I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner. I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some wine with it instead of dinner?"
"No, I had to stop drinking years ago", the homeless woman told me.
"Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?" I asked.
"No, I don't waste time shopping," the homeless woman said. "I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive."
"Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food ?" I asked.
"Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless woman. "I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!"
"Well," I said, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight."
The homeless Woman was shocked. "Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting."
I said, "That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine."
我走在街上時，我是一個特別臟和破舊的前瞻性無家可歸的女人問我晚餐的夫婦為美元搭訕。我拿出我的錢包，拿出了十元，問：“如果我給你這錢，你會買一些酒用它來代替正餐嗎？”
“不，我不得不停止飲用年前，無家可歸的婦女告訴我。
“你會用它來購買食物，而不是去購物嗎？”我問。
“不，我不會浪費時間血拼，無家可歸的婦女說。”“我需要花費我所有的時間，努力活下去。”
“你會把它花在美容院而非食物嗎？”我問。
“你瘋了！”無家可歸的婦女回答說。 “我還沒有在20年內完成我的頭髮！”
“嗯，”我說，“我不會給你錢。”相反，我要帶你出去，我丈夫和我今晚的晚餐。“
無家可歸的婦女感到震驚。 “不是你的丈夫與你同在憤怒的做，我知道，我是骯髒的，我可能聞起來相當令人厭惡。”
我說，“沒關係，重要的是，他看到一個女人看起來像後，她放棄購物，做頭髮和美酒。”
