Beat the bum to the punch with "Hey buddy, can you spare a dollar? Got any extra smokes? I just need a dollar to get on the bus."
I did that to one drunk who got so flustered at not being able to ask ME for money that he literally wet himself.
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"Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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