This happened about a year-2 years ago outside of a Five Guys. Now, if anyone know Five Guys, stuff is expensive.

There was a homeless man outside the plaza begging for money. He had no shirt, absolutely demolished sweatpants, no shoes or socks and unfortunately looked absolutely filthy. I was 24-25 and had my 2 year old son with me. All I could think of was if my son was to ever be in a position like that. As we finished our food and were walking out of Five Guys, the older gentleman was sitting on the bench outside the restaurant talking to himself. Before I could even say anything to him he asked me if I could give him money. I told him I didn’t have any cash but I could buy him food. Mind you that I thought this was a perfect lesson for my son and a great experience of helping someone in need.

The man looks at me and doesn’t even hesitate before saying “oh yeah, get me 2 double patty burgers with bacon, large fry and 2 chocolate milkshakes”.

Man, I just froze. In my head I pictured myself spartan kicking this man in the middle of his chest for such audacity (sorry for my dark humor) but gee man what the hell lmao. After like a 5 second pause I said I got you on a burger, a fry and a large drink. He also paused and it’s like if he thought about kicking my ass and said “alright.” So I turned around, explained to my son what we were doing and he’d ask me questions. After $23 and 20 min wait, I had the food and I gave it to the funny guy. If I remember correctly he did say thank you but a “I didn’t ask for this” sort of thank you.

In conclusion, I was sort of bothered by this experience but never stopped helping someone in need when I could. Matter fact, every time I have, I feel like I receive ten fold.