An employer was seen in a photo standing beside a pandhandler with his own sign saying he offered the man a job to which he refused.
David Hess, the CEO of Tazewell Moving Company in Tazewell, Va., said on Nov. 15 he saw a man with a sign asking for money.
Hess said he offered the man a position with his company, but the man declined it.
“The gentleman told me no, that he made more money panhandling for a living,” said Hess to CBS affiliate, WVNS news. “He told me that he goes to different spots everyday and that this was his livelihood.”
That’s when Hess decided to make his own sign to warn people about what was going on, reading:
“I offered him a job and he refused.”
WVNS reached out to the pandhandler who said the reason he declined the job offer was because he has arm difficulties and that asking for money was just to help make ends meet.
“I get a cheque once a month. Every time I pay my bills and I buy groceries… I’m broke,” said the man to WVNS.
His wife also chimed in by saying he’s a good-hearted man.
“My husband is not gonna sit here and let my son or anybody else go hungry. He’ll do anything he can to help.”
Tazewell County Sheriff Brian Hieatt told WVNS that before people give money to people on the streets, they should instead donate the money to a charity so they know exactly where it’s going.