Comments by "Sean" (@sean2015) on "WCPO 9" channel.

The staff at homeless shelters are often volunteers. I can't fathom complaining about someone who is giving up their time for free for their community. Spare me the sob stories about how "abusive" and "uncaring" they are. Shelters have strict rules (ie- no smoking, no alcohol, no drugs, along with strict curfews and required attendance at church services) and the staff members are there to tell you that if you break those rules, you'll be asked to leave. That's not being abusive, that's doing their job to keep the place as safe and clean as possible. Shelters are not hotels with room service.
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I don't understand people who say they refuse to go to a shelter because it's "unsafe", and yet they'll sleep in a moving subway train or in a tent in subzero weather underneath a freeway overpass, exposed to the elements and rats.
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@moreayf2319 making excuses again
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@kanariepotts3394 you don't know what you're talking about. I've volunteered in a homeless shelter. Shelters have strict RULES, such as: no smoking, no drugs, no alcohol. They also have curfews and (if they'er run by a religious charity) require you to attend church services. Many homeless are drug addicts and are unwilling or unable to abide by those rules, so they chose instead to sleep on the streets. Sleeping on the streets also lets them panhandle and have easier access to drugs.
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@ezstreete I'd like to hear more about your experience working at a shelter. Did you ever have to eject or bar someone for breaking one of the rules? I often hear the excuse "shelters are always full" for why people can't seek a bed in one but I know that can't always be true night after night (simple law of averages).
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@moreayf2319 towels cost $3 at Target, these bums who panhandle make easily $100 in a day (tax-free money)
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@MrJames-te4bw first of all, let's set straight the definition of "homeless". There are many people who are homeless who are couch surfing or living out of trailers, cars, vans, etc., and showering at the gym but hold down full-time jobs and are otherwise clean and sober individuals. They choose to sleep in cars or whatever because they live in expensive areas where they can't afford housing, such as Southern California. I've lived out of my car as well. So yes I've technically been "homeless", even if it was only for a short time. But it was my choice. I could've gone to live with my parents and slept in their basement, but I chose not to. These "homeless" people are DIFFERENT from the "street people" who actually live on the streets and sleep in trains, train stations, airports or sometimes inside ATM lobbies. THOSE people are so screwed up from drugs that are unable to seek help for themselves, and many will reject help offered to them other than hard cash so they can buy dugs or booze. I've volunteered at a shelter and we have had to remove such people for things like fighting, stealing, assaulting, and shooting up, etc., So I just want to get the definition of "homeless" straight before I debate with you any further.
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@moreayf2319 yeah, and there's no risk of having your stuff stolen on a train right? Get real.
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@ChelseaPariella Not all of them are alcoholics or smoke weed. Most people who wind up on the streets are there because of drug abuse. I'm talking opioids (like heroin or fetanyl), or crack cocaine or meth. Shelters aren't pleasant places but they're much better than allowing people to sleep in subway stations or underneath freeway overpasses.
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@KcMcclary I don't believe you for one second. If you were ejected from a shelter that means you were smoking, drinking or doing something else you weren't supposed to be. Too bad. You had a free room paid for either by tax dollars or donations and you had simple rules to live by, and couldn't. My sympathy meter reads "zero".
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@rustyshackleford4801 well not exactly Rusty. You didn't get the gist of what I was trying to say. I always hear the excuse from bleeding heart Leftists that "shelters are full". Baloney. They are not full every single night of the year. The real issue is that most shelters have RULES, such as: no smoking, no drinking, no drugs, as well as strict curfews and the requirement to look for a job. Most street people have a substance addiction problem and are unwilling (let alone unable) to live by those rules, so they choose instead to sleep on the streets. Still others are just anti-social, paranoid, etc., and will refuse help even if someone approaches them to offer it.
