I wouldn't say stingy or greedy, maybe more skeptic? More like they're concerned with : Are people going to do what they say they will do? For some people, they won't part w/ even a penny if they don't have the assurance the $$ will be put to good use and once they have the assurance, they don't mind giving out more than a penny.
I was at hmong village
And there was this older hmong gentleman
Maybe 40-50 years old
He was begging for money
Look kinda of handicap by the way he walk
He came up to me and ask me for some money
“Younger bro, can i have some money for food?”
I give him the $10 i have in my pocket
The other local hmong people say don’t give him any money
He is just going buy booze and etc...
I DONT KNOW THE STORY
NOR CARE WHAT HE DOES WITH IT