Where i work outside we always have someone selling the big issue , one is a lady and the other a man , they take it in turns , both are foreign , the lady one day told us her story in very broken english , she came to this country with her 3 children , fleeing her violent husband , within 2 mnths of being here she was pregnant with baby number 4 , yes she stands there in all weathers but not for long , she has her car parked around the corner , a nicer and more expensive car than i have and it is hers , we have asked ,she sells the big issue for 15 mins then goes and sits in her car for 10 and so on and so on , so having come here with nothing and having to sell the big issue to feed her ever expanding family she manages to buy a car , a nice car ????
The fella is an asian man, he cannot speak english very well apart from to say big issue please , and thank you , then last week we came into work to find this man dressed as santa while selling his big issue , and trying to sing christmas carols, he now stand and says , ho ho ho jingle jingle jingle , merry xmas big issue please lol
as someone else said im not sure if its because of the town or city that you live in but in leeds i would say at least 70 % are foreign , but i have yet to find any one nasty or rude , some con men and women yes , but not found anyone rude