The return to Street Sense Media has been up and down on the streets. I haven’t had to try no new sales locations, I just go where people are spending money. Fewer customers are on the streets with less people working downtown. The customers I encounter are more generous because of the COVID-19 pandemic and some of the people that I’ve reconnected with I haven’t seen in some time.
Things have been looking up. I would have to say that I’ve had two customers hand me $100 on my moves up and down the streets. Dude says, “You’re with Street Sense. I saw you before out here selling papers. Today’s your lucky day.” And he gave me $100.
And I was lucky to find some money with the hope of getting a place and getting off the streets.
Carlton Johnson is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.
