Re: homeless person encounter
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Man you guy's have a bad read here.
She wanted cash, not bread. You can't buy whatever she really wanted with bread.
If she's wheat intollerant she would never had just said, 'ok,' She would have mentioned her allergy/intollerance then, not after looking in the bag . I suggest that all she was thinking while you were opening the bag was, 'Oh crap, now I've got to ride off carrying a crappy loaf of bread... Hang on, I can say I am allergic.'
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I agree with hitch. Even if she was allergic to the wheat, since OP seemed willing to help her, she would have asked if you had anything else you were willing to give her.
Hungry people do not turn down food. Even if she's grossly allergic, she probably has homeless acquaintances she can help out or barter with. Worst case she goes into the store and asks to exchange it for something else. I've had homeless people accept half eaten chicken straight out of my pockets before, after I drunkenly got too impatient to wait for a takeout box. They gladly accept food in all instances.
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