They're everywhere now. Teenagers and people in their 20s working street intersections hoping to get money from the drivers passing that way. I can't stand them. It's like a full time job with these people. Over the course of a few months, the same person will occupy the same intersection, sometimes walking between cars when the light is red, sometimes reading, sometimes sleeping, sometimes eating... a lot of people have moved to the "Travelling but ran out of money" approach. Well it's your own stupid ass fault you ran out of money, ISN'T IT?! The same guy has been "travelling" around that intersection for a whole month now. Idiot. Between work and home, I literally pass 5 intersections (3 before the freeway, 2 after). I passed Boundary and Grandview Hwy last week, and there were 3 panhandlers at that very intersection, each working a different spot. I wonder if they ever lash out each other for working their section of the cross... like whores on a block corner. And then I saw another guy "travelling" at Rupert and Grandview, not 1 min later. Unbelievable. I wonder how much money these kids can make in an hour. I wonder if people's generosity is enough to provide these kids with more than minimum wage. If a traffic light changes every 2 mins, you have a refresh of cars every 2 mins. 30 refreshes an hour. If you can get a buck in every 5 tries, you get $6/hr. Question is, is that realistic? I'm not sure.

Makes me want to run a test. I've often (well, not that often) thought about finding my rattiest clothing, heading out to an occupied intersection, and try my hand at Intersection Panhandling. It could be a week-long experiment. I could try different things on different days:

The first day, I'll have no sign.
The second day, I'll have a sign with "I'm a freakin' moron that doesn't know how to make a living. Please support me."
The third day, I could dress well, have a neon sign saying "Working on a Masters degree in Engineering. Please help with tuition costs."
The fourth day, I'll have a "Give me money or I'll kick your car." and so on.

Heck, maybe one of those days I'll just go to an intersection where someone is already and see if I can make more than him.