Panhandlers and "Panhandler Pimps"
Rectum's post and my recent observations and interactions with a couple of these girls tipped my suspicion to Google this term which I had never thought about, but lo and behold, there were search results, and articles. I will post one below. One girl's story didn't add up who I've offered a ride to a couple of times, and her "female roommate" who was "calling because she needs to pick me up at 5" was clearly an angry male, as it was blaring through the phone loud enough for me to hear. She then said "I owe my friend money. " I pressed her on our second meeting if she was being trafficked, but she didn't answer and said she rarely has sex in these situations. However, I will get occasional texts from her on my burner phone asking me if I'm free, but she never, ever responds after hours, and flat out freaked out when I asked to meet her outside her place instead of out in public that day. This, combined with the fact that her location changes randomly, to random ass places each day, yet there is ALWAYS a panhandler at EVERY location I've seen her at, makes me have to believe some guy is putting these people up in rat houses or something, feeding them (maybe? And basically "pimping" them out to panhandle. I'm not sure what is worse, sex trafficking or pan-pimping. I will dig deeper and try to stay in contact with her to find out more, and get some insight. My first thought it, she is dumb as a box of rocks but street-smart as hell, and I could probably convince her to do something better for herself or point her in the right direction. Not that I'm trying to save ANY of these girls we post about on here, but it's tough hearing a broke ass girl get yelled at after being stuck out in the rain all day in wet clothes.
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