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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
The problem is where they have some liability in caretaking of the food since if a homeless person gets ill or dies someone will sue so there are lots of rules and regulations as to what food they will accept. I cannot call them after a party to donate 4Ft of my 6Ft sandwhich because it wasn't properly handled.
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And god knows I tried that one....
I'm pretty sure the guy on the subway who is blind and plays accordion isn't really blind...I've often thought about following him after he gets off the subway to see where he winds up going.
We used to give things to this homeless guy who sat outside our grocery store. He was loud and obnoxious, but still had some kind of charm about him that made you smile as he shouted things at you like "wanna get married? I
got food stamps" or "pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?"
One week, I had a bunch of leftover food from some event - wrapped granola bars, juice boxes, etc - so I gave it all to him - I left it next to him as he was sleeping. The next day, as I passed him, I asked him if he received the items I left for him. His response was "yeah, you got any change?"
My wife had a similar experience - he asked her for money because he was hungry - she instead went inside and got him a sandwich - and when she came out, he took the sandwich and asked her again for money.
I stopped giving to him after those two instances.