Starvin’ Marvin

The guy on the right I’ll call Starvin’ Marvin. I was sitting in a chair, minding my own business, eating lunch when these two came up and wanted to sell me some bracelets. I told them that I didn’t really need any and after a while I tried to ignore them. Finally, Marvin gives me this "I haven’t had anything to eat for days" routine and I invited them to sit down and have something to eat. After all, I was having fried rice and vegetables at a cost of $1 and I figured I’d buy them the same thing I was having and they could have something to eat. But when I started to order them something, Marvin says "No", he wanted something else, something that cost $2. I said okay and Marvin tries to order two plates from the menu and a couple of cokes and deserts, one for him and one for his little partner-in-crime. I veto the order which is now up to about $8 for the two of them. I figured if I could eat for $1, so could they. But no, Marvin gets all huffy about not getting what he wanted. The whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. I was just trying to be nice to these kids and the older one is being a jerk. In the end, after eating the food he ordered, he came around and gave me a couple of smiles after his belly was full of meat. However, I learned a lesson from the experience.