New Form of Panhandling

[DisneylandFreak2013]

Have you ever seen this? What is your opinion on this updated form of panhandling? I am starting to see it more often in our area, anything from "Buy me a drink!" to "It's my birthday!" to "It's my bachelorette trip!" to "It's my daughter's 1st birthday!" with a venmo username.

It's probably petty but one of those things that makes me cringe every time I see it.






Examples below:

 

[sam_gordon]

I saw one of those a couple of years ago. I wanted to take a picture, but I was driving. Personally, I think it's tacky. I have no idea how effective it is though.

 

[disneychrista]

I saw them a couple years ago but haven't seen them in a very long time. I wonder if anyone really donates to these things.

 

[Disneylover99]

Never seen it and can’t image who would want to donate.

 

[tvguy]

All the ones I see are "Go Fund Me". Or as some call it, "Go Fraud Me".

 

[Babs Johnson]

I’ve only seen such things on social media, never in person. In any case, I’d roll my eyes then ignore it.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Yes I have seen this before. I also wonder if it actually works. I am "team roll my eyes and ignore it".

 

[Allison]

Super tacky. Don't ask people to help pay for your vacation.

 

[china mom]

Tacky. About 10 years ago or so, the kids and I were on a quest to visit all 50 states (we only made it to 32 before football got in the way) I had a blog about our travels and it was mildly successful. We did a ton of budget content like how to pack you own food and do Disney on the cheap.

Someone suggested I try to monetize and also ask for donations to help fund out travels and I was appalled. If I can't afford something, we just won't do it. I could not imagine asking others to pay for out trips.

 

[SteveH]

Makes me laugh and want throw up when I see carp like that. A good friend had a license plate that was WORK4IT and it fits in these cases too. Give me a freaking break.

@tvguy I love the #GoFraudMe - much more fitting in many cases.

 

[_19disnA]

Never seen any car in person that displays this. Think it is tacky and would never 'donate' even if I did see it. Seems like if you can't afford a Disney trip should plan to vacation elsewhere not expect random strangers to throw money your way.

 

[rangerxenos]

Tacky, no way they're seeing a dime from me.

 

[TippyThomas]

I don't think I've ever seen something like that live and in person.

 

[gmi3804]

Here in Chicago there’s a news team that reads stories whose punchlines are “…IN FLORIDA.” I need to send them this!

 

[Smugpugmug]

I've seen these before while driving down to Florida and I've almost been tempted to send THEM a Venmo request. Let's see if they would give me money for no reason other than I asked.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

We've seen this locally and on road trips. Most of the road trip ones were vloggers looking for support to keep their travel videos and "influencing" going. Locally, I've seen kids do it to help raise funds for college, sports teams and school groups. It's just a way to tap into more people on top of posting on social media and going door to door. I have seen one or two bachelorette party ones where it's like "buy me a drink, we're headed to Vegas," but I generally see that sort of thing being all in good fun and just a modern way of adding on to what I've seen with a number of bachelorette parties in person.

Is it all a bit tacky, for some things like vacations and drinks, sure...but I prefer the honesty of this over the people who do Go Fund Me's.

 

[kymom99]

I think it’s dumb. I saw one person on Facebook ask for people to buy her son a drink on his Vegas trip celebrating his 21st birthday. Ok, maybe his friends and family would want to help him celebrate. Still think it’s weird.

 

[mumto3girls]

I saw it once while on vacation. It was to buy the bride a drink during her bachelorette. I probably rolled my eyes and shook my head. I think we were in Orlando but it might have been Hilton Head.

 

[Sacahara]

It reminds me of my high school when students (and even a few teachers) would wear this really big birthday button on their shirt with a few bills pinned to it and ask for money or get offended if you didn't give them a dollar.

 

[Pooh2]

I have never seen this on cars locally or while travelling.
I cannot imagine anyone would actually send them money!

I have participated in several go fund me's over the years; several times for people we know who had a very ill family member and several times to help with funeral costs.