

I was one of they homeless for a whole year in my teens, living in a 20 quid tent which leaked.
It wasn't a barrel of laughs to tell the truth, but it wasn't all bad either though I think 30+ years on it's a bit more rose-tinted than I can really recall.
I met some good people, some great people, some scary people and a few creatures I'm still not sure were people at all.
But having someone talk to you like a real person, even if they give you nothing else is appreciated, I remember that much.

I still like camping.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 17:57, closed)