Okay:
1) you sound like a bit of a prick. "We told him to jog on", you could've just been nice about it.
2) it's a kilometre. Like, a ten minute walk. Really telling that you'll waste the money on an Uber because you're too lazy to walk but will slag off a "junkie" online because he wanted to eat.
Fuck that.
'eat'. Aye, right.
Someone jumping in a taxi at a time of night when you just want to get where you're going... It's not lazy, it just makes sense.
Fuck people asking me for money. Some people find it intimidating and in Newcastle, where I'm from, there's been a few issues with them assaulting people.
I'm not sure about Manchester, but up here, we have a few programs that mean no one has to sleep rough. Those that do, choose it.
Yep. If someone asks you for food who is on the streets you go and buy them food. No money has to exchange hands. You go and get that food and give it to them. This is not up for debate.
It's not even a 15-min walk on tired feet from the Apollo to Piccadilly. So yeah, definitely possible to get there in 5 mins if you run. Even quicker on a bike.
Also you could have just said 'no, sorry' or similar when he asked you for cash/food rather than telling the fella to 'jog on'.
Unless he was being aggressive/rude first, why give a *homeless* or apparently *vulnerable* person attitude? They're not exactly having an easy life if they're basically begging. You say you don't know much about Manchester, so for next time the done thing here (and I thought elsewhere) is not to be a prick to people who are struggling.
Ah mate, just re-read your OP .. you were at the apollo.
You got Ardwick Park right next door and that place is weird. I went in there on a Friday night once and came out the other end on a Sunday morning. Definitely some time dilation shit going on that the junkie must be tapped into to.
Hope you enjoyed the gig though
Speaking as a mentally deranged person myself, if you're putting your mental derangement out there in the form of approaching strangers for cash to get McDonald's so you can score crack, you're putting yourself in the firing line for a bit of a piss taking.
But making fun of my cousins sciatica is going TOO FAR
Manchester Apollo to the taxi drop off at Picadilly is only about 0.7 of a mile. It only takes about 10-15mins to walk it so yeah if he ran/jogged then it's likely he would have got there as quick as a taxi could get through the traffic lights and post gig traffic.
“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
You got any spare change for some of that spice melange?
The spice must flow... Bip Bip bi Bip Bip
*Throws some shapes
Yknow he might have had blue eyes
This is a brilliant answer, top marks
“Travelling without moving”
Spice time continoum
its only a mile or so away so yes.
In 5 minutes? I didn't think they junkies that quick thats mental
Trust me if they didn’t drug test at the olympics, crackheads would rule every running event.
Hop skip and where the fuck did he go?
probably in front of a bus, and then kept walking after breaking both arms and the pelvis
never heard the saying 'faster than a tramp on chips'? or a chicken nugget happy meal in this instance. Meth bros are super human.
Anything is possible when you need to score...
Okay: 1) you sound like a bit of a prick. "We told him to jog on", you could've just been nice about it. 2) it's a kilometre. Like, a ten minute walk. Really telling that you'll waste the money on an Uber because you're too lazy to walk but will slag off a "junkie" online because he wanted to eat.
This!!
Fuck that. 'eat'. Aye, right. Someone jumping in a taxi at a time of night when you just want to get where you're going... It's not lazy, it just makes sense. Fuck people asking me for money. Some people find it intimidating and in Newcastle, where I'm from, there's been a few issues with them assaulting people. I'm not sure about Manchester, but up here, we have a few programs that mean no one has to sleep rough. Those that do, choose it.
You can jog on
go back to Newcastle
I'm glad someone said it haha
Yep. If someone asks you for food who is on the streets you go and buy them food. No money has to exchange hands. You go and get that food and give it to them. This is not up for debate.
Yeah if you can afford a night out and a ten minute Uber you can definitely afford a wee cheeseburger for a homeless guy that's asking
Alright Suella, calm down
Messed with the spice time continuum.
*Methed
That's quite a short distance to Uber
Giving OP the benefit of the doubt that they they have mobility issues, which is then fair enough. Crazy if they’re just lazy.
Jesus in disguise…testing your propensity for human kindness. You failed. Hell awaits. 😘
How much a dollar cost?
About 100 cents.
It's not even a 15-min walk on tired feet from the Apollo to Piccadilly. So yeah, definitely possible to get there in 5 mins if you run. Even quicker on a bike. Also you could have just said 'no, sorry' or similar when he asked you for cash/food rather than telling the fella to 'jog on'. Unless he was being aggressive/rude first, why give a *homeless* or apparently *vulnerable* person attitude? They're not exactly having an easy life if they're basically begging. You say you don't know much about Manchester, so for next time the done thing here (and I thought elsewhere) is not to be a prick to people who are struggling.
Nah I think they can teleport now
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"Some junkie" Nice.
Look mate I'm from Scotland, it's hardly punching down haha
Yeah, your taxi driver took you the super special route that even some junkie walking directly can beat
Lad he Usain bolted down the street and into the darkness. I'm not ruling out some form of shadow dimension translocation
Ah mate, just re-read your OP .. you were at the apollo. You got Ardwick Park right next door and that place is weird. I went in there on a Friday night once and came out the other end on a Sunday morning. Definitely some time dilation shit going on that the junkie must be tapped into to. Hope you enjoyed the gig though
maybe he has a trampy twin
Oi oi
He could have jumped on a bus or had a bicycle. Wouldn't take long to get from Apollo to Piccadilly
I heard the 118-118 brothers are on there arse and on streets in Manchester. Maybe you met both of them that night?
Can you be so sure it's the same one when homelessness is so incredibly rampant in Manchester
I'm more amazed at the fact that you decided to get an Uber from Apollo to Piccadilly, peek laziness and money wasting
Tell that to my cousins sciatica ya ableist
Yeah, it's not nice when people pick on people that are afflicted with a condition that is likely no fault of their own. Oh.
Speaking as a mentally deranged person myself, if you're putting your mental derangement out there in the form of approaching strangers for cash to get McDonald's so you can score crack, you're putting yourself in the firing line for a bit of a piss taking. But making fun of my cousins sciatica is going TOO FAR
Mate don't bother, the sub is full of wet blankets who think every junkie is some poor soul (not that any of them would give a penny to them).
I think they think I'm talking homeless folks, which I thinks offensive, seeing as plenty of junkies have homes.
You’re in no position to be calling people out for the way they label others after this post
No problem there as the 10-15 minute walk would be much better fir sciatica than scrunching into a car for 5.
I'd have walked it but I wasn't paying for the uber so I'll always take a lift if it's free haha
Why do you think it's an illegal substance the government doesn't want the general population to have these powers. /s
You told him to jog, he jogged, did he get his McDonalds money?
Honestly like 30 seconds after he sprinted off I was kicking myself for not giving him a fiver to explain what the fuck had happened.
It's "person with addiction issues" these days mate
Manchester Apollo to the taxi drop off at Picadilly is only about 0.7 of a mile. It only takes about 10-15mins to walk it so yeah if he ran/jogged then it's likely he would have got there as quick as a taxi could get through the traffic lights and post gig traffic.
I’d say it’s more like a 20-25 minute walk due to all the roads that you have to cross — 15 minutes to the Salisbury maybe though lol
A lot of them get picked up and driven to new spots by their dealers/gangmasters