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[–] atmur 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've had a homeless person ask me to send them money with Zelle before. I told him my bank doesn't support Zelle (which is true) and he was confused and asked me to double check... That whole situation was awkward.

[–] bitwaba 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've stopped giving excuses as justification for people asking for money from me on the street. I just say "no, sorry" and keep walking. I think it's the most respectful thing I can do. I'm not going to give them money, so the best thing I can do is also not waste their time trying to weasel my way out of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Hmm, I guess. I offer them food if I have some. If they get insulted then it's their loss

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Then you gotta pretend you only have American Express.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why's it asking for a tip?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Your account is listed as a bot by the way, not sure if that is on purpose. If not, you can fix it in your lemmy settings

[–] hOrni 6 points 6 months ago

I haven't seen this from a homeless person, but it did happen with someone taking donations to a tin on a street. I was so surprised I paid him with a card just because he made me laugh.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah in DC one pulled an app with a QR code I could scan to pay them with

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] KISSmyOSFeddit 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's some that only cost a fraction of each transaction.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Someone out there is profiting off of transaction margins from begging.

[–] EvilEyedPanda 2 points 6 months ago

Actually had a panhandler tell me he had venmo and cash app, entrepreneurial if you ask me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I carry food bars since they're easy to have around and it's food, they probably eat food.

[–] Ensign_Crab 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do people actually do this? Why would you give some rando on the street your credit card info?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Paying with card ≠ giving out your cc info

[–] Ensign_Crab 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You're more trusting of random hardware than I am.

[–] perviouslyiner 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The banks all seem confident in the encryption used for contactless payments.

[–] Aux 2 points 6 months ago

You can't reuse contactless details for another transaction.