SassyBlonde

Seriously, I have no problem with panhandlers usually, but I had an experience today that really took the cake.

Scenario: My friend and I are seated in a booth at the corner pub, when we're approached by a blind man who doesn't speak English seeking money to pay for his prescriptions. Sounds pretty normal, right? Let's examine this guy a little more closely:

Item 1: Blind Man. The guy was carrying a cane and tapping it for emphasis of his condition. However, he managed to, in the process of getting to our table, completely avoid all the empty booths between the last couple's table and ours, step over a puddle of soda en route while dragging the cane behind him, and scan the room and head directly for the bathroom after our conversation. Not to mention looking up periodically to check out the basketball game on TV, which had no sound on.

Item 2: Doesn't Speak English. This is put forth by the crumpled notecard the guy waves in your face as he approaches you with hand outstretched, holding a prescription paper for his meds. It reads "Please help me. My name is John and I am blind and do not speak English, so I cannot work, but I need money to buy my medicine. Can you help me with some spare change?" If this was the case, he certainly learned quickly as he ducked out the door to answer his cell phone and ask when his ride was picking him up. In English.

Item 3: Prescription Problems. I really tend to think that John Smith (says so on the scrip) has bigger problems as a non-communicating out-of-work blind man than his sex life. (The scrip was for Cialis.) Unless of course he's seeking work as a specialty worker in the sex trade.