Petr Gorr is a fairly well-known online writer. I have been interested in the problems of survival for a very long time. In the early 1990s, he was the head of a survival school in Norilsk. At one time I received relatively good training in this profile. There is experience in leading and participating in a fairly large number of skiing and hiking trips of the highest category of complexity. I visited many parts of the former Soviet Union.
The first higher education is a teacher. At the moment he works as a director of a car service. Prior to that, he worked for 15 years in the fire department as the chief of the fire department. Even before 15 years he worked as an instructor in tourism. In between, he was a Komsomol-party functionary, a businessman, and even a taxi driver.
“- As for the homeless, there is no secret: I collected material for a story on this topic, communicated with them at every opportunity. Partially, these materials are reflected in my works. I plan to write a long story on this topic. I cannot but say that this audience is very peculiar. The vast majority undoubtedly have mental disabilities that led them to such a life. Also, in the nature of almost every homeless person is pathological laziness, and only very few are victims of circumstances .... However, this is quite an extensive topic… Somehow I’ll write…” — Pyotr Gorr, author.
A well-known Russian proverb does not recommend renouncing from the bag and from prison. However, in our unpredictable country anything can happen.
The following are tips drawn from communication with professional homeless people, whom the author had to meet quite a lot. Partially used and personal experience.
So, we learn to be homeless correctly ...
1. Mental attitude
The most important thing is not to lose heart and, in no case, do not seek solace in alcohol or other antidepressants. My personal firm conviction is that you should drink only for joy. If misfortune happened, then it is necessary to mobilize all the forces, and not to intoxicate the brain with alcohol.
First, accept the fact that life has changed drastically. It is necessary to leave old habits and without looking back to adapt to a new life. A miracle will not happen - no one except ourselves will help in anything. We will learn to survive and hope that this black streak will end. Let's get out somehow... Let's start with:
2. Homeless equipment
The question is difficult. As a rule, what you get is what you have to wear. However, if there is a choice, then preference should be given to soft and dark colors. Ideal outerwear is a leather jacket or windbreaker, knitted hat, jeans. Shoes - durable boots such as tourist or military. Such an outfit is “all-weather” and will allow you to endure both heat and cold tolerably. The main task is not to stand out from the crowd and try to maintain a more or less decent appearance. This, at times, is not easy - after spending the night in the attic or in the sewer, it is very difficult to look like that. But, it is necessary to strive for this - a fairly decent appearance will help to avoid many troubles.
Sometimes it is useful to mimic some image - a tourist, a fisherman-hunter, a handyman, etc. One of my acquaintances very successfully exploited the image of a monk-wanderer and was very successful in this matter.
The ability to look like an intelligent person is considered aerobatics among the homeless - but for this, with a homeless life, a lot of effort and work is needed.
The smell is one of the most unpleasant and vile companions of all homeless people. It is sometimes impossible to get rid of it, but it is necessary to strive for this. It would be superfluous to say that whenever possible, you should regularly wash your underwear and wash your body. The easiest way to do this is in public toilets. Do not spare even the last money for hygiene. If this is not possible, regularly wipe the body with a damp cloth slightly moistened with warm soapy water. Then, wipe dry with another cloth.
With some skill, this can be done without even taking off your clothes. Such a hygienic procedure, although it will not replace a full wash, will help keep the body relatively clean. In winter, change your underwear regularly and, if it is not possible to wash it, hang it out for several days in the cold.
Thus, the underwear is slightly weathered from an unpleasant smell. I must say that the smell appears when the particles of sweat, absorbed into the fibers of the fabric, begin to decompose and rot. Therefore, another effective remedy is to fry clothes in thick smoke, simultaneously killing putrefactive bacteria by smoking. The smell of wood smoke is much more pleasant than the "aroma" of mustiness and decay coming from dirty clothes. And if you disguise yourself as a fisherman or a hunter, then it will be quite natural for you.
Another source of bad breath is, so to speak, your environment. Therefore, avoid staying for a long time in basements where there is a specific spirit, in landfills or garbage dumps, near dirty public toilets, etc.
If, nevertheless, your clothes are saturated with these odors, then use every opportunity to be in the fresh air, air your clothes and warm them up in the sun (ultraviolet light kills bacteria that cause unpleasant odors). It is recommended to use various fragrances and masking odors - toilet fresheners or strong-smelling chemicals. Believe me, people around are much more tolerant of the smell of gasoline, acetone and kerosene than the specific smell of dirty clothes. A friend of mine successfully used instead of perfume a special liquid for watering floors in stables and pigsties, fragrant with camphor and turpentine.
STUFF BAG
The best option is an urban backpack. Try to get it by any means and you will appreciate the convenience of this piece of equipment. You can easily carry loads up to 10-15 kg and your hands remain free. A shoulder bag is more inconvenient, but if there is nothing suitable, then it will do. And if you are going to play like an intellectual, then the best thing here is a bag from under a laptop. The worst option is a plastic bag. However, in any case, a container where you can put something useful and in which to carry your modest belongings should be a must. Don't rely on pockets alone.
I strongly recommend getting hold of this item even if you are not disabled, do not limp and do not need it. Best of all, the usual, so-called invalid cane without any frills, carved handles and other bells and whistles. The easiest way is to buy a cane at a pharmacy from among the cheapest or steal (beg) in any hospital.
This is an indispensable item for long standing in one place and in long-distance transitions. It is very good as a weapon against two-legged beasts and is great at fighting off a pack of dogs. And sometimes it’s useful to pretend to be a lame invalid, and here, without a classic invalid wand, there’s no way ...
In general, the entire huge range of applications of this subject of application is unusually wide and you can think of it yourself.
Just never hide knives and sharpeners in them. The very first place where they start looking for weapons is in a cane. And, if they find him there, then you will not do well ....
CUTTING TOOL
It is best if it is the cheapest Chinese fold. Only in this case will you have a guarantee that this knife will not be taken away from you or stolen. The quality of steel, the length and shape of the blade are unprincipled. As for sharpness, get hold of a piece of a bar or sandpaper and always keep the blade in a razor-like state. Mild steel has its advantages - you can restore the sharpness of the blade in ten seconds, and if you do not chop nails with this knife, then razor sharpening will last long enough. By the way, a well-sharpened knife is a much more terrible weapon than, say, a blunt bayonet-knife ...
Ordinary scissors can also serve as a good replacement for a knife. The range of their application is quite wide, and they will cause less suspicion among others.
