Warning a Beggar In Front of the Store

One morning I was in a grocery store buying some items when I overheard a carry out person tell a cashier there is a beggar outside. “Beggar outside?” The warning spread like wildfire. People looked fearfully out the glass doors and plate glass windows. After paying I left with my merchandise. On the sidewalk by a roll of empty grocery carts was a young thin man with a bicycle behind him. He was strumming a guitar. In front of him on the walk was his weapon: an upside down hat.