I Lost my Love for the Homeless

Back in the day, it would be hard for me to walk past a homeless person and not give them money. I would think in my head, "They don't have any money and giving them $1 won't hurt me at all."

After my incident in Chicago, I thought I would never forgive the homeless and downtrodden. They don't call me Ryan "The $20 Shoeshine" Chambers for nothing. Well, I figured this. I paid that damn guy $20 in Chicago for a shoe shine and he basically ruined it for every other homeless person out there. I mean I should be straight with the homeless for atleast another 15-20 years.

I have to admit. The Chicago Incident had been about a year and a half ago. It had started to slip into the outer banks of my memory. Over the last month, I had started to slowly feel sorry for the homeless......in my mind I would think as I walked past a mumbling dirty man "Man.....this guy looks like shit" (That would be the first thought). The second thought would be "I think I should give this guy some money so he can get food or something."

Well, Homeless Peoples of the World (HPW). You have another man to thank for me bringing this relationship to a close. We drove to Game 3 in Detroit and were looking for a parking space. We had been driving for a while when we see what seems to be an open lot. A man is standing there and asked for $15 which was the price on the sign for parking in the lot. We pay the man and drive through the lot but can't find a space. This lady walks up to us as we are driving around and says "I'm the parking attendant for this lot and we are full. " We had to pull out of the lot and man who took our money was no where to be found.

Homeless peoples......you might get me once and you might get me twice but hell with you all b/c I'm keeping my money!