East European winscreen washer revenge

[RichardCranium]

Out here in Geneva they have some who beg at the side of the road near where I work. They literally wander up and down the traffic queue and tap on the drivers window looking for cash. They don't even bother with the whole window washing routine.

That also occurs on the A40. Filthy hags holding babies in one hand and the other held out for money; often it is clear the babies cannot be theirs.

[Spacecadet]

And if you give them money you make it profitable for those forcing them into it.

No need to give them any money and I never said to do so.
Just don't treat them like scum

[cailin maith]

Loads of them doing it in Ireland too - it's hard not to feel sorry for them but surely life can't have been worse for them back in Romania or wherever. The poor babies getting handed round a group of women and used as a tool to beg, it's horrible.

[RichardCranium]

Loads of them doing it in Ireland too - it's hard not to feel sorry for them but surely life can't have been worse for them back in Romania or wherever. The poor babies getting handed round a group of women and used as a tool to beg, it's horrible.

Your compassion does you credit ma'am.

Dickens wrote some stories about what happens in such cultures to highlight their plight to the general public. It is horrible indeed. We are only seeing the public face of it; what is going on that we cannot see?

What happens to these babies when they become a burden that needs feeding? Are they thrown in the Thames or trained to pickpocket? That is the reality of begging. That's where we're headed if it is not stopped.

[EternalOptimist]

What happens to these babies when they become a burden that needs feeding? Are they thrown in the Thames or trained to pickpocket? That is the reality of begging. That's where we're headed if it is not stopped.

you must be joking. Lack of food is hardly a problem for professional beggers, and the kids ? they are a valuable investment, it's not the Thames for them, it's a lucrative pitch near Camden underground station with their very own bedraggled puppy

[conned tractor]

I knew a busker once who played violin, not the same I know, but they said by having a good pitch at the right time they could do £40/hr and this was around 10 years ago.

[NotAllThere]

25 years ago, guildford high street, £200 for 4 hours' busking.