I had a gypsy woman come up to me in town a few weeks ago, give me a rose and a piece of paper that said how she needed money to feed her kids. Gave her some change, thinking she'd leave. But no. She tried for ages to take me to the fucking ATM to draw money out for her. Fucking hell! Apprently they do that a lot too. Also send kids with obvious disabilities over. When me and my mate were in Burger King last year this little foreign girl who was cross eyed came round begging for money. I always give some as I feel bad, but then you dunno whether you're jus fuelling a drug habit or not (with the older ones I mean). but then I think, if life is that shit that you're prepared to sit out here all day begging for a bit of change in the freezing cold and/or rain, it cant be that great. Edinburgh seems to have SHITLOADS of homeless people. You can't go out at night there without walking about about one on every corner/street