[pendy]

I really resent beggars - we have a lot of them in London, and apparently for some of them it is a career option. I feel guilty if I don't give them anything, and taken for a ride if I do, so I can't win. Why should I be made to feel bad?

I used to see one at Vauxhall tube station, he had a sign saying "Need to get home to my family in Durham, but don't have the fare. Please help". One day I offered to take him to Kings Cross and buy him a ticket. Guess what reaction I got? - the word "off" figured largely!