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@kanariepotts3394 Lmao yeah because having rules damn sure means they won't be broken. Like ever ...thank you, you just proved the POINT I was trying to make. People get kicked out (and banned) from shelters all the time, because they break some of those rules. That's mostly the junkies and drug addicts who are unable and unwilling to live by a shelter's rules. And THAT is why they wind up on the streets. Thank you for bringing that up, you helped illustrate my point better.
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@moreayf2319 Quite frankly Sean, I rather deal with the trains and rats ...that's absurd. Absolutely absurd. There have been actual shootings and stabbings on the trains in Chicago. You wanna sleep on them, be my guest. I dare you. There's a videos on YouTube of a homeless guy sleeping on a train in NYC who had rat jump onto his lap. How'd you like that hotshot? You said you'd rather deal with rats. Put your body where your mouth is. The staff at homeless shelters are paid very low and sometimes they are volunteers who are paid nothing. Imagine giving up your time (for little or no money) to try and help people who in many cases are drug addicts and some of whom are dangerous enough to physically attack you. Homeless shelters aren't hotels, do you expect a concierge or doorman to bring you breakfast in bed?
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@kanariepotts3394 How would they know about these things if they don't know the person? Easy. You get to know faces really quick, even if you don't know their names. By the way, it's not just people being turned away at the door. Many times people are admitted and then asked to leave a short time later when they are caught breaking a rule (such as smoking, using drugs, fighting, etc.,) And as far as being refused due to circumstances usually people already know if it's a shelter for just men or families. Not necessarily. Not if it's a shelter they've never applied to before Also, are shelters not year round? I believe most homeless shelters are open 24/7/365. I'm not sure though. Some might only be open during the wintertime just to give people a place to stay during extreme temperatures (cold weather is dangerous). Why do you ask? I hope you also realize that many people who are living on the street don't WANT to live in a shelter even if a bed is available. They prefer living on the street because they can smoke, drink, use drugs, panhandle and do many other things that shelters strictly prohibit.
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@KcMcclary are you gonna call me "abusive" when I tell you that you can't smoke that crack pipe inside the shelter? Praytell.
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@nickdelaney6953 try keeping a job when you’re sleeping in a train station Any other excuses you’d like to make?
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Moreay f you like making every possible excuse for bums, don’t you… SWolfe don’t listen to him. He’s a bleeding heart apologist for criminals and bums who are too lazy to try to make a living for themselves
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I work retail and elderly are still being scammed. They will come into the store trying to buy $500 gift cards (which is the maximum gift card offered by any merchant) and when I question them they are not forthcoming because the scammers coach them to be evasive if they are questioned by the cashier.
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@nickdelaney6953 then you have to get a work schedule that fits around THEM genius. It's not THEIR job to accommodate you. If they're giving you a bed and a room for free, you play by their rules and you like it. Otherwise find your own damn place to live.
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@nickdelaney6953 here's your response. The OP criticized the shelter staff and indirectly blamed them for the theft of his backpack and even implied that they stole it. Most homeless shelter staff are volunteers, people who are there out of the goodness of their heart. So I don't have much of a soft spot for people like the OP (MattMorrisINTP) who imply that shelter staff are rude, selfish, abusive, etc., For people who say homeless shelters are bad/unsafe/dangerous places to sleep, I always ask them if they think subway trains or subway stations or tents underneath highway overpasses are any better. I never get a response from them.
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@nickdelaney6953 nothing to say huh Oh I have plenty to say. It's interesting that folks like you badmouth shelters and say they're unsafe/horrible/evil/dirty places blah blah blah, and yet you're perfectly fine with letting people sleep on subway trains or in subway stations or underneath freeway overpasses. And that's why we HAVE such a problem with so many people using subway trains are homeless shelters in big cities like NYC and Chicago.
