"Yeah, it's for coffee," I replied.

He gets quiet and then says, "Well I have a deal for you," and then pulls out two Starbucks cards from his pocket. "I've got a card with 9 dollars and one with 7 dollars. I'll sell them both to you for SEVEN dollars."

"No thanks. Not interested."

"Why not? It's coffee! I mean, it's a good deal. You're saving something like... um... NINE dollars!" I turn him down again.

He gives up but then asks me for change. He pulls out some coins from his pocket saying, "I only got 35 cents here, do you think you could help me with some money so I can get something to eat?" I tell him that I have no change, to which he responds, "You got any bills then?" I say no but he keeps prodding me... "Come on... you HAVE to have some bills. Gimme a dollar."

I just say to him, "No, sorry, I'm a student, that's why I'm riding the bus for free."

To which he walks off saying, "Well I'm homeless!" As if that entitled him to any money that I had. I started thinking that if all he wanted was some food, he could have used the Starbucks card to buy a sandwich.

Then a few minutes later I see him walk past me with a large Jamba Juice in his hand.

Odd.