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@ MAHDOOD
2025-06-02 17:01:13
When I was a brainwashed little kid, I got mad at my dad for the way he treated a man asking him for money. We were going to have dinner at Olive Garden and this guy was approaching everyone in the parking lot asking for money. My dad is a very hard working man that supported our entire family for everything. This beggar looked fairly young, maybe early 40s. He was younger than my father for sure. He also didn’t have any apparent physical limitations. My dad told him to work and make his own money. The man got upset and acted like he couldn’t find a job. My dad told him you can find a job if you really want one. The man responded saying then give me a job as if it’s my dad’s responsibility. My dad just said he works at Jack in the box and walked away. My dad didn’t actually work there but he did in the past.
The guy looked pretty upset and it wasn’t until I became older that I understood this interaction. Maybe some of you will think my dad is an asshole like I used to. And my dad is generally an asshole, I get it from him after all 😂 But what I realized is that if more people behaved this way toward able bodied men begging for money, they wouldn’t keep begging. They would actually try to find a real solution to their problems. My dad has never done that with women or elderly and especially when he sees them with children. If you see a capable and young grown adult man begging for money, you shouldn’t give him any. This welfare and entitlement mentality is not healthy for anyone in society. Now we live in a society where a lot more people are begging for free shit and handouts. It’s sad and they still attack toxic masculinity. Things are going to keep getting worse.