Attention Panhandlers...
Some years ago my wife and I were in Santa Barbara for a weekend away and while walking to our car after dinner at a nice restaurant an older guy asked for a little money so he could get something to eat. We both just walked right on past him.
We got about 10 feet when he hollered, "But I'm hungry!"
We got to our car and I looked back just in time to see him start to dig through a dumpster.
Yeah, I went back and gave him a few bucks.
There have been other times I've stopped and other times I've driven right past. It all depends on how the person and the situation hits me.
Well-dressed with clean clothes and wearing jewelry won't get me to stop and help.