“Sell your phone if you’re poor” man if you don’t
Naw this real shit. You said you haven’t eaten in 2 days and you’re sleeping in the woods. Why wouldn’t you sell your phone? Priorities smh
That doesn’t automatically mean they’ll be able to eat. Getting a couple hundred bucks is ok but that’s probably going to be swallowed up by debts and whatnot before they can eat. Probably a few meals at best? And having a supportive network like on social media is helpful as fuck.
My mother is a case manager and works with homeless folks seeking health care. The #1 cause of *staying* homeless in her experience has been people not having any support. That means donations. That means social media. That means friends. Maybe if you had YOUR priorities in order you would be actually fucking helpful instead of making rude-ass comments. Donate to them or spread the word. Don’t be an ass.
Say it again for the weenies in the back
Rofl my phone would net me maybe 50 bucks if I was lucky????
50 bucks ain’t gonna save anyone from being homeless!
Let’s not forget that, for the majority of the world, payphones are a thing of legend now. The major carrier networks no longer maintain the infrastructure to little payphones or have removed them outright in a land where cell phones reign supreme. What if the homeless person is injured or stumbles upon someone who is injured and needs to call for emergency services? There ain’t no payphone on every corner and having that cell phone could be the difference between life and death.
We’re also skipping over one very important thing: if you don’t have a cell phone that could be a road block to getting a job, which is going to be a hell of a lot more money in the long run than selling your crappy ass probably used phone. If you’re homeless or couch surfing at different places you don’t have a land line and you need somewhere for potential employers to call, and that’s going to be your cell.
The Carving Witch 