Citypages Magazine has a collection of short interviews with freeway exit-ramp beggars in Minneapolis. The interviews are pretty heart-breaking, and it's a rare opportunity to find out more about something we only see through the rolled-up window of a car.
Damien Cummings
35W and University AvenueBest job: "Working for Northwestern Bell, back in '72. Lineman."
Worst job: "Day labor stuff. Minnesota Barrel, for instance. They're heavy, you gotta stack 'em three high and stuff. But it was a job. I did everything there is."
Last job: "Senior center in Cambridge, doing maintenance work on their facility. I'm a handyman."
Dream job: "I dunno. I really don't. I'm on veterans' disability. I was in Vietnam."
(via Consumerist)
