About a week ago a man I met at the library, (call him Jay), went missing. Three of his 4 vehicles were also missing and the 4th one was sitting and collecting dust. I thought his vehicles were towed and I saw him last week with a bottle of liquor (or I should say, an empty bottle of liquor) in his hand. He looked sad.
I seemed to be the only person concerned about his whereabouts and it made me realize how people on the street don't look out for each other. They all hang together until the money is gone or "you can no longer help them" then they're gone (this is what I was told by a homeless woman, Fancy, who lives on her social security). According to Fancy, when her money comes, the friends come around, then, when the monry's gone, so are the friends. You think she'd learn after so many months of going through this but she's lonely so she accepts it.
Right now I'm listening to a homeless woman talking to a man in the library. She's flirting with him and this is the 3rd man she's picked up this week. Fancy befriended her a while back and told me she uses these men to have a place to sleep at night. We saw her with a man, Glen, who she went home with one night. Then Fancy told us she picked up another man who drove her to Riverside. She stayed with him for 3 days and he kicked her out. then she picked up a man 2 days ago at the library here and I saw her out early yesterday morning walking with all her belongings yet again. I'm guessing she got the early boot, no breakfast because now, she's hitting on someone else. Even as I write this, she's approached by two other men in the library. One of the men, she tried to pick up two days ago, but it didn't work. So, now he's back "from outer space, with that sad look upon his face" and she's not telling them to go, go out the door either. He apparently returned with friend.
Fancy told me that this woman picks up so many men, she's gonna get hurt one of these days. Apparently, they really fall for her (some of them anyway) and they're mostly homeless, gangsters, and ex-cons out of prison. I can't really feel sorry for her because one morning I was waiting for the library to open and she was sleeping outside with her "brother". Some groundskeepers came by to water the plants outside and she looked at them and said boldly, "wa CHU lookin' at"! To which they replied, "we need that water faucet behind you". So apparently, she's not as timid as she acts when she's flirting with these men.
Just now one of the men came and chased the other guy away. This is a suburban town and we're not really used to this activity at the library. I'm sure that when the library staff gets wind of what's going on, she'll get spoken to about it ( as kicking her out would be politically incorrect or stepping on her civil rights or something, I'm sure because that'd mean you're insinuating her a prostitute) . Oh, wait, just now the other guy she was hitting on just came back over as the "alpha male" just stepped away. But the alpha man saw and he's coming back and then he left again. Now she's using alpha male's cellphone so I guess they're dating (at least for the next few days, anyway).
I'm agreeing with Fancy now, I also think she'll get hurt if she doesn't stop this activity, but, she's been told this already and doesn't seem to care.
This is just one part of this lifestyle. One I never want to be apart of. Just watching from a distance is enough. Next post I'll tell you about my running into another old friend and her daughter. We had a great time catching up and she's invited us to her house which isn't far from where I park. I'll fill you in on that later.
By the way, my son (who remember, is with me), his computer broke and now he has to use mine. I'm not too happy about it but I'll see how it goes. This computer is my livelihood and I can't afford to lose it because I can't afford to replace it right now. But, for now, I've made an account for him on it and set it up for him to use for his business. We'll see.......
Oh and about Jay, I saw him today. He's doing fine. He got a new van and sold one of his cars. He said he only sleeps in his van now because he has too many DUIs. I'm just glad he's ok.
I seemed to be the only person concerned about his whereabouts and it made me realize how people on the street don't look out for each other. They all hang together until the money is gone or "you can no longer help them" then they're gone (this is what I was told by a homeless woman, Fancy, who lives on her social security). According to Fancy, when her money comes, the friends come around, then, when the monry's gone, so are the friends. You think she'd learn after so many months of going through this but she's lonely so she accepts it.
Right now I'm listening to a homeless woman talking to a man in the library. She's flirting with him and this is the 3rd man she's picked up this week. Fancy befriended her a while back and told me she uses these men to have a place to sleep at night. We saw her with a man, Glen, who she went home with one night. Then Fancy told us she picked up another man who drove her to Riverside. She stayed with him for 3 days and he kicked her out. then she picked up a man 2 days ago at the library here and I saw her out early yesterday morning walking with all her belongings yet again. I'm guessing she got the early boot, no breakfast because now, she's hitting on someone else. Even as I write this, she's approached by two other men in the library. One of the men, she tried to pick up two days ago, but it didn't work. So, now he's back "from outer space, with that sad look upon his face" and she's not telling them to go, go out the door either. He apparently returned with friend.
Fancy told me that this woman picks up so many men, she's gonna get hurt one of these days. Apparently, they really fall for her (some of them anyway) and they're mostly homeless, gangsters, and ex-cons out of prison. I can't really feel sorry for her because one morning I was waiting for the library to open and she was sleeping outside with her "brother". Some groundskeepers came by to water the plants outside and she looked at them and said boldly, "wa CHU lookin' at"! To which they replied, "we need that water faucet behind you". So apparently, she's not as timid as she acts when she's flirting with these men.
Just now one of the men came and chased the other guy away. This is a suburban town and we're not really used to this activity at the library. I'm sure that when the library staff gets wind of what's going on, she'll get spoken to about it ( as kicking her out would be politically incorrect or stepping on her civil rights or something, I'm sure because that'd mean you're insinuating her a prostitute) . Oh, wait, just now the other guy she was hitting on just came back over as the "alpha male" just stepped away. But the alpha man saw and he's coming back and then he left again. Now she's using alpha male's cellphone so I guess they're dating (at least for the next few days, anyway).
I'm agreeing with Fancy now, I also think she'll get hurt if she doesn't stop this activity, but, she's been told this already and doesn't seem to care.
This is just one part of this lifestyle. One I never want to be apart of. Just watching from a distance is enough. Next post I'll tell you about my running into another old friend and her daughter. We had a great time catching up and she's invited us to her house which isn't far from where I park. I'll fill you in on that later.
By the way, my son (who remember, is with me), his computer broke and now he has to use mine. I'm not too happy about it but I'll see how it goes. This computer is my livelihood and I can't afford to lose it because I can't afford to replace it right now. But, for now, I've made an account for him on it and set it up for him to use for his business. We'll see.......
Oh and about Jay, I saw him today. He's doing fine. He got a new van and sold one of his cars. He said he only sleeps in his van now because he has too many DUIs. I'm just glad he's ok.
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