Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Another day in Paradise

Have found that a person who is homeless is looked at as less than. Less than human, less than his fellow man kind less than the family pet. If you are homeless. you must be a druggie, or an Alcoholic or a mentally unstable person and in many cases the homeless are like that but then there are those who just hit a bad patch of road. The so called shelters or human services departments are staffed with people hating what they do. Each person you meet is more surly than the last from the security guard to the receptionist to the case workers. Each see you as invading their fiefdom. They yell at you for the most minor infraction, no matter what it was.

Then it comes down that each entity expects the same from you. To fill out forms, get a case worker with their organization before they accept you into whatever programs they offer AND you must participate in more than what you need. IE if you just need a place to sleep, you will have to enroll in some other instruction.

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