Best of all, a stainless steel mug with a capacity of 300-500 ml. In sports and hardware stores, it costs less than a hundred rubles. As soon as the money appears, be sure to splurge on this purchase. An irreplaceable thing in order to brew noodles, cook soup or just warm water for hygiene procedures. And if you are cooking on an open flame, then before that, rub the dish with soapy water, and you will not have to suffer, wiping off the soot.
As a container for water, use a simple plastic bottle of one and a half liters. Never miss an opportunity to fill it with clean water.
Always have them with you. More universal thing I do not know. This is a tablecloth, and a napkin, and a sheet, and a handkerchief .... A wet lump of newspaper, instead of a kitchen sponge, can perfectly wash the dishes.
Need to clean the inside of a plastic or glass bottle? Finely tear the newspaper, put it through the neck, shake it vigorously with water. Several such procedures and the bottle will glow like crystal. If we want to indulge in hot tea, then we roll small paper balls from the newspaper, kindle a tiny fire from them, and after ten minutes a mug of boiling water is ready. To speed up the process, you need to cover the mug with a piece of the same newspaper.
Well, to kindle a normal fire, a newspaper is also useful ...
In some specialized literature, it is recommended to wrap your legs in newspaper in severe frosts. I tried. It turns out nonsense - the newspaper is torn, crumpled and practically does not create an air gap that would warm: feet in the newspaper freeze just like without it. But if you put newspapers under clothes, with one layer under a shirt, another under a sweater, the third under a jacket, it becomes much warmer. A more versatile and easily accessible insulation is hard to imagine!
MEDICATIONS
First of all, have a dressing material. Remember that with wounds and injuries it is very important to stop the bleeding. To restore each lost drop, additional energy will be required, and for a sick and exhausted organism, this can be an overwhelming task. It is quite possible to use cleanly washed and sun-dried used bandages.
For better disinfection, they can be boiled. By the way, they did this in the Great Patriotic War ... . But, nevertheless, it is much better to get hold of a full-fledged sterile dressing bag. which will literally save a life. In addition to their direct purpose, bandages perfectly replace the rope and go to all kinds of garters. It does not hurt to have a bottle of iodine and some pills in an individual first-aid kit. However. this is already a luxury for a homeless tramp ...
The list of homeless equipment can be continued indefinitely. These are matches, and salt, and a change of clothes, and much, much more. I have indicated only some public and necessary things.
The question is: where can I get all this? Here I am not an adviser .... It all depends on your capabilities, imagination, courage and a certain amount of luck. However, with confidence I undertake to assert that a big city can provide everything you need. It is only necessary not to be lazy, to discard false shame and learn to adapt to circumstances.
Almost everything that can be found and acquired (stealed), one way or another, will fit in a difficult wandering life. It is not necessary to carry all these small valuables on yourself - arrange secret caches and hideouts. Maybe life will change for the better and your supplies will never be needed. Let them disappear then. Or the opposite can happen...
3. How to get food
It's actually not that big of a problem. It is only necessary once and for all to abandon false modesty and scrupulousness. It is enough to approach any person on the street and, honestly looking into their eyes, ask them to buy you bread. Please note: you do not need to ask for money, namely food! This should be emphasized in your requests. You may be sent away, but be persistent and at least one in ten will respond to the request.
Traditionally, in urban areas, food is obtained from garbage cans and urns. Actually, this is an extreme option, but, in the trash you can find a lot of things useful for the homeless - plastic bags, clothes, shoes, dishes, etc. Food waste also comes across.
Here you should follow a few rules:
1. Throw away bread and other moldy products without pity or cut them off carefully. If you feel a specific taste of mold while eating, spit it out. It is better to stay hungry than to get food poisoning - the body will spend much more precious calories to fight it than it will receive from dubious food. Remember this! Death from diarrhea is one of the most real dangers for a homeless person.
2. Try to cook vegetables and fruits. Moreover, everything is suitable for brew: rotten cucumbers and tomatoes, watermelon peels, chicken and fish bones, etc. It is advisable to add salt and pepper, if of course you have them. The taste of such a "soup" can turn out to be very peculiar, but it will have nutritional value.
3. It is highly undesirable to use cans as cooking utensils. But, if you already had to cook in them, then do not forget to thoroughly rinse these “dishes” and in no case leave food there even for a short time. The metal from which the jars are made can react chemically with fats and food acids to form toxic substances.
Speaking of bones. If the small bones of cooking are ground between two stones, then you can get a fairly nutritious food product.
But the skin of fish with small scales, such as char species (chum salmon, pink salmon, salmon, trout, etc.), being well fried at the stake, will become a real delicacy! In exceptional cases, you can fry in small pieces on the flame of a lighter or match.
Feathered and, first of all, urban (wild) pigeons are the most accessible. You can catch with the simplest loops of a strong thread, I wait until the pigeons step into the loop. More effective fishing on a regular fishing hook baited in the form of a piece of bread. Only, doing such a "hunt" in crowded places, be prepared for the fact that you can incur the "righteous" wrath of others.
For some reason, people always feel more sorry for a bird than a living person .... Therefore, I recommend another way of hunting: usually pigeons, after dark, spend the night in the attics on the roof rafters. It is enough to get there with a flashlight and a hearty dinner is provided to you. Pigeons blinded by light are not at all afraid of humans. Take the bird by the head with your fingers, shake it sharply, and you're done! Without noise and dust, the immobilized carcass is in your knapsack.
I do not advise catching sparrows, tits, wagtails and similar small game. They are more agile than pigeons, there is practically no meat in them, and you will spend disproportionately more energy to catch them. I don’t advise you to mess with crows either - these birds are very smart and it’s quite difficult to get them without weapons or ingenious traps. Gulls and cormorants are easier to catch, but not everyone will be able to eat their foul-smelling meat. By the way, if the seagulls living on the banks of reservoirs smell of rotten fish, then those living in a landfill smell disgustingly of carrion. This is the specifics...
CATS AND DOGS
For some reason, among the vagrant people, it is widely believed that cats are zapadlo. Why dont know. But, I personally have never eaten cats and I can’t say anything about it. But as for dogs, here all prejudices that this is a “man’s friend” should be discarded and these friends should not be eaten.
Without going into controversy, I note that dog meat is no less healthy and tasty than the meat of any other domestic animals.
Attention! Here I must warn - be afraid of people if they find you in the process of hunting, butchering or eating dog meat! They will deprive them of life without blinking an eye, and they will consider themselves right, hiding behind arguments about the humane attitude towards animals, about animal life and about the notorious "friends of man." Such a contradictory human nature - hundreds of times I had to watch people shed tears of pity and tenderness, lisping with dogs, and, without the slightest pity, cracking down on their own kind .... In our society, killing a hungry person, just because he ate a puppy, can easily!
