It's not easy when you are working on the street. People don't want to give you a chance. Before I had Bob, if I would try to approach people in the pubs with my guitar strap on, people would go " no, sorry" before I'd even had a chance to say hello.
I could have been asking someone for the time. But they'd say to me:" no change, sorry" before I opened my mouth. That happened all the time. They wouldn't even give me the opportunity.
People don't want to listen All they see is someone they think is trying to get a free ride. They don't understand I'm working, I'm not begging. I was actually trying to make a living. Just because I wasn't wearing a suit and a tie and carrying a briefcase or a computer, just because I didn't have a payslip and a P45, it didn't mean that I was free loading. 引自 6 One Man and His Cat