The Dallas Morning News recently did another one of its sob stories on the homeless. It was about Nick Griffith and his wife, Lacy Lennon, and their two children. They recently took what little money they had and bought bus tickets from Florida to Rhode Island because they thought there would be more social services there. Those shelters in Florida had separate facilities for men and women. How dare they ask a charity family to sleep in separate quarters?
Nick lost his job last January. The couple had some savings, but they "squandered it figuring he would quickly find another job." Well, duh! If you're out of work, the first thing you want to do is go blow all your savings! Then they bummed off his mother for a couple of months until she said, "Enough." If your own mother throws you out, I have to assume it's because you're not trying very hard.
Anyway, upon arriving in Rhode Island, they decided to get away from the homeless shelter for awhile, so they got their state-issued welfare debit card and took the bus to the mall. There, they ate lunch at the food court and browsed for clothes and just strolled. Gosh, wonder if Nick or Lacy applied for jobs at any of those places they ate at and browsed in? No mention that they did.
There is one question that was never answered in the article, and it's probably because they didn't want to. One of the reasons the family went to Rhode Island was because an Applebee's there had promised Nick a job. But there is no indication that he ever went to work there. Instead, he spends his days browsing the mall on the taxpayer's dime.
"Homeless family makes long trek to find aid." The Dallas Morning News; September 12, 2010; p. 5A.
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