By the way, getting a dog is not difficult. Lure her with a piece of mass or sausage. Put a rope around your neck and lead to a secluded place. Dogs, contrary to popular belief, have absolutely no foreboding of death. Throw the rope over the branch, and pull sharply up. Some dogs wheeze for a long time and howl in the noose, filling the neighborhood with eerie sounds. Be ready for this and, in order to quickly end the suffering of the animal, press on the head from above or pull on the legs .... Unpleasant? Yes, sure! But somehow you have to survive...
When butchering the carcass, make sure that none of the food raw materials is lost. Drain and fry the blood, do not throw away the liver, if possible try to save all the meat. But it's not worth messing with the skin. It is impossible to isolate it in the conditions of a wandering life, but there is always a danger that they will recognize who this fur belonged to. In such cases, even stray dogs immediately find owners. The consequences for you can be the most terrible .... Therefore, the easiest way is to immediately bury the skin deep into the ground along with other waste or throw it somewhere far away so that you are not calculated and punished for the “crime”. Some, not doing it in time, paid with their lives ...
4. Shelter (dwelling)
Based on personal experience, I can say with confidence that the most convenient and safe place is housing in nature. Any hut, in the summer, is preferable to the most comfortable entrance (attic, basement, collector).
Firstly, there are not so many such places that are relatively convenient for an overnight stay in urban conditions. Most of them are already occupied by other homeless people who will have to fight for shelter.
Secondly, remember: any struggle directly related to survival (namely, this is what happens among the homeless) can be extremely cruel and insidious. You don't have many chances to win it if you are a beginner. Even if health, youth and strength are on your side ...
Thirdly, the danger in the city awaits from all sides: it is the police, and drunken teenagers, and vigilant citizens, and their own homeless colleagues. All of them took up arms against you and are ready to kill. Yes, yes, not just to beat, but to kill! For, in our country, for the murder of a homeless person in 99 cases out of a hundred, nothing happens. If you are a homeless person, then no one will look for you. And when your corpse is found with traces of violent death, they will try in every possible way to either hide it or write it off as death from natural causes. Either way, it won't make it any easier for you...
In short, back to nature. In winter, you can also live in central Russia. In principle, there is nothing impossible in building a heated dwelling from improvised means. On the other hand, you are guaranteed safety - it is rare for anyone to poke their nose into the woods just to oppress and offend a homeless person. Even rather the opposite. If you are hospitable and friendly, you will soon acquire familiar summer residents, mushroom pickers and hunters who seek to help the unfortunate homeless.
Housing should be taken care of in advance, preferably in the warm summer months. It's hard enough to choose a place. It should be close to the city, since only there it is easiest to find food, clothing and temporary work. A source of drinking water (stream or reservoir) is desirable near your parking lot. An abundance of fuel for a fire is highly desirable. This could be a dead wood, a sawmill located nearby, or even construction waste illegally dumped outside the city.
Sometimes such housing is not necessary to build. Teenagers, having seen enough films about Indians, scouts and partisans, very often build various dugouts, houses, huts and caches. Even hunters-fishermen build solid huts so that there is a place to drink vodka with relative comfort. The villagers often build huts, put residential trailers on distant mowing or forest plots. Often, this “distant housing”, in fact, turns out to be very close to the city limits.
It is enough to rummage around the neighborhood for a week and, not far from the outskirts of any settlement, you will definitely find something acceptable for housing. Household items left there will tell you who the owners are and how you can negotiate with them about settling .... As a rule, children quickly lose interest in such toys and will even be happy if an adult uncle uses their house .... The hunting and fishing brethren will not mind either. Just always have at the ready a couple of pitiful stories about how you got to such a life ...
Some homeless people find shelter in numerous public organizations and monasteries. The latter are not the best option - they make you work hard, pray and feed meagerly.
It is difficult to find shelter in all kinds of charitable bunkhouses - usually, the number of applicants exceeds their capabilities. By the way, one-time assistance can be easily obtained if you manage to get an appointment with some deputy and public figure. Practice has shown that in one form or another this audience always helps. It’s just that it’s not always possible to overcome the numerous barriers of assistants and secretaries .... Here you can not tell compassionate stories - confess frankly. Lying is not recommended - they can break through the databases.
The other best option is to go to the hospital. It is impossible to give specific advice on how to “mow down”: it all depends on age, the presence of chronic diseases, the state of the body, etc. only if you deliberately make yourself sore, remember that you can easily overdo it and, instead of the desired shelter, you will actually have a serious illness. Don't know which is better...
The rules for staying in the hospital are not complicated: be clean, friendly with the staff and do not drink pills - after all, your task is to stay in the hospital as long as possible. Very well helps to slip obviously bad tests. For example, the urine of a sick person. But again, be careful - if they notice, they will kick you out for such “jokes”.
From the first day of treatment, start making supplies: dry crackers in a secluded place (bread, as a rule, is given without restrictions). One of my acquaintances, after a month's stay in the hospital, came out with a solid supply of crackers, which helped him survive in the future. Along the way, he prepared another powder from dried orange peels - they made excellent tea.
In a large hospital, you can get hold of decent clothes. Some patients admitted in a serious condition refuse, subsequently, to take dirty and bloody clothes. You just have to clean or wash it.
5. Legend
I already mentioned above that any homeless person must have a beautiful story about how he came to such a life. It is best if there are several such stories - for different audiences. For example, if you communicate with the working class, then the story that you had a big grief happened, why they began to drink. Hard workers, as a rule, sympathize with former drunks.
In stories for women, one cannot do without romance and fatal love. Just remember that women really do not like it when people talk about their gender with disdain. Always speak respectfully of the heroine of your love story.
It is very good if the theme of orphanhood and a difficult childhood with a slight touch of nostalgia for the past times will sound in history. You can add a little mystery, just don't overdo it. If you say that you are an employee of secret special services, then it may occur to your interlocutors to check whether you have professional skills ... . Be ready to answer various tricky questions and do not make a mistake on trifles: if you are caught in a lie, then the matter can end very badly - most people really do not like to be deceived.
Also beware of lying about a criminal or military background if you don't have one. Women will not be impressed, and male listeners can easily lead to clean water.
And another tip - do not invent anything. It is enough to read some interesting novel or watch a movie, choose a hero and project his story onto yourself, diluting it with details from your personal life. It is very good if there is a slight irony and humor - people like it more than compassionate whining.
Also, in any company, a dozen good, unhackneyed anecdotes will come in handy - perhaps they will need to be memorized in advance and practiced in an interesting way, because there is nothing worse than an anecdote, funny only for the narrator ...
