the Begger of 1994

There are many beggars in downtown Boston.. and everyday one or more will ask me for help.
I don't help them .. usually I give money to those who play music in the subway or on the street.

For some reason I remembered the beggar , whom I met 1994 in Munich..
I was playing with a friend who didn't know German (he was from Poland) .
somebody came .. paid us and said in German : i did good business today and I can be generous let's go for coffee and off we went ..
it was cold and coffee did taste very good ..
I was curious .. the man didn't hear us play.. we were about to leave when he came.
I asked him .. what is your business .. the answer was : I am beggar ..
He noticed that my friend didn't know German so he continued in fluent English:
I started long ago .. about 15 years ago.. I didn't' do good at the beginning . then I went to Stuttgart and took a course and did some training by somebody .. since then I do work 4 hours a day and make good leaving .
I was so surprised .. course .. training .. work.. he calls begging work ..
he said: i live in a hotel .. and smoke pot .. I can afford all that with my job.
he continued: I know psychology and was trained how to talk to people and how to approach them.
more then that : there are seasons when you can make good money and other seasons where you cannot .. that time I go on vacation ..

He knew may ways of begging and did explain how to do it in different cities.
He said he finished technical school for some kind of handy worker and he didn't like his first job .. it was then we he decided to change his career and become ... a beggar..

If you want to be a beggar in a world where everything should be professional, you should be professional beggar ..