Beggars CAN be Choosers

Have you ever been confronted with your own commonly held maxims?  Last week, as I pulled up to a stoplight, I saw a young man standing on the boulevard holding a sign that read: "Hungry and Homeless."  I had some food left over in my lunch that I thought he could have.  I stopped beside him and rolled down my window.  The conversation went something like this:

Me: Hey man, all I have is half a sandwich

man:   that's fine.  It's not like I'm gonna say no.

Me:   Hope you don't mind, it's peanut butter and jam.

man: (gasp, pause...awkward)

Me: (immediately) ...unless you have a peanut allergy...

man: Oh, No thanks! (as he throws his head back),  I have eaten way too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I just can't eat them anymore, no way!  (chuckle, followed by some vague reference to consuming too much pbnj four years ago)

Me:  (gasp, pause...awkward) Alright, sorry man, take care. (green light)

I didn't know what to say or think.  I drove off baffled and confused, not knowing what to make of his sign and the non-transaction between us.  Be sure that I was not in the least bit offended by his rejection nor am I now  detracted from offering food to those who are 'homeless and hungry.'  Also, it is not my intention to make a moral judgement one way or the other about those who seek food and money in between passing cars. He did mention however that he wasn't going to decline anything I would give him.  So the question remains, "Was he really hungry in the first place?"