Conclusion
This material does not claim to be complete and serves, rather, as information for thought. Everyone can question it or expand and add at its discretion.
It is no coincidence that in various specific manuals the word "art" is next to the word "survival". Indeed, survival is an art and must contain elements of fantasy, ingenuity and creativity. Nothing without this. And the stake is high enough - your life. This is some kind of art!
Good luck to all! I sincerely hope that my notes will not be useful to anyone.
Food and drinkThe paramount question of any person who had to survive is how to provide himself with energy and not die of hunger. Zhenya Yakut eats "nishtyaks" found in garbage dumps (we will return to the topic of garbage dumps). But do not think that homeless people are picky about food! Narpimer, Zhenya categorically refuses to eat stale cheese.
Charitable organizations help to maintain a normal diet for street wanderers and the poor. Any real bum knows where, when and how much a car with free rations costs. In addition, you can enjoy porridge with canned food in churches - food is also distributed there for free.
Many are interested in what kind of street animals the homeless eat. We suspect that everyone, but Yakut adheres to the South Korean diet: he does not eat pigeons, but he can eat a stray dog.
Sometimes, if Zhenya looks especially neat, he can afford to have a glass or two of soda at some Burger King. Naturally, for free. In establishments with unlimited drinks, glasses left from under them are valuable prey for any homeless person. You just take and drink as much as you like - everything has already been paid for. This life hack suits even the most squeamish: most often people drink such drinks from straws, so the risk of catching the flu or ringworm from a glass is very small.
As for stronger drinks, our video blogger tries to consume in moderation. Drunken homeless people are often beaten by townspeople dissatisfied with their own lives.
HousingZhenya Yakut and his friend (it's boring to live alone) spend their free time in their "Bunker" or they also call it "Bomb Bay". Their housing looks like an ordinary open manhole with an ordinary sewer shaft. Yes, and it represents the same thing.
The conditions in the hatch are quite tolerable - not damp, warm, "flies do not bite." Zhenya Yakut keeps all his things there.
But many homeless people do not have a permanent home, and here you have to be smart. In the summer, of course, it's easier. But how do they survive in winter? Yakut told about two tricks: regular buses to the airport, which take 2 hours - you can comfortably relax in them. And there is also a government decree that the police do not have the right to expel people sleeping at stations in sub-zero temperatures. Of course, the banal metro ring line and underground passages are the default.
"Hiking on nishtyaks"
The main craft of homeless citizens is the revision of garbage cans, or, as they themselves call it, "a trip to the nishtyaks." You can keep the found things for yourself, or you can sell them to guest workers. In principle, the main buyers of "nishtyakov" from the dumps are the poor who came to work. Many of them have families with many children, so children's clothes and toys are taken apart with particular willingness.
In addition to clothes, you can sell discarded books. Bookstores don't give much money (10 rubles per book on average), but people like Zhenya Yakut don't have to choose. Sometimes you can stumble upon collectible old editions - that's how lucky you are.
With the proceeds, including, Yakut buys Java cigarettes. It would seem that the product is not essential, and you can always ask passers-by, but, according to the video blogger, “it’s not climate friendly to shoot.”
By the way, if you are at least a little imbued with this parallel reality for you, the next time you throw away unnecessary things (not food!), Put them not in the tank, but nearby. Yakut and his comrades in misfortune will be very grateful to you.
Personal hygiene
To tidy up, the blogger goes to the shopping center, to which there is a free bus. The process of aiming a marafet takes place in the mother and child rooms, which are in any self-respecting toilet. Very convenient - you can put things on the changing table ... well, you got the hint, pass this on to all the women you know with babies.
Cr. allowance: homeless survival allowance: homeless - never lose hope!!!
Plan:
Introduction
1. Bread. Own
2.Krugal. Tea
3. Sphere (Circle of interests). Connections.
4. Share, don't share
6. Work. Earnings
7.Home.Housing.Sanitation
8. Winter, autumn - the struggle for heating mains and elite places.
9. Coins or money.
10.God and the Church
12. Monkey
14. Hospitals
Conclusion
Introduction
The world of the homeless is harsh in its structure. If you become a homeless god for you undertook severely. You are going through one of the Lessons of Wisdom, in which you play the main role. Remember, especially if B is a former intellectual, the laws by which normal people live in the world do not apply here. Coins, alcohol, pollen, housing are the main active component of the homeless, the tramp. If God has led you to this path or if there is a person, then your task is to help him, you should not learn Gurdjieff in practice. For us, Gurdjieff is a monkey with a pomegranate Remember that a person’s consciousness can always be raised, alcohol leaves the body in 21-28 days, a habit appears if you act according to a schedule for 2 months, craving for alcohol for 2 years, for pollen for 3-5 years. The cosmic state of consciousness is achieved not according to the laws of life, but according to the laws of Love. A small manual was written for the purpose of interest and dispelling the illusions of a homeless person, a tramp, especially posters of homeless people on city streets - Don't be like that! Which genuinely amused me. Sadness. Remember it all depends on the person. Desire creates suffering. The mind is restless, but only the mind is an ally and helper.
1. Bread. Own. Food
Food for the homeless is very scarce. Occurs in garbage dumps, but not in the summer in unsanitary conditions, where the risk of getting sick is very high. A loaf of bread costs about 20 rubles. The diet is half a loaf of bread a day, tea, rarely anakom. Money is taken from other homeless people, weaker or drug addicts, or borrowed (which is recorded, it is not in vain that there is a concept borrowed). Homeless people are smart people and do not play for fun. Everyone has their own concept, who eats well, and he safely shares, of course, local authorities help. But the bum is like a self-survival guide. A whole book, a novel. The homeless also feed on summer cottages, those who are lucky get a job as watchmen for a penny, which is a great happiness. Cemeteries are also a way out, but there is great competition, so you have to manage on your own and Faith in God - There are no atheists in a trench under fire!
2.Krugal.Tea
Homeless people or vagrants usually either gather in groups of 2-3 people, or go alone. Everyone has their own mug (round) and dishes. In order not to get sick and be in good shape, homeless people drink cheap long leaf tea. Boiling water is asked at gas stations or gas stations. You can often see tea battles that this came from criminal elements. Chefir circle and more. Tea is also savored and chewed. Accordingly, from this comes the arrival of tea. The risk of getting sick with the adoption of tea is reduced by 40-50%. The greatest gourmets make grog and drink singed tea - Cleanse the body and protect from fusel oils.
3. Sphere of interests. Circle of friends.
The circle of communication of a homeless person is very limited - the same lumpen, homeless people, tramps, there is competition in everything, how not to fall face down in the "mud", to get it.
