Not all the people in need at the mustard seed are bad...
The ones who hang out at the back corner, selling a buying drugs are the ones that gives the whole place a bad name..
Believe me, my office has a direct line of sight to transaction central. This very second some dude in a green car is doing a drive by purchase.. There are about 25 people, who hang out there through the day. The age ranges between 20 and 35. 20% are girls.
The old people, tend to be the ones who stay away from the drugs, and seem to be in genuine need. The 30-45 group seems to be the majority of people with the addiction problems. The young group all seem capable of working, as they're often wrestling or fooling around and being loud. They are also the ones that sell the drugs and have addiction problems as well.
I have to walk past that place every day and I've been hit up for stuff in so many creative ways I have no idea what to believe anymore and as such I just don't even pay attention to them anymore. It's brutal too, cause there is 1 African man, who carries his bags, well packed and kept very neat. He Looks like he works at times and he's very quiet and respectful. It makes me dislike the others even more knowing that a guy like that can't get enough help to get a place to live because some of the others are a complete waste..
It's actually really interesting observing these people when they think no one is looking. It's like some strange social experiment...
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