begging

a young man (ic1) approched me in colchester at the train station in the dark last week asking for "any change" i was polite back and said "sorry mate". I walked on and flagged a patrol car to advise on the man in question, job done. A stark contrast to this evening when leaving highbury islington station at 9pm. A man (young ic3) asked me if i had 50p while i was topping up my oyster. I simply said no and he said "what do u mean no you fucker" / i opted to ignore him. Madness.