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From: terry tesch on 12 Aug 2010 00:02
Last time we were in Vegas as I was sitting at a machine, some guy sat
next to me and asked if I had a few bucks to give him. I am a 60 plus
year old woman, and I got mad. The guy was in his mid 20s, AND HE WAS
ASKING ME FOR MONEY. I have worked hard all my life, and never asked for
anything. I got mad, called security, and he got his butt kicked out.
Should I have just given him a few bucks? If he would have asked for a
few cigarettes, I would have given them to him. But money? Heck no.
How do any of you respond when your approached by somebody?

From: jerry the jerk on 12 Aug 2010 12:20
On Aug 11 2010 9:02 PM, terry tesch wrote:

> Last time we were in Vegas as I was sitting at a machine, some guy sat
> next to me and asked if I had a few bucks to give him. I am a 60 plus
> year old woman, and I got mad. The guy was in his mid 20s, AND HE WAS
> ASKING ME FOR MONEY. I have worked hard all my life, and never asked for
> anything. I got mad, called security, and he got his butt kicked out.
> Should I have just given him a few bucks? If he would have asked for a
> few cigarettes, I would have given them to him. But money? Heck no.
> How do any of you respond when your approached by somebody?

I've never been asked for money in a casino but it has happened several
times at gas stations. The last time was by a woman driving a brand new
SUV...much nicer than mine. She needed money for gas to get home.
I gave my usual answer...NO.

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From: tc1820 on 12 Aug 2010 17:41
I heard if a gambler looses all their money, the casino will give them a
bus ticket home. I never give money to people that ask for it. I was
playing roulette last month in the Bahamas. A young girl next to me was
playing also for quite awhile, and started to leave, she said she had no
more money so I gave a black chip and we continued to play. Tom in Ct

From: tc1820 on 12 Aug 2010 19:19
I am always suspicious about that priest in front of the Venetian. tc

From: BurtP on 12 Aug 2010 20:57
terry tesch wrote:
> Last time we were in Vegas as I was sitting at a machine, some guy sat
> next to me and asked if I had a few bucks to give him. I am a 60 plus
> year old woman, and I got mad. The guy was in his mid 20s, AND HE WAS
> ASKING ME FOR MONEY. I have worked hard all my life, and never asked for
> anything. I got mad, called security, and he got his butt kicked out.
> Should I have just given him a few bucks? If he would have asked for a
> few cigarettes, I would have given them to him. But money? Heck no.
> How do any of you respond when your approached by somebody?

Having spent most of my life in NYC
or San Francisco, I learned early on
that, like strippers in Gypsy, beggars
"... gotta have a gimmick." I could write
a book detailing all the stories. When
they find one that works they repeat it
word-for-word forever. Here's one:

For years, outside The Plaza Hotel on
59th St. opposite Central Park, every
night, a little old Italian guy used to hold
out his hand and say something in Italian
that had to do with eating. It sounded
like, " me meh weh Mangia ..." After passing
him, you could always hear him crying
pathetically, "PLEEEEZE!" The first time I heard
it, it sent shivvers down my back.

After passing by "Mangia, Pleeeze" for a few
years, I heard Robert Klein, the comedian,
in one of his stand-up routines describe the
exact same old man in the exact same
place. Klein reenacted his Mangia and PLEEEZE.

Then, Klein said he felt very sorry for the guy until
one day in L.A., he was walking down a
street and he passed a beggar who said
the same thing even crying, "PLEEEZE!"
after being passed by.

Klein said, "I couldn't believe it. It turned
out it was a franchise."
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