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Bagging and Begging

It's expensive to live in the bay area.  People take up mutiple jobs to make some ends meet.  Everyone has different ends and there is something about making them meet that is top of  mind for those not close to the end.

Some baggers at a local grocery store will often go and beg after they are done bagging.  Sometimes they find it easy to just beg right outside the store they were bagging.  They even find it convenient to get a few bags from the store to go begging.

A recent problem highlights their plight.  They were used to asking for change usually at the pretext of buying their bus fare home but realized that Silicon Valley frowns on jingling coins in the pocket.  Honestly who wants a hole in their pocket?

One beggar (asking for change) got a pair of fresh underwear once and that did not go well with those in the begging community.  They took to social media and whined and demanded - change.

So one of the out of work coder and recently turned bagger/beggar built an app called Cashless, to accept electronic funds from passers-by.

No more coins - just - can you spend a little love with your neighborhood beggar? No different than LinkedIn where people are begging for favors.

Tap tap and you are done.  It's Like tipping baristas who unlike beggars that just stand, pull on a lever once in a while.

The end.

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