Two days ago, a man was sitting here holding a Starbucks coffee cup out for donations. It was ironic that people sat in the background drinking their hot coffees at the Starbucks location in the background.
My father once observed an individual he knew to be a panhandler climb onto his bus, ride all the way into the middle-to-upper-middle class neighborhood my parents live in, and climb into a brand new Lexus at the bus station. Appearances can be deceiving, photos above notwithstanding.