Another Day in Paradise

We the middle classes in this country could do so much more to ameliorate the suffering of the homeless on our streets today. Whilst the giving of money is always welcome, quite often a few words, a greeting, or even a conversation with a homeless person shows that we care, and are willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with them, and do something about their wretched situation.

Why only last night, whilst walking from my offices in the City, I had one such conversation. Having spotted a weather-weary individual, I stopped to ask his advice on whether full leather trim & a 4 speaker Bose stereo unit was really necessary on the BMW M3 I had just ordered.

I could tell that he appreciated my gesture by the torrent of expletives that he hurled my way, shortly followed by a half-full Big Mac carton and a can of White Lightning.