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Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« on: September 20, 2012, 11:15:57 am »
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 12:09:26 pm »
Been getting lots of press here. I heard a radio interview with the driver this morning...he was perfect. He said that anyone else at Winnipeg Transit would have done the same thing and he was also very humble about it. He's a bit of an instant folk hero.

Random act of kindness or something more?

Myself, I believe in private charity – given reasonable opportunity people are decent and will help others.
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2012, 02:04:49 pm »
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2012, 05:53:26 pm »
reminds me of a story i heard a while back...

this student/tourist was in guatamala and kept seeing this guy walking around with no feet in the city... she thought it was horrible and asked a few people about it. they just said he has always been walking around with no shoes and no one worried about it.

the student saw him the next day and gave him some shoes she had purchased just for him. the guy was thankful, but aprehensive... he put them on and went on his way. the student had done her good deed and continued to see him every day for the next 2 semesters walking through town...

eventually the man never seemed to be around... the student asked around to find out what happened.

one person at a local shop had news for her. the man had been brought to hospital after suffering a serious infection.

it would seem that the man wore through the shoes and went back to barefoot... but his feet were no longer as calloused and he tore through his softened soles. eventually the sores became infected and due to living out in the streets, he just stayed there until someone found him extremely sick.

never heard if he lived or what...





i feel so bad relaying that story! but this one reminded me of it... to tell the truth, i've forgotten a lot of the details of the story, so filled in any gaps with assumptions. She thought she was doing something so nice but ended up feeling horrible after!

don't let it make you think twice about charity though... go out and give!

man i'm a downer.
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2012, 05:58:48 pm »
Quote from: tooscoops on September 20, 2012, 05:53:26 pm

don't let it make you think twice about charity though... go out and give!


Since I like to eat (shocker) and enjoy food, I'm a big supporter of food banks.  The only thing worse than having no shoes...is being unable to eat.  I give 10% of all my poker winning plus my yearly Xmas bonus to the local food bank.


BTW...how cold is it in Winnipeg now?  Could he get frost bite this early?
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2012, 08:11:21 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on September 20, 2012, 05:58:48 pm

The only thing worse than having no shoes...is being unable to eat.


+100

I volunteer with a local food bank. I also prefer to focus what charitable work I do locally. IMO, we can't make a difference elsewhere until we've looked after our own problems.
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2012, 08:41:25 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on September 20, 2012, 05:58:48 pm
Quote from: tooscoops on September 20, 2012, 05:53:26 pm

don't let it make you think twice about charity though... go out and give!


Since I like to eat (shocker) and enjoy food, I'm a big supporter of food banks.  The only thing worse than having no shoes...is being unable to eat.  I give 10% of all my poker winning plus my yearly Xmas bonus to the local food bank.


BTW...how cold is it in Winnipeg now?  Could he get frost bite this early?

 :thumbup: :thumbup: My list is the local food banks and Salvation Army. I gave $200 USD to a deck hand working the chum bucket so he could visit his daughter in the hospital in Ft. Myers last year. Punks dressed better than I am looking for handouts for their hockey team at the LCBO can KMA.
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2012, 12:18:33 am »
Quote from: Snowman on September 20, 2012, 08:41:25 pm
I gave $200 USD to a deck hand working the chum bucket so he could visit his daughter in the hospital in Ft. Myers last year. Punks dressed better than I am looking for handouts for their hockey team at the LCBO can KMA.

Nice.  That's a cool thing to do.

As for the hockey thing, that's a serious pet peeve of mine.  I call it "Yuppie Begging."  We get hockey parents rolling along in their Escalades and Cayennes while their kids come door to door begging for money so they can play hockey.  WTF?  I spend ~$10K a year on various activities for my daughter (fitness/climbing/voice/piano/musical-theater/etc) and do I wander around my neighbourhood begging for for others to pay?  F-NO.
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Re: Winnipeg bus driver comes through for homeless man
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2012, 09:51:39 am »
Quote from: rrocket on September 20, 2012, 05:58:48 pm
Quote from: tooscoops on September 20, 2012, 05:53:26 pm

don't let it make you think twice about charity though... go out and give!


Since I like to eat (shocker) and enjoy food, I'm a big supporter of food banks.  The only thing worse than having no shoes...is being unable to eat.  I give 10% of all my poker winning plus my yearly Xmas bonus to the local food bank.


BTW...how cold is it in Winnipeg now?  Could he get frost bite this early?


7 C right now...  supposed to be highs of about 20 C all next week.

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