Thank you for sharing. You must indeed be in a lot of pain, and it’s quite valuable to hear your perspective.
Some of those you encountered were inexcusably rude. Others, however,
you judge unfairly.
There’s no excuse to berate you, especially in public. Kol hamalbin p’nei chavero barabim…
Not everyone, though, can afford to give every collector more than a dollar, and although you need the money, I don’t know. that you should be judging someone else’s financial condition. Besides, unless someone knows your position first hand, it might be unwise to give more than a token donation. You may be legit, but there certainly are some who are not. hakrdos. How would someone know?
I wish you much hatzlocho, and may Hashem bless you that you no longer need to come on to “matnas basar vadam”, ki im l’yado ham’leia, hap’suchah, hak’dosha v’ har’chava.