Here's my advice for people bumming for money: It's a lot like going into sales - you're just not going to complete the transactions 100% of the time (and you're simply not entitled to 100% success whether it happens or not); oh, and, some of those times, the other half of the deal is just going to outright lie about why the transaction isn't going to complete. You need to know that that's the way it's going to be. Now, with that in mind, let's talk about optimal strategies: be pleasant, cultivate the word of mouth customer base, find a compromise that works for both parties involved, and most importantly, have integrity (if you're asking for money for food, spend the money on food - if you want street dope, ask for money for street dope). Following a person around while yelling and screaming at them, making them feel bad for not being tricked or bullied, is not only a compromise-fail; it is pretty quickly called harassment** and it's against the law. Cross that line with me, and I suddenly feel justified in defending myself come what may. So yeah, jebus, this is a FML situation. You didn't deserve that. ** psst: #301. Wrong.

I agree with #21. Just give him some food or something. You can't trade food for crack, right?

I guess it didn't occur to him that a) you didn't have any more money than what you were about to spend, b) you paid with credit card and actually didn't have cash for him, or... (get this) c) he doesn't have the right to take money from whoever walks past him, even if they do have money! At least all he did was yell, and he didn't beat you up or anything. Glad you're ok.

#301: Ummm... you are #301. Who did you mean? I think that a lot of the people complaining that the OP "should just give the guy a dollar" have never dealt much with bums in real life.

If his legs work well enough to follow you, then he's perfectly capable of getting a job.

Maybe he should get a JOB instead of thinking he's so entitled to other people's money that it's ok for him to antagonize them if they don't fork it over. Unbelievable!

It's not your job to feed every deadbeat drain on society who asks for change. FYL.

agree with 306 , **** that guy, and I am tired of hearing the whole "woe is me, Im homeless, its not their fault" It sure god damn is

Oh, since you drink from a chain coffee shop you definitely deserved it. You could have just made it at home in your own little crappy coffee maker and it ended up tasting like shit. But that would have been okay, since you're not contributing to the economy. Christ, people on here are idiots. That sucks man, bums are annoying as hell now-days. Best you can do is ignore them or bluntly tell them to **** off.

**** him , not ur fault hes homeless