SuperStiltzkin
Member
Don't feel bad. I usually try to avoid giving cash whenever possible.
One time a guy came up to me with what looked to be his daughter and said he needed gas money for travel. I knew that he was pulling an older than dirt hustle by using a kid, but in the off chance that it would be helpful in someway I did give him money.
Lady always comes into my work with two kids trying to sell candy bars out of display boxes that were obviously pulled from some quick stop liquor store or gas station. Sometimes she comes in with kids and sometimes without. They say they're raising money for kids with cancer. So even trying harder to guilt you. But at least it's easier to turn them away. You can always ask for a website and name of the organization and say you'll donate there and they'll leave and say "it's okay nevermind."