model70hunter
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Yesterday I saw a homeless, vet, will work for money guy at the top of a ramp. Made me think of some moocher/bums I have known.
Moochers come in all walks of life semi friends, co-workers and family.
I don't mind helping someone who really needs it.
And then there are ingrates. My wife has a few strong dislikes, one is lazy or those who want a free ride.
We were going to KC, Mo to visit kids, we left STL early and stopped to get breakfast. Pulled up the ramp and at the stop sign is a fella with the will work for food sign. Usually we ignore them but this morning my wife said stop, I said huh? She gave me a small pack of chips to give him, my wife told him here eat these until you find a job. Tough little girl. After breakfast we saw him and his buddy behind a closed gas station next to our parking lot smoking, drinking something out of a brown paper bag and counting out money they took in.
Worked with a guy who's wife had him on a strict budget. She made his lunch every day. She gave him 50 cents for coffee once a day. He would never buy coffee, someone would say I've got it and buying the coffee went around to each of us. Except for the guy on a budget. His wife would not let him buy cigarettes, did not like them and she felt the money was for bills,kids etc. He saved his coffee money and would buy a pack of cigarettes which he kept on the dash of the company work truck. After lunch he would reach into the shirt pocket of the nearest guy and grab the cigarette pack, light one up and put it back. We started grabbing his hand and said want a smoke, go get some. He came up with a line, whoops forgot my cigs in the truck and reach for someones pocket. One day a guy said where did you forget your cigs today? In the Cig machine. We all busted out laughing. He was embarrassed and quit coming into the office to eat. Shortly thereafter he went to work for a new company. Guess he got free cigs there for a while.
Worked with one guy who always forgot his money at home, when we ate lunch at a restaurant he'd eat and then start his OH MY forgot my money at home speil. We all bought him lunch once each, he made as much money as we did and kept saying gonna buy all you lunch soon.
One day we were at the restaurant talking before he got there. We decided today is the day he buys. After the meal the waitress showed up with the tab, before he could say his infamous OH MY, we said that feller told us he's buying. We got up and left. His wife had to bring him the money before they would let him leave. We never bought him a meal again, but then I think he quit eating with us.
My Bro and I went on a 2.5 day float trip. Left at noon on Friday. There were about 10-15 boats on this one.
My boat had 2 swivel seats, and like the other boats we had coolers of beer and food. And then the town mooch showed up. He started going boat to boat asking if he could ride with them. All turned him down. He came up to us, I said nope. Look at you man, you do not have any food nor beer. All you have is you and a Zebco 303 and one lure. You have a job like us, we are not here to support you, you mooch beer at the watering hole. Get on down the road. Then my brother said let him ride with us I'll share my beer and food with him. I said why, bro said I feel sorry for him. I said that is what he does, *** story, folks feel sorry and buy him a beer. I said if he comes I'm not sharing with either of you. And when he loses his lure he sits.
We pushed off the gravel bar and moocher cast towards a tree hanging in the shoal. Caught the tree, lost his only lure and was down to 10-12 feet of line. My brother gave him a spinner. With the short line he didn't lose that lure. That night all of us were camped on a big gravel bar. Bro shared his food with the bum. Then the bum went to my beer cooler and opened it, I said back off. He then started mingling with others. I watched him drink a beer, and then just like it was natural he'd reach in the nearest cooler and grab a beer. He slept close to the fire with no sleeping bag. Eveyone's wife knew where we'd stop the first night.
While we were fixing breakfast the moochers wife showed up and told him in no uncertain terms, she may have had Navy verbiage training as it was not pretty and Xrated, he needed to come home and why did he go when she needed him to baby sit so she could go to work. Another bum.
As I reflect on this I now wish my wife would have been along, sure you can go on the float trip, how well do you swim????
Moochers come in all walks of life semi friends, co-workers and family.
I don't mind helping someone who really needs it.
And then there are ingrates. My wife has a few strong dislikes, one is lazy or those who want a free ride.
We were going to KC, Mo to visit kids, we left STL early and stopped to get breakfast. Pulled up the ramp and at the stop sign is a fella with the will work for food sign. Usually we ignore them but this morning my wife said stop, I said huh? She gave me a small pack of chips to give him, my wife told him here eat these until you find a job. Tough little girl. After breakfast we saw him and his buddy behind a closed gas station next to our parking lot smoking, drinking something out of a brown paper bag and counting out money they took in.
Worked with a guy who's wife had him on a strict budget. She made his lunch every day. She gave him 50 cents for coffee once a day. He would never buy coffee, someone would say I've got it and buying the coffee went around to each of us. Except for the guy on a budget. His wife would not let him buy cigarettes, did not like them and she felt the money was for bills,kids etc. He saved his coffee money and would buy a pack of cigarettes which he kept on the dash of the company work truck. After lunch he would reach into the shirt pocket of the nearest guy and grab the cigarette pack, light one up and put it back. We started grabbing his hand and said want a smoke, go get some. He came up with a line, whoops forgot my cigs in the truck and reach for someones pocket. One day a guy said where did you forget your cigs today? In the Cig machine. We all busted out laughing. He was embarrassed and quit coming into the office to eat. Shortly thereafter he went to work for a new company. Guess he got free cigs there for a while.
Worked with one guy who always forgot his money at home, when we ate lunch at a restaurant he'd eat and then start his OH MY forgot my money at home speil. We all bought him lunch once each, he made as much money as we did and kept saying gonna buy all you lunch soon.
One day we were at the restaurant talking before he got there. We decided today is the day he buys. After the meal the waitress showed up with the tab, before he could say his infamous OH MY, we said that feller told us he's buying. We got up and left. His wife had to bring him the money before they would let him leave. We never bought him a meal again, but then I think he quit eating with us.
My Bro and I went on a 2.5 day float trip. Left at noon on Friday. There were about 10-15 boats on this one.
My boat had 2 swivel seats, and like the other boats we had coolers of beer and food. And then the town mooch showed up. He started going boat to boat asking if he could ride with them. All turned him down. He came up to us, I said nope. Look at you man, you do not have any food nor beer. All you have is you and a Zebco 303 and one lure. You have a job like us, we are not here to support you, you mooch beer at the watering hole. Get on down the road. Then my brother said let him ride with us I'll share my beer and food with him. I said why, bro said I feel sorry for him. I said that is what he does, *** story, folks feel sorry and buy him a beer. I said if he comes I'm not sharing with either of you. And when he loses his lure he sits.
We pushed off the gravel bar and moocher cast towards a tree hanging in the shoal. Caught the tree, lost his only lure and was down to 10-12 feet of line. My brother gave him a spinner. With the short line he didn't lose that lure. That night all of us were camped on a big gravel bar. Bro shared his food with the bum. Then the bum went to my beer cooler and opened it, I said back off. He then started mingling with others. I watched him drink a beer, and then just like it was natural he'd reach in the nearest cooler and grab a beer. He slept close to the fire with no sleeping bag. Eveyone's wife knew where we'd stop the first night.
While we were fixing breakfast the moochers wife showed up and told him in no uncertain terms, she may have had Navy verbiage training as it was not pretty and Xrated, he needed to come home and why did he go when she needed him to baby sit so she could go to work. Another bum.
As I reflect on this I now wish my wife would have been along, sure you can go on the float trip, how well do you swim????
) But they were handy for whenever one of the mooches tried me for a smoke. Wasn't long until they just quit asking.....
