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Spare a Penny for your Thoughts?

We debated if this person was really a beggar in need last time we were in Rome.  I point to the backpack that is on tightly over both shoulders and the clothing that looks as if he/she is deliberately hiding.  The outfit is put together too well…. a costume in my opinion.  I don’t want to offend anyone that is less fortunate but in this case I think it’s a hoax.  What do you think?

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8 comments to Spare a Penny for your Thoughts?

  • I know that woman. She is a Roma (some people use the word gypsy). She is absolutely a beggar. Labor rolls are very strictly divided in Roma culture and,as an older woman,she is begging for money. She walks up and down Via dei Fori Imperiali every day 9-5 begging for change.

  • I have seen this woman and many a more in Rome and I think they are fake. Have you seen the kids with one leg who go begging whilst sitting/rolling on their skate boards? Well I saw this boy one day walking….and then near Lago Argentina he took off his nice Nike shoes,put them in a box…then hid them before changing clothes and getting on his skate board to go off begging.

  • When we were in Rome it was hard to differentiate between the true needy people and those who use begging as a second job. The one above looks a bit suspicious.

  • I saw this person in 2005 in the Via dei Fori Imperiali. I wasn’t even sure it was a woman since “she”didn’t ever raise her head. In fact,I thought it could have been a younger woman or even a man.

  • It can be very hard to tell between the Rom,traveling beggars,and truly needy. I once watched a woman in Florence stroll into the piazza early in the morning,have a cappuccino,talk on her cell,then muss up her hair,pull out scarves and other costume elements,throw a bit of dirt on herself and start begging!

  • Lynn

    Her posture and clothing (ie covered up as if hiding) are very similar to a lady who lives on the street year round here in Biddeford Maine.

  • I am 90% sure she is NOT a person in real need and that she is a member of a gang of fake beggars. Are they Roman? I don’t think so. They are probably from eastern Europe,Rom or anything similar.

  • In Naples,these types are everywhere. The worst part is they drag kids out with them in the freezing cold,and the parents are the ones bundled up. “Shame-oh!”Is the only contribution I’m willing to give when I see something like that.

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