Usually watchmen, security guards without a license, loaders - a pledge of living at wholesale depots, in exchange for loading, unloading trucks and other delights. Watching this, remember do not spare 10 rubles, and give for food, the homeless most likely will not drink, but will buy a loaf of bread. Connections also play an important role, usually the most important thing is not to get lost in the next 2 years, then things will go like clockwork. Stations are also a good way, but local guards chase homeless people and tramps, often homeless people and tramps have a rest in local subways.
4. Share, don't share.
To share, not to share, each tramp has his own path and his own way. You will share like a good one, but you will be left without pants and bread. In general, the concept of bad good is not present in this circle. There is a system of your own - someone else's. One's own among strangers, a stranger among one's own - this also occurs. But the world, as it does not seem, is not without good people, the churches help, pensioner grannies, who are eager to help. The only way.
5. Lumpen layers (loaders, guards, todshiks (hereinafter referred to as Mowgli), vagrants, homeless people
Loaders - a permanent elite among this class, competitors, homeless people and vagrants. The guards are usually people with connections, although there are some without. Todshiks, commonly called Mowglis, are very hardy and responsible people for their work, usually work in construction and physically hard work, live in communities. Construction work, suburban areas, finishing work, rarely plumbing. Tramps, homeless people - a constant circle, this is of no interest to the reader.
6. Work. Earnings
The work of the homeless and tramp is nightly - to survive and live contrary to the laws of society. With work, as always, tension, and in different ways, this is Great Labor. The competition is big. Earnings are usually not great, unloading wagons, cars, trucks (trucks), work in quarries for food. Usually labor is estimated at 200-300 rubles for loading and unloading, plus food and rest. And that is great luck. Summer cottages give seasonal work - digging, weeding, loosening, cutting down trees and shrubs. Also delivery of waste paper, aluminum, glass containers.
7.Home.Housing.Sanitation.
Tramps live in destroyed and decommissioned buildings, if they are lucky, if not, they huddle in the basements of heating mains (in autumn, winter). Also housing can be country houses in the summer. Local authorities usually help, as well as a shelter for the homeless and vagrants. Dug-out dugouts can also serve as housing, God forbid with a potbelly stove. Sanitation is different - everyone has their own soap, water in rivers and streams, in winter at pumps and springs. They wash 3 times a month (those who usually wash more often and are well dressed, those who have a job). If you have picked up insects, it does not matter to take them out with kerosene or gasoline by asking the men at gas stations.
8. Winter, autumn - the struggle for heating mains and elite places
Winter and autumn, the most rainy season, where there is a special aggravation, especially the war for elite places and a place under the sun. Usually scolding, but sometimes fists go in. The strongest survives. There are not so many warm places, but usually enough for everyone. An elite place is considered to be a gatehouse of a summer cottage, also to guard a summer cottage, parking lots, and even then they don’t take it in the latter, or extremely rarely.
9. Coins or money.
Homeless people and vagrants have different names for money, depending on the area - for example, coins, shag, heating. The role of money is different, from human greed to alms. Sometimes a tramp will give another ruble for the construction of a church, a temple.
10.God and the Church
God occupies a decisive place in the life of a homeless person, a tramp. It is not uncommon that homeless people become homeless after black realtors, drunkenness or ill-conceived accounting and politics. The Church can help in this case, because all people “baptized by Christ” are homeless and vagabonds, usually in the Church they are included in the category of beggars. They live in small communities with a group of up to 25 people in churches, and those who suffer also help. Usually people say the Church on Earth is the Family. Is not it?
11. Documents. Authorities. Police
Documents are like the apple of an eye, they need to be kept every second, often black businessmen take out loans, and in this case a person pays. Often this circle fails and theft, God forbid, with this circle a person has no interest. The authorities may be supportive or not, it all depends on the policy of the state, the circle of beggars and vagrancy. For no one, it's no secret that vagrants and beggars are the eyes of law enforcement, so this demand is small. The police have a different attitude towards this circle, the old-timers usually do not drive, but they accept newcomers either into their own ranks or the ranks of strangers, and accordingly they clean the territory. The only way.
12. Monkey
The bullpen is popularly known as a monkey house. The people are the most diverse and diverse, from respectable citizens to the most fierce and hardened sections of the population, including marginal elements. What should you do in this situation? Usually, do not become limp and hold your head proudly, be friendly in communication, do not tease, ask permission for a plastic bottle, since there is usually no toilet and you have to go to plastic bottles (there are the same with urine nearby). In this case, do not ask for water and a smoke, it is better to wait until the morning and ask until the circumstances are clarified (identity check).
13. Whores. Alcohol. pollen
Usually they are called poetesses. There are such people in every such marginal circle. Depend on the amount of swill and coins poured into them. Alcohol and pollen are different. Nakromans are not liked here and they put appropriate signs and give nicknames. Girls choose the strong, such is the law of nature. The only way.
14. Hospitals
Hospitals are usually a haven for homeless people and vagrants. The hospital is warm, dry and there is food. Usually, homeless people and vagrants often ask to call an ambulance for them, something bad happened to their hearts, after lying warm for 1-2-3 days they are discharged, because the state is not able to support them. Only honest work!
15. Shelter for the homeless. Shacks. Bed.
A homeless shelter, usually an elite place, not everyone gets there, unless in severe frosts and cold. They are usually called shacks.
It consists of a row of beds in 2-3 rows, sleeping quarters - military iron beds. Here, homeless people and vagrants, beggars and others, are given amenities, showers, soap, rarely shampoo. Shaving by permission, walking too. Each bed is individual and that's the only way.
Conclusion
Dear friend, you have just looked at the life of a homeless person and a tramp with the eyes of an eyewitness and a writer, so as you pass by, forget the smart Gurdjieff and other nonsense and hold out a ten. If you don't have ten rubles, give me a ruble; if you don't have a ruble, give me ten kopecks. Usually these elements of society can be found at chain stores, where many beg for alms. God help them! Good luck!
Waiting for your comments, my mail [email protected]- Prose of life and profession through PM.
Petr Gorr- a well-known network writer. I have been interested in the problems of survival for a very long time. In the early 1990s, he was the head of a survival school in Norilsk. At one time I received relatively good training in this profile. There is experience in leading and participating in a fairly large number of skiing and hiking trips of the highest category of complexity. I visited many parts of the former Soviet Union.
The first higher education is a teacher. At the moment he works as a director of a car service. Prior to that, he worked for 15 years in the fire department as the chief of the fire department. Even before 15 years he worked as an instructor in tourism. In between, he was a Komsomol-party functionary, a businessman, and even a taxi driver.
