I was wondering what some of you would do under these circumstances. One day i was at the beach on vacation. One of the very few vacations that i have ever really gotten to go on. Worked hard for my money and deserved a little gettaway. Anyway, a man comes up to me and asks me if I have a few dollars to help him get some gas for his car. At the same time, he is unwrapping the plastic cover off a brand new pack of cigarettes. Dont get me wrong, I am not a smoker but I dont have anything against anyone who does. I just dont see people doing without things they need just to support a habbit "except if its fishing, j/k" I almost gave the man a few dollars, but I thought to myself that he knew he needed money, yet he bought cigarettes instead. So would I therefore be helping him, or supporting a habbit. I told him I didnt have any money to spare. Okay guys and gals, dont think I am bashing you smokers because I'm not, cause alot of my family smokes. Was I wrong not to help this person? Another time I was at the mall in Las Vegas, and if you ever been there, you know there are thousands of people who come in there daily. A guy came around the food court multiple times with these little pins and a little note that said something like " I am deaf, this is the only way I have to make a living, any donation would be apreciated." If you left a dollar or two, you got to keep the little pin, if not he would come back by and collect them. Now this guy would do this many times daily. I saw people lay down as much as 5 dollars. I thought to myself, this guy is making a fortune doing this. I wondered if he was really even deaf. Now granted there are some jobs that probably wouldnt hire a deaf person even though they are not suppose to discriminate, but there are jobs that will hire and do hire deaf people. This guy was in very good shape and he zipped around that food court, i would hire him for a job in a second. I again declined to donate money. Was I wrong again. I do my share of helping and giving, but there has to be a sign of need. I am not stingy, and would give you the shirt off my back if I thought you needed it and you done all you could to help yourself first. The problem I have is that even when I dont help someone who probably doesnt need help anyway, I still feel guilty.