HOMELESS

WHAT TO DO

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DON’T

WALK AROUND WITH NO SHIRT ON,

DON’T

GO TO A RESTAURANT WITH OUTDOOR DINING AND BUG CUSTOMERS EATING OR HAVING COFFEE

DON’T

ASK OTHERS YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW - OR EVEN DO = FOR MONEY OR OTHER STUFF BECAUSE THEY’RE HOMELESS TOP

DON’T

RAISE HELL, MAKE A SCENE, BE SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE WHEN YOU GO AROUND A PLACE OTHERS WERE ALREADY HANGING OUT. YOU DRAW NEGATIVE ATTENTION

DON’T

STEAL FROM PORCHES OR YARDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU MAKE US ALL LOOK BAD. dON’T SHIT IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD.

DON’T

WALK UP TO PEOPLE WHO JUST RECEIVED FREE CLOTHES OR WHATEVER AND ASK THEM FOR SOMETHING THEY HAVE WHEN YOU COULD HAVE GONE YOURSELF BUT WERE SOCIALIZING, SLEEPING OR DRINKING. NO HUSLTLE MO MUSCLE.

DON’T MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT OTHERS’ FEELINGS OR ACTIONSWHEN YOU ARE NEW.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

DON’T

GO WHERE OTHERS WERE ALREADY HANGING OUR OR WAITING IN A GROUP FOR SOMETHING AND JACK YOUR MUSIC UP ON A BLUETOOTH SPEAKER . IF THEY WANTED TO HEAR IT THEY WOULD ALREADY BE LISTENING.

DON’[T

SHOW OFF. LIKE TALKING LOUDLY AND ON AND ON ABOUT SEX. A) NOBODY CARES. B) ANYONE CAN HAVE SEX. C) IT’S NOT APPROPRIATE. D) IF YOU ‘RE ALL THAT, CHANCES ARE YOU’D BE OUT SCEWING SOMEONE NOT JUST DISCUSSING IT.

DON’T

ACT LIKE AN ASSKISSER. HELPING WITH THIS, ADVISING ON THAT, SERVING THIS, CARRYING THAT, WHEN YOU ARE AS LOW OR LOWER THAN THE OTHERS. NOBODY IS FOOLED.

DON’T

MASTURBATE - OR ANYTHING LIKE IT. I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO TELL YOU , BUT SINCE PEOPLE DO, I WILL.

DON’T

SAY ANYTHING OFFENSIVE - CURSING OR INSULTING OR YELLING - OR THREATEN ANYONE OR ANYTHING - OR INCITE A FIGHT, MASS EXODOUS, ETC. AND CLAIM FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ETC. NONE ARE INCLUDED. EDUCATE YOURSELF.

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WEAR A SHIRT - EVEN MEN, EVEN IN THE SUMMER - ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS, CITIES, ETC. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT AND WE ARE NOT AT THE BEACH.

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SHOW RESECT. FOR OTHERS, FOR ELDERS, FOR WOMEN, FOR HELPERS, FOR STAFF, FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

DO

STAND IN LINE. SOME PEOPLE ARE CUTTERS - ALWAYS - AND THE WORLD LETS THEM GET AWAY WITH IT, IT IS LIKE A GIVEN. YOU PROBABLY AREN’T ONE.