If you were homeless and had a shopping cart, what would you put in it?
What would you need to live on the street?
What’s most important to you?
Things not allowed in your cart:
Winning lottery ticket(s)
Wishes
Larry Ellison
Supermodels
$100 bills or other currency
Precious metals, jewelry or rare valuable stones.
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Are job applications allowed to be in my cart?
My aluminum cans, my blankets, my toilet paper and my bottle of water.
Survival gear: tent, sleeping bag, cooking supplies, clean undies, a fishing pole, a pillow, toiletries, a library card, soap, etc. (edit: my iPhone)
Not being homeless, it seems only wise to copy what the homeless do.
A bag of dirty clothes.
An old McDonald’s bag with week-old french fries.
And a cat on a rope.
I would sell my shopping cart and buy a backpack. I’d pack it just like I were going camping. Being homeless would be like an endless camping trip.
a bag of quick oats, 10 lb bag of protein, 1 gal. water jug, multivitamins, straight edge razor, few bars of soap, tooth brushes, tooth paste, deodorant, durable jeans, khakis, leather shoes, 10 pairs of underwear and socks, undershirts, long sleeve button down shirt, and ties.
A waterproof bag to keep my goods protected from the elements, and some pens to fill out job applications.
Am I allowed to have a tent of some sort?
Because that would be ballin’!
Homeless are big on tents. There’s epic tent encampments in SF. There would definitely be a tent in my cart.
electric blanket… intenet w-fi computer…lifetime membership to gym
I wouldn’t push a cart. I’d carry a backpack. Live light.
I’d keep it empty, but every stray cat i come across would go straight into the cart. Whether they like it or not…
Cashews in a Ziploc bag, TicTacs, water, deck of cards, sleeping bag, hoodie, tent, dictionary, bongos, and a picture of Johnny Depp. Assuming I’m not married. right?
I would put clean underwear and socks in my cart. For that matter, a small tub that holds water so I can clean them once they get dirty. And some string and clips to hang them out to dry. I would also keep a tent wrapped up in it. One of those extra light thermal blankets that looks like aluminum.
Damn, I could think of more, but it’s just too overwhelming.
My family, tarps, tent, knife, leatherman, scissors, rope, flashlight, flint, mirror, tooth brush, wash cloth, “MIOX Purifier” water purifier, batteries, solar battery recharger, camp shower, crank powered radio, socks, clothing, needle and thread kit, washing containers, mess kit, water bottles, day packs, chain and pad lock, bag alarms, portable motion detector, camera, library card, ymca cards, i.d., legal papers, small portable fireproof safe, guitar, retractable clothing line, sleeping bags,
I’d put myself in it and have someone push me into parking curbs, walls, and bushes while they record it. Then people could watch me in movie theaters and I’d make a ton of money and start my own show!
Blankets, wood, lighter, matches, hats, coats, sleeping bag, tent, alcohol, food cans, brush, chapstick, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor.
Its not what i would put in it so much as what i would put over it. think about this: find an old shower curtain and drape it over the shopping cart. in rainy weather, you would be off the ground and in a safe, waterless shopping cart. add some inside insulation for warmth in the wintertime and take it out for fresh air in the summertime. too crowded under the bridge? your cart has wheels so push it somehwere else. this could start a whole new fad for homeless people.
News of interest: latest homeless survey is in and Kentucky has been voted the no. 1 state thats kind to homeless people. Tennessee is no. 2.
I would put myself in it and go to a sharp incline that leads to a deep lake or river and let myself roll all the way down and into the body of deep water.
P.S. I would have tied blocks of cement to my feet before hopping in!
A couple of blankets, then me. I could then say I had a mobile home :)
me and I’d ride it down a really big hill.
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