“- As for the homeless, there is no secret: I collected material for a story on this topic, communicated with them at every opportunity. Partially, these materials are reflected in my works. I plan to write a long story on this topic. I cannot but say that this audience is very peculiar. The vast majority undoubtedly have mental disabilities that led them to such a life. Also, in the nature of almost every homeless person is pathological laziness, and only very few are victims of circumstances .... However, this is a rather extensive topic ... Somehow I will write ... "— Peter Gorr, author.
From the author.
A well-known Russian proverb does not recommend renouncing from the bag and from prison. However, in our unpredictable country anything can happen.
The following are tips drawn from communication with professional homeless people, whom the author had to meet quite a lot. Partially used and personal experience.
So, we learn to be homeless correctly ...
1. Mental attitude
The most important thing is not to lose heart and, in no case, do not seek solace in alcohol or other antidepressants. My personal firm conviction is that you should drink only for joy. If misfortune happened, then it is necessary to mobilize all the forces, and not to intoxicate the brain with alcohol.
First, accept the fact that life has changed drastically. It is necessary to leave old habits and without looking back to adapt to a new life. A miracle will not happen - no one except ourselves will help in anything. We will learn to survive and hope that this black streak will end. Let's get out somehow... Let's start with:
2. Homeless equipment
CLOTH
The question is difficult. As a rule, what you get is what you have to wear. However, if there is a choice, then preference should be given to soft and dark colors. Ideal outerwear is a leather jacket or windbreaker, knitted hat, jeans. Shoes - durable boots such as tourist or military. Such an outfit is “all-weather” and will allow you to endure both heat and cold tolerably. The main task is not to stand out from the crowd and try to maintain a more or less decent appearance. This, at times, is not easy - after spending the night in the attic or in the sewer, it is very difficult to look like that. But, it is necessary to strive for this - a fairly decent appearance will help to avoid many troubles.
Sometimes it is useful to mimic some image - a tourist, a fisherman-hunter, a handyman, etc. One of my acquaintances very successfully exploited the image of a monk-wanderer and was very successful in this matter.
The ability to look like an intelligent person is considered aerobatics among the homeless - but for this, with a homeless life, a lot of effort and work is needed.
The smell is one of the most unpleasant and vile companions of all homeless people. It is sometimes impossible to get rid of it, but it is necessary to strive for this. It would be superfluous to say that whenever possible, you should regularly wash your underwear and wash your body. The easiest way to do this is in public toilets. Do not spare even the last money for hygiene. If this is not possible, regularly wipe the body with a damp cloth slightly moistened with warm soapy water. Then, wipe dry with another cloth. With some skill, this can be done without even taking off your clothes. Such a hygienic procedure, although it will not replace a full wash, will help keep the body relatively clean. In winter, change your underwear regularly and, if it is not possible to wash it, hang it out for several days in the cold. Thus, the underwear is slightly weathered from an unpleasant smell. I must say that the smell appears when the particles of sweat, absorbed into the fibers of the fabric, begin to decompose and rot. Therefore, another effective remedy is to fry clothes in thick smoke, simultaneously killing putrefactive bacteria by smoking. The smell of wood smoke is much more pleasant than the "aroma" of mustiness and decay coming from dirty clothes. And if you disguise yourself as a fisherman or a hunter, then it will be quite natural for you.
Another source of bad breath is, so to speak, your environment. Therefore, avoid staying for a long time in basements where there is a specific spirit, in landfills or garbage dumps, near dirty public toilets, etc.
If, nevertheless, your clothes are saturated with these odors, then use every opportunity to be in the fresh air, air your clothes and warm them up in the sun (ultraviolet light kills bacteria that cause unpleasant odors). It is recommended to use various fragrances and masking odors - toilet fresheners or strong-smelling chemicals. Believe me, people around are much more tolerant of the smell of gasoline, acetone and kerosene than the specific smell of dirty clothes. A friend of mine successfully used instead of perfume a special liquid for watering floors in stables and pigsties, fragrant with camphor and turpentine.
STUFF BAG
The best option is an urban backpack. Try to get it by any means and you will appreciate the convenience of this piece of equipment. You can easily carry loads up to 10-15 kg and your hands remain free. A shoulder bag is more inconvenient, but if there is nothing suitable, then it will do. And if you are going to pretend to be an intellectual, then the best thing here is a bag from under a laptop. The worst option is a plastic bag. However, in any case, a container where you can put something useful and in which to carry your modest belongings should be a must. Don't rely on pockets alone.
CANE
I strongly recommend getting hold of this item even if you are not disabled, do not limp and do not need it. Best of all, the usual, so-called invalid cane without any frills, carved handles and other bells and whistles. The easiest way is to buy a cane at a pharmacy from among the cheapest or steal (beg) in any hospital.
This is an indispensable item for long standing in one place and in long-distance transitions. It is very good as a weapon against two-legged beasts and is great at fighting off a pack of dogs. And sometimes it is useful to pretend to be a lame invalid and here, without a classic invalid wand, there is no way ...
In general, the entire huge range of applications of this subject of application is unusually wide and you can think of it yourself.
Just never hide knives and sharpeners in them. The very first place where they start looking for weapons is in a cane. And, if they find him there, then you will not do well ....
CUTTING TOOL
It is best if it is the cheapest Chinese fold. Only in this case will you have a guarantee that this knife will not be taken away from you or stolen. The quality of steel, the length and shape of the blade are unprincipled. As for sharpness, get hold of a piece of a bar or sandpaper and always keep the blade in a razor-like state. Mild steel has its advantages - you can restore the sharpness of the blade in ten seconds, and if you do not chop nails with this knife, then razor sharpening will last long enough. By the way, a well-sharpened knife is a much more terrible weapon than, say, a blunt bayonet-knife ...
Ordinary scissors can also serve as a good replacement for a knife. The range of their application is quite wide, and they will cause less suspicion among others.
DISHES
Best of all, a stainless steel mug with a capacity of 300-500 ml. In sports and hardware stores, it costs less than a hundred rubles. As soon as the money appears, be sure to splurge on this purchase. An irreplaceable thing in order to brew noodles, cook soup or just warm water for hygiene procedures. And if you are cooking on an open flame, then before that, rub the dish with soapy water, and you will not have to suffer, wiping off the soot.
As a container for water, use a simple plastic bottle of one and a half liters. Never miss an opportunity to fill it with clean water.
NEWSPAPERS
Always have them with you. More universal thing I do not know. This is a tablecloth, and a napkin, and a sheet, and a handkerchief .... A wet lump of newspaper, instead of a kitchen sponge, can perfectly wash the dishes.