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@nickdelaney6953 btw we're u ever down and out for a short time YES as a matter of fact, I was homeless about a month. I spent about a week couch-surfing at a friend's house and then 2-3 weeks sleeping in my car at highway rest areas. But, I never turned to drugs or alcohol, and I never slept on no subway trains nor did I panhandle. I would sit in McDonald's all day using the WiFi to watch movies and look for jobs - the staff didn't bother me because I would order food off the value menu. And I showered every other day at truck stops like Love's, to maintain my hygeine. There is no excuse for sleeping on the streets nor is there any excuse for people having horrible body odor because they haven't showered in a long time (like some people here in Chicago do)
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You’re absolutely right, and don’t listen to these bleeding heart morons who enable and encourage such behavior by going out of their way to make excuses for these bums who completely destroy the quality of life in our cities
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@kanariepotts3394 nope, the ones who follow the rules of a shelter are allowed to stay in the shelters. If a shelter doesn’t have beds(which happens far less often than many people claim) they’ll refer you to one that does.
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@kanariepotts3394 And you made a good point about the shelters not always being full yet ppl are turned away anyway. I've seen it with my own eyes. Care to explain why? Yes, I can explain why. If a shelter IS NOT full, there are a number of reasons why a person might be turned away: 1) The person is under the influence (drugs and/or alcohol) or they are belligerent 2) The person is sick with a contagious illness 3) The shelter targets a specific client type, e.g. a man being refused refused at a woman's shelter, or a single person being refused at a shelter for families. 4) The person has already exceeded the number of nights per month/year that the shelter will allow them to stay 5) The person is a known troublemaker
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@Anony584 facts, and don’t listen to moreay. He/she’s just another Leftist apologist clown making excuses for these bums.
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3:51 3:58 I checked the dictionary. "Disrespectful", "clueless" and "incompetent" don't mean the same thing as racist.
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@alexacordova4431 any time you hear one of these bums saying they hate shelters and saying that shelter staff are "bullies" or "abusive", is probably because they were caught with alcohol, drugs or cigarettes and were thrown out of the shelter. Shelters have strict RULES and they also enforce curfews and force you to look for work (they're shelters after all, not hotels). There are also bums who start fights and stuff. A lot of the staff in shelters are volunteers . Imagine calling someone a "bully" who is there to work without pay to try to help ungrateful clowns like the OP. Of course, you'll never hear that side of the story.
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@Enochulate88 lol, so true. That's the truth that the drugg addict OP won't admit to.
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@JanetSierra-vm5jf Shelters serve the horrible food ever where you get sick from and some shelters won't let you bring food in like that's F** ridiculous ...yeah, because they don't want people bringing drugs into the shelter.
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@nickdelaney6953 Sure! The police showed up at your door and told you you had less than five minutes to pack your stuff and leave!
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@nickdelaney6953 yeah because they don't want shelters turning into whorehouses
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@nickdelaney6953 yeah because they don’t want shelters to turn into brothels! Big frigging deal you have to sleep only with members of the same sex. What’s your NEXT excuse? Keep em coming cuz I know you have plenty. That’s what you Lefists are best at is excuses ( noooo sean2015 you’re wrong wahhhh wahhhh! I’m not a Leftist! )
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@nickdelaney6953 yeah because they don’t want “shelters” to turn into brothells
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@nickdelaney6953 oh gosh you really got me. ”Sean you’re not smart …Sean you don’t know anything” …you got me gooooood man 😂😂 I don’t know what kind of response I can muster to that. I mean you could wipe the floor with anybody in a debate. You went to Harvard (right?) and you were president of the debate club (right?)
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@nickdelaney6953 shame on society for forcing you to stay in a shelter, the taxpayers should’ve paid to put you up in a five-star hotel or paid for you to have your own luxury apartment, it must be greedy Trump and all those greedy capitalists
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@nickdelaney6953 fine then, don’t stay at a shelter. Sleep on a subway train or in a tent underneath a highway overpass and then you can tell me how much safer and more comfortable those places are as you simultaneously rant about what a horrible, greedy, racist capitalist country this is and why you can’t live in an apartment for free at the expense of the taxpayers.
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