TheMatador
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I once went to an all-night Kinko's and around the corner, where the rental computers were, where nobody could see him, was sitting this young homeless guy. I ended up talking to him for an hour or so. Told me all the tricks of the trade he developed to survive. For example, there was this fairly nice department store in D.C. called the Hecht Co. (closes now, I believe.) There was this kind of lounge area in Hecht Co. where he could reliably find lost phones. This might have been when flip and feature phones were still in fashion and he could easily find and activate phones on a new service.I always wondered after Canes home games with fans partying and a last minute close game then leave fast , leaving behind same stuff or even cash falling out of pockets unknowingly when paying for refreshments.
Those cleaning people must get some nice stuff , it would be a neat interview to talk to one of the clean up crew members to here stories of whats left behind.
Very interesting post here Oblivion.
GOCANES
I was amazed at this guy's adaptability....where to take showers, how and where to store some of his extra belongings in a spare shopping cart in a secure manner on a downtown sidewalk so nobody could remove the stuff while he spent the winter months up in the suburbs ....and other tricks..
Should've written a beginner's guide to the homeless life.