Need to clean the inside of a plastic or glass bottle? Finely tear the newspaper, put it through the neck, shake it vigorously with water. Several such procedures and the bottle will glow like crystal. If we want to indulge in hot tea, then we roll small paper balls from the newspaper, kindle a tiny fire from them, and after ten minutes a mug of boiling water is ready. To speed up the process, you need to cover the mug with a piece of the same newspaper.
Well, to kindle a normal fire, a newspaper is also useful ...
In some specialized literature, it is recommended to wrap your legs in newspaper in severe frosts. I tried. It turns out nonsense - the newspaper is torn, crumpled and practically does not create an air gap that would warm: feet in the newspaper freeze just like without it. But if you put newspapers under clothes, with one layer under a shirt, another under a sweater, the third under a jacket, it becomes much warmer. A more versatile and easily accessible insulation is hard to imagine!
MEDICATIONS
First of all, have a dressing material. Remember that with wounds and injuries it is very important to stop the bleeding. To restore each lost drop, additional energy will be required, and for a sick and exhausted organism, this can be an overwhelming task. It is quite possible to use cleanly washed and sun-dried used bandages. For better disinfection, they can be boiled. By the way, they did this in the Great Patriotic War ... . But, nevertheless, it is much better to get hold of a full-fledged sterile dressing bag. which will literally save a life. In addition to their direct purpose, bandages perfectly replace the rope and go to all kinds of garters. It does not hurt to have a bottle of iodine and some pills in an individual first-aid kit. However. this is already a luxury for a homeless tramp ...
The list of homeless equipment can be continued indefinitely. These are matches, and salt, and a change of clothes, and much, much more. I have indicated only some public and necessary things.
The question is: where can I get all this? Here I am not an adviser .... It all depends on your capabilities, imagination, courage and a certain amount of luck. However, with confidence I undertake to assert that a big city can provide everything you need. It is only necessary not to be lazy, to discard false shame and learn to adapt to circumstances.
Almost everything that can be found and acquired (stealed), one way or another, will fit in a difficult wandering life. It is not necessary to carry all these small valuables on yourself - arrange secret caches and hideouts. Maybe life will change for the better and your supplies will never be needed. Let them disappear then. Or the opposite can happen...
3. How to get food
It's actually not that big of a problem. It is only necessary once and for all to abandon false modesty and scrupulousness. It is enough to approach any person on the street and, honestly looking into their eyes, ask them to buy you bread. Please note: you do not need to ask for money, namely food! This should be emphasized in your requests. You may be sent away, but be persistent and at least one in ten will respond to the request.
Traditionally, in urban areas, food is obtained from garbage cans and urns. Actually, this is an extreme option, but, in the trash you can find a lot of things useful for the homeless - plastic bags, clothes, shoes, dishes, etc. Food waste also comes across.
Here you should follow a few rules:
1. Throw away bread and other moldy products without pity or cut them off carefully. If you feel a specific taste of mold while eating, spit it out. It is better to stay hungry than to get food poisoning - the body will spend much more precious calories to fight it than it will receive from dubious food. Remember this! Death from diarrhea is one of the most real dangers for a homeless person.
2. Try to cook vegetables and fruits. Moreover, everything is suitable for brew: rotten cucumbers and tomatoes, watermelon peels, chicken and fish bones, etc. It is advisable to add salt and pepper, if of course you have them. The taste of such a "soup" can turn out to be very peculiar, but it will have nutritional value.
3. It is highly undesirable to use cans as cooking utensils. But, if you already had to cook in them, then do not forget to thoroughly rinse these “dishes” and in no case leave food there even for a short time. The metal from which the jars are made can react chemically with fats and food acids to form toxic substances.
Speaking of bones. If the small bones of cooking are ground between two stones, then you can get a fairly nutritious food product.
But the skin of fish with small scales, such as char species (chum salmon, pink salmon, salmon, trout, etc.), being well fried at the stake, will become a real delicacy! In exceptional cases, you can fry in small pieces on the flame of a lighter or match.
HUNTING
Feathered and, first of all, urban (wild) pigeons are the most accessible. You can catch with the simplest loops of a strong thread, I wait until the pigeons step into the loop. More effective fishing on a regular fishing hook baited in the form of a piece of bread. Only, doing such a "hunt" in crowded places, be prepared for the fact that you can incur the "righteous" wrath of others. For some reason, people always feel more sorry for a bird than a living person .... Therefore, I recommend another way of hunting: usually pigeons, after dark, spend the night in the attics on the roof rafters. It is enough to get there with a flashlight and a hearty dinner is provided to you. Pigeons blinded by light are not at all afraid of humans. Take the bird by the head with your fingers, shake it sharply, and you're done! Without noise and dust, the immobilized carcass is in your knapsack.
I do not advise catching sparrows, tits, wagtails and similar small game. They are more agile than pigeons, there is practically no meat in them, and you will spend disproportionately more energy to catch them. I don’t advise you to mess with crows either - these birds are very smart and it’s quite difficult to get them without weapons or ingenious traps. Gulls and cormorants are easier to catch, but not everyone will be able to eat their foul-smelling meat. By the way, if the seagulls living on the banks of reservoirs smell of rotten fish, then those living in a landfill smell disgustingly of carrion. This is the specifics...
CATS AND DOGS
For some reason, among the vagrant people, it is widely believed that cats are zapadlo. Why dont know. But, I personally have never eaten cats and I can’t say anything about it. But as for dogs, here all prejudices that this is a “man’s friend” should be discarded and these friends should not be eaten.
Without going into controversy, I note that dog meat is no less healthy and tasty than the meat of any other domestic animals.
Attention! Here I must warn - be afraid of people if they find you in the process of hunting, butchering or eating dog meat! They will deprive them of life without blinking an eye, and they will consider themselves right, hiding behind arguments about the humane attitude towards animals, about animal life and about the notorious "friends of man." Such a contradictory human nature - hundreds of times I had to watch people shed tears of pity and tenderness, lisping with dogs, and, without the slightest pity, cracking down on their own kind .... In our society, killing a hungry person, just because he ate a puppy, can easily!
By the way, getting a dog is not difficult. Lure her with a piece of mass or sausage. Put a rope around your neck and lead to a secluded place. Dogs, contrary to popular belief, have absolutely no foreboding of death. Throw the rope over the branch, and pull sharply up. Some dogs wheeze for a long time and howl in the noose, filling the neighborhood with eerie sounds. Be ready for this and, in order to quickly end the suffering of the animal, press on the head from above or pull on the legs .... Unpleasant? Yes, sure! But somehow you have to survive...
