Webmash | August 11, 2009 | 6 comments

Office workers earning £200 a night as 'professional beggars'

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205553/Professional-beggars-earning-200-night-suppl...

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It's being claimed that some 'beggars' we see on the streets are actually office workers who are topping up their incomes with as much as £200 a night in tax-free donations.

One office worker with a 9 to 5 job said she she dressed in rags in the evenings and took to the streets to help pay for a new kitchen in her flat.

Police in Leicester have launched a crackdown after discovering that none of the 20 beggars they had cautioned in the last fortnight was homeless.
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6 comments // Office workers earning £200 a night as 'professional beggars'

  • edible
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      edible  

    • i can't believe how greedy the human race can be! I understand that everyone may be struggling at the moment but this is just selfish, as Rich says that £200 could actually help a genuine homeless person.

    • 2 years ago
  • couldntfindausername
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      couldntfindausername  

    • Let's just look at this little gem of a story in a bit of detail.

      Starts out with a bold statement of fact that office workers *ARE* definitely pocketing £200 a night. Fact. Definitely.

      Onwards we go down the Mail rabbit hole.

      Turns out that no, actually, it is only *claimed* that *some* of these people *may* be office workers. Oh dear, so the premise of the headline is bollocks. What a surprise.

      Then there's the weaselly little "up to". A fiver is "up to" £200 a night. So is £0. How many beggars pocket three figure sums? How often? What do beggars usually take in? Is it anywhere near £200 or the £300 figure touted later in the article? Is it bollocks.

      As can only be expected from the Mail, the article is nothing but right wing rabble rousing scareshit.

    • 2 years ago
  • benson5
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      benson5  

    • I have a healthy suspicion of tramps and 'the homeless'. I often see homeless people chatting away on their mobiles.

      A few years ago a guy begged me to spare him some change, then asked me to buy a Big Issue off him. When I told him I couldn't as I was just nipping to the shop and only had a twenty he suddenly declared "what do you need, I have change" and offered to break my £20 for me.

      Don't believe them, they're better off than all of us. For me to donate now I want proof of squalor.

    • 2 years ago
  • abbym0308
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      abbym0308  

    • That is gross. This story knocks 100 points off my faith in humanity. Now people who actually want to give to the homeless are going to have to think twice about it. Shameful.

    • 2 years ago
  • FreshPlastic
  • richjm
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      richjm  

    • Some people's utter stupidity and selfishness amaze me. So an idiot takes money that could have gone to a genuinely homeless person who needs it much more... and all so she can buy a kitchen?

      Unbelievable. They should be given community service at a homeless charity or be made to make a healthy donation to them.

    • 2 years ago
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