Recently, I had two interactions with people asking me for money in downtown Eugene that couldn’t have been more different, and they occurred nearly simultaneously.
First, as I approached a pizza joint, a man sitting on the corner asked me for some spare change. I told him, honestly, that I didn’t have any.
He said, “thanks anyway and God bless.”
Literally about 10 seconds later, another man standing a few feet away said: “I’m hungry.…
