Most of the pro's around here use a 3 gallon gas can as a prop. Holding a neatly folded cardboard sign "Out of gas - please help", or whatever the fugg.
Yeah, right.
Take a look at their shoes - sometimes they don't think hard enough to take off their Air Jordans and put on a ratty-ass pair from the Goodwill. I ain't giving my hard earned cash to anyone that fuggin' stupid.