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A Strange Occurrence
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& a2 K- Z) Z: B9 N3 i7 z" ^! r8 GThis strange event happened when I was in Montreal. When I worked in a liquor store, there was a man who came to the store every night and paid for his alcohol completely in coins. At the beginning, I just felt curious about his dibs. Why did he only have coins?
9 j+ ~3 M3 d S/ Q8 R/ T7 l3 W4 aOne day, I took the subway train downtown. A shadow caught my attention. I saw there was a homeless person. He was wearing dirty clothes and ate the leftover food. However, he did not forget to show his poor face to ask for money. He was a smart man because he chose a place that had a huge traffic of people which made it easy for him to get more money by only sitting there. There, almost everyone threw him a coin to show their sympathy. That was the source of his coins. However, he used all of this money for alcohol. He was an alcoholic.
- @1 r0 w* ~) s B6 EWhen I went back to work that night, he came in again as before. Because he was a homeless person, the government gave him a place to live and food. Why didn’t he find a job? Maybe, that was the easiest way to make a “salary”. Should people give him money for drink if they know they will continually have to give him? That makes me feel strange; I think people just sympathize him. However, if nobody gives him the money, is he going to try using his power to gain money? I think maybe we should not give him money, not because we are not kind but because maybe that is why he is lazy.
/ ^; c- J* M$ O% B4 D9 Q4 BAlso, I think there are a lot of people who have the same experience as me. If we do not give them money, maybe we can help them to find a new life. |
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