I am visiting Montreal for the 1st time, tonight I initially planned to take a walk near old Montreal, while I was checking google map through my cell phone on the street, there was a homeless guy approached me, I responded politely and listened what he had to say.
He said he was in mid 50s and had some kind of serious disease, yeah his belly is huge and clearly that is not fat underneath, he explained a lot but I did not fully understand due to some language barrier. Anyway.... he asked me if I could help him with some cash so he can get his medical prescription, he will return the money to me tomorrow, otherwise his life will be in danger.
I asked him why didn't he look for the help from the police, he said the police don't care. Well... I had no cash with me, then he kind of pushed me to get some cash from ATM.... I refused politely said I am not independent, my parents would not allow me to give money to a stranger (which is true), all I can do was to help him talk to the police. He was upset and said I and my parents are not willing to save life etc... then left. I asked again if he really needs to go to the police, he said "why do you care".... well.... I am not comfortable about his attitude then I decided to return to my hotel because I'm not in that mood anymore.
I am a FOB, in my old country, homeless guys/beggars are usually scammers, and they are organized, they rip people off by using people's sympathy. That's why I don't entirely trust him, at least I would not give him money. I am not sure about the situation in Canada, I think the police will help him if his life is really in danger. I am still kind of feeling bad, what if he really needs help?
I know this can be a very naive question to ask, but since I am relatively new to Canada, what do you guys think? Is he lying?
He said he was in mid 50s and had some kind of serious disease, yeah his belly is huge and clearly that is not fat underneath, he explained a lot but I did not fully understand due to some language barrier. Anyway.... he asked me if I could help him with some cash so he can get his medical prescription, he will return the money to me tomorrow, otherwise his life will be in danger.
I asked him why didn't he look for the help from the police, he said the police don't care. Well... I had no cash with me, then he kind of pushed me to get some cash from ATM.... I refused politely said I am not independent, my parents would not allow me to give money to a stranger (which is true), all I can do was to help him talk to the police. He was upset and said I and my parents are not willing to save life etc... then left. I asked again if he really needs to go to the police, he said "why do you care".... well.... I am not comfortable about his attitude then I decided to return to my hotel because I'm not in that mood anymore.
I am a FOB, in my old country, homeless guys/beggars are usually scammers, and they are organized, they rip people off by using people's sympathy. That's why I don't entirely trust him, at least I would not give him money. I am not sure about the situation in Canada, I think the police will help him if his life is really in danger. I am still kind of feeling bad, what if he really needs help?
I know this can be a very naive question to ask, but since I am relatively new to Canada, what do you guys think? Is he lying?