Results: Should there be a law?
1.
1.
Usually on Sundays I go to the movies with a friend. We hang out at a local coffee shoppe before and after the movie. During the week I meet friends at Starbucks. It never fails, that I am confronted by the same family, at least once daily, if not twice, holding up a sign asking for money. Judgement aside, I hate being interrupted during a meal, coffee, and/or conservation by a woman and kids dressed better than myself, asking for money. Granted my city abides by panhandling as being an expression of freedom of speech just like singers and guitar players on the street. However, do you think that people should be allowed to enter restaurants and coffee shoppes asking people for money?
Yes, no matter what the establishment is
7%
•
138 votes
Depends on where: McDonalds: yes, The Ritz: no
7%
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132 votes
Not sure
15%
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282 votes
No
62%
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1174 votes
N.A
9%
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181 votes
2.
2.
At one Starbucks, a regular customer shoos this family out of the shoppe, at Panera, only one of the managers requires the family to leave. Regardless of the city laws, should the establishment have the final say so as to people coming in and begging for money? Yes
64%
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1226 votes
No
11%
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208 votes
Undecided
13%
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255 votes
Not Applicable
11%
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218 votes
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3.
If you find people asking for money to be annoying, where would the most annoying place be? On or off ramp to a freeway
6%
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117 votes
Entrance/exit to a shopping center
9%
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165 votes
Right at the entrance to an establishment
17%
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327 votes
Walking around inside a restaurant
40%
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765 votes
Walking around inside another place other than a restaurant
4%
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72 votes
N/A
21%
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408 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
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53 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.37% | 7 | |
| all of the above | 0.37% | 7 |
| everywhere | 0.26% | 5 |
| anywhere | 0.10% | 2 |
| all the above | 0.10% | 2 |
| the bank | 0.05% | 1 |
| i believe it is hard to tell which of the homeless are ani establishment and which are homeless based on circumstance and they should not need to pander the world spends so much money on worthless needless things stop the ast help those who are needy | 0.05% | 1 |
| anywhere and everywhere. | 0.05% | 1 |
| everywhere!! sorry, i used to feel sorry for them, and give sometimes, but, lately, i have seen many of them with children with them. that is just wrong!! if they can't take care of themselves, how can they keep their children and expose them to t | 0.05% | 1 |
| they should just stay outside-not on trains either | 0.05% | 1 |
| all of them | 0.05% | 1 |
| all are equally annoying | 0.05% | 1 |
| they are all annoying. get a job | 0.05% | 1 |
| all | 0.05% | 1 |
| everywhere! go make your own money | 0.05% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.05% | 1 |
| if they came to my house | 0.05% | 1 |
| anywhere except the rescue mission or salvation army or designated help places | 0.05% | 1 |
| what does this mean? | 0.05% | 1 |
| the gas station | 0.05% | 1 |
| harassing customers in walmart or stores in general | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't "find it annoying." i feel bad for them. still, owners should have the final say. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't find it annoying | 0.05% | 1 |
| inside any type of business | 0.05% | 1 |
| it's the direct approach that bothers me. i don't care if someone is asking for money near me, but i don't want them specifically approaching me to ask. it should be my choice to help or not; i shouldn't have to be put on the spot. | 0.05% | 1 |
| what i want to do is approach them with info about organizations i know will see to their needs and make sure they have a home. sadly, many just do it to get cash and have homes. | 0.05% | 1 |
| dosen't really matter they shouldn't do it at all. | 0.05% | 1 |
| everywere | 0.05% | 1 |
| when they're smoking, talking on the cell phone and drinking a starbucks coffee | 0.05% | 1 |
| all above | 0.05% | 1 |
| all the above!!1 | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't find people asking for money to be annoying. i don't know their circumstance | 0.05% | 1 |
| church | 0.05% | 1 |
| any where | 0.05% | 1 |
| sitting below an atm machine | 0.05% | 1 |
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