Ok so today I was at the bus. I was taking a different route than I normally do (the other stop has shade). Well this frail-looking woman who appeared to be of Indian descent (she had a cane, which she apparently needed, and no front teeth) came up to me and said "dollar bus pass?"
So I got out my book of bus passes (which strain my budget as it is) and gave her one. Next thing I knew, she's going up to someone else, says something I can't hear, and trades the bus pass I gave her for dollar bills.
Next we board the bus. The money she got from the trade remains in her hand. She shows the bus driver something else, which, since he didn't take it from her, I assumed to be a monthly unlimited pass (which, btw, I'd love to have but can't afford). Then she sits in one of the front seats and falls asleep.
Panhandling on Denver streets isn't illegal as far as I know, and she wasn't begging on the bus, so there wasn't much I could do about it.
So I got out my book of bus passes (which strain my budget as it is) and gave her one. Next thing I knew, she's going up to someone else, says something I can't hear, and trades the bus pass I gave her for dollar bills.
Next we board the bus. The money she got from the trade remains in her hand. She shows the bus driver something else, which, since he didn't take it from her, I assumed to be a monthly unlimited pass (which, btw, I'd love to have but can't afford). Then she sits in one of the front seats and falls asleep.
Panhandling on Denver streets isn't illegal as far as I know, and she wasn't begging on the bus, so there wasn't much I could do about it.
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