No, but if you have £9 a day you can buy a single loaf of bread and still have £8 left over.
I guess if you were homeless it might be worth £9 a day to have somewhere warm and indoors to stay, but the free entry museums, art galleries and libraries don't seem to get full of homeless people.
I have heard reports of 'pay what you like' restaurants getting filled up with homeless people, so I can see where you're coming from.
Whilst this is probably a joke, it's still a sweeping generalisation of the homeless that paints those in an incredibly unfortunate position as nothing more than cider swigging alcoholics. There are few things that irk me more than vilification of the homeless
I don't want to vilify my fellow Londoners, but to me, that's more a sweeping generalization of London. Getting wasted seems to be the #1 hobby of most the people I know here, no reason the homeless cannot have their share of fun.
It is no doubt a joke, and in my eyes a funny one at that. I wouldn't get too offended by it :) I know the local homeless around this area and there are very few that fit that stereotype
>I have heard reports of 'pay what you like' restaurants getting filled up with homeless people, so I can see where you're coming from.
That's really funny. Who would have thought there were more people who like eating for cheap than people who like paying for other people to eat for cheap?
Homeless people don't always have the energy to walk around 24/7 in the museum, and they probably have "no loitering" laws. As in you can't just sleep on a bench in the basement all day and scare the children.
There are a few of those progressive "pay what you want" styled restaurants in Toronto, Canada.
But when it comes down to it... they're actually $12/meal minimum throughout the week, and on wednesdays (most B&M business' slowest day in north america at least) they offer something like 50 meals which are "pay what you want" and once they're out of food, they're out.
In other words, "pay what you want" restaurants don't technically exist. Not in the long run. They're more of a marketing gimmick if you ask me.
I guess if you were homeless it might be worth £9 a day to have somewhere warm and indoors to stay, but the free entry museums, art galleries and libraries don't seem to get full of homeless people.
I have heard reports of 'pay what you like' restaurants getting filled up with homeless people, so I can see where you're coming from.