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**enasseneiff** · 12-24-2005, 08:00 AM

Begging, like every other money making activity, legal or not, has "tricks of the trade". A skilled beggar will actually put some coins in their cup etc when they start to beg -this is called "bait" -people see the few coins and feel more compelled to give than if the cup is empty -the psychology being they feel guilty if others have given and they have not. Large amounts left in a cup etc would have the opposite affect -the beggar has enough already, so I do not need to give. Buskers use the same trick.

my neighbor actually suggested that she and her daughter, who is also blind, and me go out on a day trip begging for money.
she said that bc a few month before, she called the news and told them that her daughter had some braille books stollen from her. so the next days, calls started pouring in and ppl donated money and more braille books and stuff.
i actually thought that begging idea was appealing at first, then i said no to myself. what would that do to my reputation. how would ppl look at me?

12-24-2005, 08:00 AM	#2
enasseneiff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	Begging, like every other money making activity, legal or not, has "tricks of the trade". A skilled beggar will actually put some coins in their cup etc when they start to beg -this is called "bait" -people see the few coins and feel more compelled to give than if the cup is empty -the psychology being they feel guilty if others have given and they have not. Large amounts left in a cup etc would have the opposite affect -the beggar has enough already, so I do not need to give. Buskers use the same trick. my neighbor actually suggested that she and her daughter, who is also blind, and me go out on a day trip begging for money. she said that bc a few month before, she called the news and told them that her daughter had some braille books stollen from her. so the next days, calls started pouring in and ppl donated money and more braille books and stuff. i actually thought that begging idea was appealing at first, then i said no to myself. what would that do to my reputation. how would ppl look at me?
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