two stories.
the other day on my way home from work I was stopped at a light. homeless guy asked specifically for a nickel. I gave him a quarter and we began to chat. He wanted to trade his "two level portable storage device with built in baby holder" a.k.a shopping cart and pair of boots for my car. he was fun to talk to before the light changed.
a coworker and I were driving around town picking up machines and we were stopped at a light. Federal and Alameda in Denver. two homeless guys were working a corner. One holding the sign the other sitting smoking a cigarette. A different group of two homeless men walk up and talk to the guys working the corner, specifically the guy with the sign. We had the windows open and heard the guys harassing the sign holder saying, "this is our corner, and if you are going to work it, you have to give us money." a few moments later and some arguing the sign holder gives the two dudes some money and on their way they went. made my day of work.