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		simoncion on July 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We don’t trust drinking fountains anymore, and tha... I would be surprised if the Starbucks in San Francisco would give out water for free to someone who looked like they'd been living on the rough.

dev-da0 on July 18, 2015 [–]

They do because they don't want the person to cause a scene. Most restaurants feed homeless people if they ask nicely too.

It's not so much a kindness thing as a shrewd prevention of costly issues.

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