Homeless, not helpless

Sometimes the homeless can be a tad overwhelming. Its a little overwhelming when a large man clad in 5 different coats shoves a cup your way saying, "Miss, help a brother out" or "Mornin' Miss, please?" At first I gave into their opression. I would throw a quarter in, or drop some change into their hat. Theres definately a technique and quite frankly, an art to being homeless. If you have a homemade sign that says, " Desperately Hungry, please help", I will not give you money. For two reasons. 1) Thats half-assing it. I want to hear tragedy. I can see you look like shit, but where is the story behind it? 2) Mis-spell some words if you want my charity. Why have you correctly spelled "Hungry" and "desperate", as far as im concerned your too educated to be on the streets. And, the phenomenon that seems to be catching on is the homless man with no legs. This use to be a rare find. The war veteran with no legs who sits on the corner still recovering from shell shock. He was the one people would walk by and think, "Crap, he is homeless and has wheels for legs. He gets a 5." But now, their on every corner. How many homeless men with missing legs can one city have? I saw 3 the other day! Either someone is teaching some kind of homeless legless illusion class where you are taught to create the illusion of having no legs, or there are literally hundreds of these guys wheeling around.