I\u0092ve been driving by this guy for months. He stands at the exit ramp at I-94 and Jackson Road in Ann Arbor. Obviously homeless, he stands at the exit with a piece of cardboard without anything written on it. I’ve wanted to take his picture for some time and finally got up the courage today. I went up to him, said hi, and asked him if I could take his picture. He said, \u0093Sure. But I don\u0092t have anything on my sign.\u0094 I told him that was what made it interesting … and then he told me the whole story of why he doesn\u0092t have anything written on his sign. He got ticketed and had to go to court when he had \u0093Will work for Food\u0094 on his sign. The cop didn\u0092t show up to the hearing so the case was thrown out. He told the judge he was going to hold up a blank sign from now on and, for the last six months, that\u0092s what he\u0092s been doing. It\u0092s been driving me bonkers that he holds up a blank sign! Now I know the story behind it. <\/p>\n
His name is Chuck and he\u0092s homeless. He sleeps under bridges and right now has his blankets under I-94 at Jackson Road. He mentioned that it was a really hard winter and when I asked him if he ever thought about moving south where it\u0092s warmer he said no, that Ann Arbor is home. He has two grown children, Alice and Lisa. He was easy to talk to, willing to share his story, and didn\u0092t seem under the influence of anything. <\/p>\n
I anticipated some sort of negotiation when I asked to take his picture … something like \u0093Sure … you can take my picture for five bucks\u0094 but he just said yes. We chatted for 5-10 minutes and then, when I left, I shook his hand … and then gave him a dollar. He didn\u0092t ask \u0096 I just gave it to him.<\/p>\n
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