12-13-2011, 05:09 PM
I can't write in patois nor can I show the body language but here's one dialogue
Beggy beggy,...........
What's you're name boy? Not first name..... your family name? Your mama send you out to beg...why you not in school?
Then what JaJewel said.....
I have no problem engaging a beggar in conversation. Especially when they realize that I just might be a Jamaican "big man" and have been here longer than they have.
BTW ... I also have no problem buying a pattie, coco bread or meatloaf or a juice drink for a beggar or pushing 100 Ja or two in their hands.
I am certainly not rich but I am not poor and a couple of US dollars isn't going to change my life.
It's just a judgment I make on the fly relying on my instincts and experience.