There's a man who sits outside a local newsagents asking for money. He's been there fairly regularly, sometimes I give him a quid or 50p, sometimes I walk by.
He sits and intermittently raises his hand as people walk by and will ask for change, he's not in your face. Today I chose to walk by but a man behind me went ballistic on him. Telling he worked hard for his money and why should we pay for him. It was the we that really got, the way he dragged the rest of the people on the street into it. Nobody took any notice of him, just let him rant and walk away. I did want to challenge him though but he was in a rage and so frankly was I, other reasons, so thought better to let it go.