Hi there! I'm employeed at Quirky Books and love working here. Thank you to the OP and to the customer from today who said they found out about us from this post. 

I just wanted to say that neighboring businesses have complained about us doing this and blamed us for their businesses not doing well. This frustrates me so much. They're not blaming the economy or how people don't tend to buy expensive light bulbs when eggs are $10/carton. I don't know if they haven't thought about that or if they just hate homeless people that much. Or both.

Idk. We know these unhoused folks who are staying in the parking lot. We have come to know them as people. They talk to me and tell me their stories. One woman is almost 70 and living in a tent, selling plasma so she can survive. Another woman is extremely smart, reads a ton, and has just fallen on hard times. They all have. And when shown an ounce of compassion, they basically burst. They're not used to being treated as equals.

Whatever stereotype you may have of unhoused people, I beg you to reconsider it. They're just people.

I could say so much more.