Pontypridd beggars

[Mrs Steve R]

I used to give this guy outside Aldi a few bob but one day I didn't have any change so I asked him if he wanted something to eat or drink. He said no thanks he wasnt hungry, however could he make a call on my phone.

I let him use my phone and he rang his dealer the cheeky ****er

I since found out he is not homeless he has a place in Pentrebach. His old man, who is well off, and has sent him to rehab several times with no success, fills his cupboards up every week for him.

I felt duped somewhat and I haven't given him a penny since.

My daughter did the same thing and offered to buy this woman some food but the woman insisted on going in a cafe with her and ordered herself Crêpes & ice cream and coffee, cost her about £12, she was not impressed.

I was not impressed when she told me either because I know she's skint herself but she always tries to help them, people like that spoil it for those who genuinely need help, it's a shame.

On my visits to Cardiff to watch the City games I usually give the guy who sits on the pavement near St. John's church in the Hayes a pasty from the Greggs shop on the corner of St Mary St and Howells's. I never give him money. I once bought a bag-lady a burger from McDonalds and was told "I don't eat that rubbish" - priceless!

The sad thing is they throw away so much, my daughter works for them, she is always trying to help the homeless (see above) and she was so sick of throwing away so much food and having to pass all the homeless people on her way home she nearly left her job, I tried to arrange for a charity to collect the food and they said they would try and sort something out but I still don't think anything has come of it, they said they had problems with reliable people collecting the food each day, there are about 12 shops around Cardiff, it's a crazy amount of food to throw away each day but no registered charities seem to want to collect it.

[Gofer Blue]

My daughter did the same thing and offered to buy this woman some food but the woman insisted on going in a cafe with her and ordered herself Crêpes & ice cream and coffee, cost her about £12, she was not impressed.

I was not impressed when she told me either because I know she's skint herself but she always tries to help them, people like that spoil it for those who genuinely need help, it's a shame.


The sad thing is they throw away so much, my daughter works for them, she is always trying to help the homeless (see above) and she was so sick of throwing away so much food and having to pass all the homeless people on her way home she nearly left her job, I tried to arrange for a charity to collect the food and they said they would try and sort something out but I still don't think anything has come of it, they said they had problems with reliable people collecting the food each day, there are about 12 shops around Cardiff, it's a crazy amount of food to throw away each day but no registered charities seem to want to collect it.

Might it be down to the fact that some pre-heated foodstuffs are not suitable for redistribution some hours after having been cooked?

[Mrs Steve R]

Might it be down to the fact that some pre-heated foodstuffs are not suitable for redistribution some hours after having been cooked?

I don't think that was the problem, they sell much of it in their cheap shops the next day anyway.
The guy I spoke to from the charity said they were opening a coffee shop that was going to be ran by the homeless at the beginning of this year so they might be able to use the food from her store but I assume it hasn't happened yet.
My daughter has won hampers at work a couple of times and shared them with the homeless on her way home, she would love to be able to do that with the bin bags full of sandwiches ect that she has to throw away every day, she's not a registered charity though so she's not allowed, just seems crazy.

[Organ Morgan.]

Charities want money. With money they can piss 90% of it away on admin costs and paying their CEO in excess of £100k per annum.