Jaimekans - I enjoyed reading that.

My sister worked in the city of Toronto's homeless department. She went to Japan to see how they coped. Being driven around Tokyo a group of homeless men were pointed out - they were dressed in suits and ties and were well turned out. When she questioned this she was told that each day they must be ready for job interviews as access to services like shelters was predicated upon this.

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Many years ago I was in Quebec city in a youth hostel. Being French they have very advanced ideas and the dormitories in the hostel were co-ed. In the middle of the night a young lady started yelling, "what are you doing?" With the lights turned on we could see a young guy hiding under her cot.

Turned out the hostel was full and this guy couldn't get a bed so decided to sleep under this lady's cot. She wasn't having it and wanted him gone pronto. Big hearted socialist that I am I allowed the guy to sleep under my cot. Oh how grateful he was. I shoulda charged him rent.