the city of Portland is home to more than 600,000 people
but among them living on the streets and in makeshift shelters thousands of men
women and children who have no place of the wrong to call home
with so many homeless on the streets
even open hearts can be tested
and helping hands can begin to close
we're outside the Davis Street Tavern in downtown Portland
- hey you okay? -yes but i'm hungry
i'm gonna get you something to eat inside
okay thank you
-hey how are ya -oh hi
uhh I just have to get this guy some food
-enjoy it okay? -yes ma'am thank you
you're welcome
okay you need to get the hell out of here
but she just gave you money I get some food
yeah that's not your money
I'm sick of me homeless people all over town there's a shelter and get some free
food
you're at a bar when a good samaritan gives a homeless man twenty dollars for
a bite to eat
but as soon as that nice customer leaves the bartender takes the money and tells
the man to get out we'll customers stick up for the homeless man or where they
allow him to be kicked out into the street
what would you do?
hey you need to to leave huh
you're homeless stink you're ruining the meal for my real customers
we begin rolling
and right away this man notices what's going on
-yeah enjoy okay? -thank you - you're welcome have a good day stay warm
the second our good samaritan leaves our bartender Tyler tells the homeless man
David that he needs to do the same
you need to get the hell out of here
but she just gave me some money
-i just want something to eat -but it's not your money okay? you're welcome
this is bad for my business
business here for my other customers
you need to leave homeless
but i just need some food
there's plenty of shelters to gave you some food
right down the street okay?
do not come into my restaurant again
i just need to get some water
there's a hose out back if you'd like okay?
and now one of their friends arrives
this is not appropriate behavior this is a public establishment I need you to leave
we send David away so the bartender can talk to the group
-guys I'm really sorry i'm trying to get.. -yeah i worked at a bar lately
actually right next to this bar
and oh yeah the surprises us not at all yeah that was gonna get in the way
we have to deal that we have to study for these people to get to her office
what do you guys think I should do?
I'd toss him out
is he.. did not leave?
nah i think i just have to go to the bathroom
-i can't believe it's stressing that guy out so much -dont worry about it just let him eat
No! He's disgusting...
He smell like shit and he needs to get out of here
wow! wow!
you guys think that i should kick him out here right now?
while one shakes his head yes the others have no problem with David being there
-Oh, yeah. We're fine with it. -Yeah, We're fine with it.
What should you do with the issues like this?
I think we have different opinions because I would have just let him eat
you not so much
yeah I think sometimes it makes other people uncomfortable and there's uh the important
to a great extent to make a lot of services available for people so I think
in towards the services is probably one of the better things for him actually
all right no no no i'm a paying costumer
she just gave me money
this next customer watches as tyler takes that twenty dollars and puts it in his own pocket
-you should leave right now -but she gave me the money
sir
this is not a soup kitchens but this is a restaurant okay?
he appears to be by the way tyler is treating david
sorry but she just gave me money and you have my money now
ok that money is now my tip for putting up with you okay?
once he pockets the money and kicks out the homeless man
-our bartender apologizes to the customer -really sorry about that they're they're
all over the place
i probably would have given him that money
yeah she gave it to him
yeah but I mean he's just gonna use that for drugs or whatever
i probably would have gave it to him though
time for us to talk to him
I live in this neighborhood
and I don't give money to people on the street because i know it may not go for food
and it will go for drugs and the drug dealers are everywhere
so I understand but that woman gave him the money so i would have I would give
it back
back at the bar this couple faces the same ethical dilemma
it's complicated thing because I see you point of view
where if you allow that to happen
then it might become a habit in the future
but this time our bartender gives them the choice about how to handle the money
you think the money should go back to him?
you can give it to him but I can't be the guy in my restaurant continuing to run a soup kitchen here
vicious cycle, yeah.
will give it back to him and hopefully he'll get food and not drugs
I'll go explain
Yeah. Is that cool?
so this kind customer brings the money outside and talks to david
I talked to that guy into letting you keep the money
I gotta respect for him, maybe
whatever, it's his choice whether he wants to feed you or not
so i think he would appreciate it if you would take it and order food somewhere else
I really appreciate it
good luck man no worries
hi guys! how are you?
hello! I have seen you before
I am John Quiñones
Hi! How are you? Nice to meet you
How are you doin'?
This is a TV show called what would you do you
you know I think it's acceptable for him to make the decision
i just told her i was close to when he took the money I was close to you know
sayin' let's get out of here you know
she didn't seem like she was course
giving him the twenty dollars so but I see where the owner of the establishment
have a hard decision to make
we're rolling one last time
just yell get out, get out now!
get... don't come back
can I just have the 20 dollars back?
that she gave me please
she gave it to me 20 dollars and you have it in your pocket
once again our homeless man gets thrown out of the bar
but now watch what happens outside
Hey man! What's up?
How you doing?
All right. I was just in there
he explains what's going on
he takes the 20 dollars and then he kicked me out
Oh my god. Go tell him right now you're call the police
he said he's calling the police
think I should go back in there?
Yeah. Tell him to call the police or you're going to and that you want your money back
and that was your money. You handed him the 20 dollar bill..
and he kept it? That's illegal. That's stealing.
-Yeah -Okay
one of the guys decides to go in with him for support
I have a phone, I'll go with you.
all right.
and now JJ percell talks to the bartender
you can't do that dude.
he's panhandling outside of my restaurant and I can't run a business with him
it comes in here
and he wont leave the restaurant he's not spending his own money
but someone offered to buy him something to eat right?
-right -okay, so you should give him his meal
-we tell tyler to give back the money -when she goes out here is your money
out on the street we learned that these men stepped in because they've been there in David's shoes
I've been out here on the streets before i know it just like that people treating you
just always have someone
you know if you feel in your heart that's wrong you should definitely say something
what made you do it
I've been struggling in my life I've been in his shoes
are you homeless yourself
yes sir
how tough is it?
-it's extremely tough -what would you say that all those people in that restaurant
i must say..
put yourself in their shoes try to have some compassion
try to think about what the other person might be going through what troubles
they've had to face in their life with obstacles they had to overcome the fact
that they may have a mental health issue
or an addiction
keeping them from me
that could be you that could be me sir
it is we