Beggars

These beggars you see in the streets everyday are frauds; they take your money, waste your time, hurt your feelings and what is worse is that they abuse your humanitarian attitudes to achieve their goal: Earning money in a way that will hurt others both emotionally and economically.

More or less, all of us have been fooled by these beggars whom I like to address as thieves. Their job is one of the most evil jobs man has ever experienced to earn a living. They don't try to earn an honest penny because they find it easier to steal from others. And what is interesting is that they usually make a fortune out of what they do after some years. Anyway, the reason I have decided to write something about these frauds is a recent experience.

Here is my experience. About four months ago, when I was walking in the street, a man with a child of about 7-8 years of age came to me and said:"az shahrestan umadam.mikham beram molaghate kasi bimarestan.keraie taxi nadaram.in bache goshnast.komakam kon" as it is obvious, his sentences didn't fit together and it was crystal clear that he was lying; therefore, I decided to get rid of him by using a trick. I had a tennis ball in my hand .I told him that I had no money and offered him to take the ball if he wanted (that I thought he would certainly refuse and then I could get rid of him) surprisingly he accepted my offer—a really generous one-- in no time and said that he would give it to the child. (Of course he didn't do so.)Completely shocked and surprised, I took my way home. Time passed and just some days ago again I saw the very man with the very boy and the very clothes. I was talking on the telephone in a phone booth. Like the previous time he came to me and said:"in bache ro amal kardam.alan mikham daruhasho begiram.pul nadaram.mituni un karte telefonet ro be man bedi?" his sentences were both funny and silly. If an operation has just been done on the child, how can he walk now? What is the relationship between needing money and telephone card? Anyway, I firmly said no to him but he insisted on his request but as I knew him, I left him and didn't give him the card.

Based on this experience I concluded that they take whatever that comes in their way. It can be a tennis ball, a telephone card, a piece of bread or anything that you can imagine. At the end of the day, I think we should be more careful not to be fooled by different kinds of frauds we see everyday.