When butchering the carcass, make sure that none of the food raw materials is lost. Drain and fry the blood, do not throw away the liver, if possible try to save all the meat. But it's not worth messing with the skin. It is impossible to isolate it in the conditions of a wandering life, but there is always a danger that they will recognize who this fur belonged to. In such cases, even stray dogs immediately find owners. The consequences for you can be the most terrible .... Therefore, the easiest way is to immediately bury the skin deep into the ground along with other waste or throw it somewhere far away so that you are not calculated and punished for the “crime”. Some, not doing it in time, paid with their lives ...
4. Shelter (dwelling)
Based on personal experience, I can say with confidence that the most convenient and safe place is housing in nature. Any hut, in the summer, is preferable to the most comfortable entrance (attic, basement, collector).
Firstly, there are not so many such places that are relatively convenient for an overnight stay in urban conditions. Most of them are already occupied by other homeless people who will have to fight for shelter.
Secondly, remember: any struggle directly related to survival (namely, this is what happens among the homeless) can be extremely cruel and insidious. You don't have many chances to win it if you are a beginner. Even if health, youth and strength are on your side...
Thirdly, the danger in the city awaits from all sides: it is the police, and drunken teenagers, and vigilant citizens, and their own homeless colleagues. All of them took up arms against you and are ready to kill. Yes, yes, not just to beat, but to kill! For, in our country, for the murder of a homeless person in 99 cases out of a hundred, nothing happens. If you are a homeless person, then no one will look for you. And when your corpse is found with traces of violent death, they will try in every possible way to either hide it or write it off as death from natural causes. Either way, it won't make it any easier for you...
In short, back to nature. In winter, you can also live in central Russia. In principle, there is nothing impossible in building a heated dwelling from improvised means. On the other hand, you are guaranteed safety - it is rare for anyone to poke their nose into the woods just to oppress and offend a homeless person. Even rather the opposite. If you are hospitable and friendly, you will soon acquire familiar summer residents, mushroom pickers and hunters who seek to help the unfortunate homeless.
Housing should be taken care of in advance, preferably in the warm summer months. It's hard enough to choose a place. It should be close to the city, since only there it is easiest to find food, clothing and temporary work. A source of drinking water (stream or reservoir) is desirable near your parking lot. An abundance of fuel for a fire is highly desirable. This could be a dead wood, a sawmill located nearby, or even construction waste illegally dumped outside the city.
Sometimes such housing is not necessary to build. Teenagers, having seen enough films about Indians, scouts and partisans, very often build various dugouts, houses, huts and caches. Even hunters-fishermen build solid huts so that there is a place to drink vodka with relative comfort. The villagers often build huts, put residential trailers on distant mowing or forest plots. Often, this “distant housing”, in fact, turns out to be very close to the city limits.
It is enough to rummage around the neighborhood for a week and, not far from the outskirts of any settlement, you will definitely find something acceptable for housing. Household items left there will tell you who the owners are and how you can negotiate with them about settling .... As a rule, children quickly lose interest in such toys and will even be happy if an adult uncle uses their house .... The hunting and fishing brethren will not mind either. Just always have at the ready a couple of pitiful stories about how you got to such a life ...
Some homeless people find shelter in numerous public organizations and monasteries. The latter are not the best option - they make you work hard, pray and feed meagerly.
It is difficult to find shelter in all kinds of charitable bunkhouses - usually, the number of applicants exceeds their capabilities. By the way, one-time assistance can be easily obtained if you manage to get an appointment with some deputy and public figure. Practice has shown that in one form or another this audience always helps. It’s just that it’s not always possible to overcome the numerous barriers of assistants and secretaries .... Here you can not tell compassionate stories - confess frankly. Lying is not recommended - they can break through the databases.
The other best option is to go to the hospital. It is impossible to give specific advice on how to “mow down”: it all depends on age, the presence of chronic diseases, the state of the body, etc. only if you deliberately make yourself sore, remember that you can easily overdo it and, instead of the desired shelter, you will actually have a serious illness. Don't know which is better...
The rules for staying in the hospital are not complicated: be clean, friendly with the staff and do not drink pills - after all, your task is to stay in the hospital as long as possible. Very well helps to slip obviously bad tests. For example, the urine of a sick person. But again, be careful - if they notice, they will kick you out for such “jokes”.
From the first day of treatment, start making supplies: dry crackers in a secluded place (bread, as a rule, is given without restrictions). One of my acquaintances, after a month's stay in the hospital, came out with a solid supply of crackers, which helped him survive in the future. Along the way, he prepared another powder from dried orange peels - they made excellent tea.
In a large hospital, you can get hold of decent clothes. Some patients admitted in a serious condition refuse, subsequently, to take dirty and bloody clothes. You just have to clean or wash it.
5. Legend
I already mentioned above that any homeless person must have a beautiful story about how he came to such a life. It is best if there are several such stories - for different audiences. For example, if you communicate with the working class, then the story that you had a big grief happened, why they began to drink. Hard workers, as a rule, sympathize with former drunks.
In stories for women, one cannot do without romance and fatal love. Just remember that women really do not like it when people talk about their gender with disdain. Always speak respectfully of the heroine of your love story.
It is very good if the theme of orphanhood and a difficult childhood with a slight touch of nostalgia for the past times will sound in history. You can add a little mystery, just don't overdo it. If you say that you are an employee of secret special services, then it may occur to your interlocutors to check whether you have professional skills ... . Be ready to answer various tricky questions and do not make a mistake on trifles: if you are caught in a lie, then the matter can end very badly - most people really do not like to be deceived.
Also beware of lying about a criminal or military background if you don't have one. Women will not be impressed, and male listeners can easily lead to clean water.
And another tip - do not invent anything. It is enough to read some interesting novel or watch a movie, choose a hero and project his story onto yourself, diluting it with details from your personal life. It is very good if there is a slight irony and humor - people like it more than compassionate whining.
Also, in any company, a dozen good, unhackneyed anecdotes will come in handy - perhaps they will need to be memorized in advance and practiced in an interesting way, because there is nothing worse than an anecdote, funny only for the narrator ...
Conclusion
This material does not claim to be complete and serves, rather, as information for thought. Everyone can question it or expand and add at its discretion.
It is no coincidence that in various specific manuals the word "art" is next to the word "survival". Indeed, survival is an art and must contain elements of fantasy, ingenuity and creativity. Nothing without this. And the stake is high enough - your life. This is some kind of art!
Good luck to all! I sincerely hope that my notes will not be useful to anyone.
