Will work for food

Amazing. Six to twelve million wetbacks have entered the country for jobs, crossing the Rio Grande and the deadly desert, but there is a guy on the corner with a sign that says, "Will work for food". I doubt it. The sign should say "Will take your money." If one person every ten munutes gives him 1$, that is $6 per hour, more than minimum wage. No boss, no schedule, no taxes, no duties. If you have the right spot, you could do pretty well.
There was a guy in the 17th Street farmer's market years ago who would spend a week being friendly before he would ask for spare change. He also told war stories to passing tourists of how he lost his foot in Vietnam, but could not get veterans benefits. The truth was he got frostbyte sleeping in a truck on a cold night with his feet out the window. He was drunk, and it was not his truck. Visitors to the bottom were there to see quaint and rustic, and he fit right in.