Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer

• cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Missed the mark here of course.

  People should be able to buy what they need, not be at the whims of what a capitalist entity dumps in a food bank.

  Not everyone has the ability to store, prepare or even cook vegetables. Due to lack of utensils, food storage or even something to heat with. For many, vegetables would just be a liability and force you to choose between other necessities.

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  • MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    the downvotes are part of the education

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    • cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You know, you’re right.

      Especially after the guy doubled and tripled down on his stupid comments.

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  • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Something something beggars can’t be choosers.

    Cooking cauliflower isn’t rocket science. All you need is a pot and some water, and maybe a bit of salt. You can even eat it with your hands if you lack utensils. It’s also good raw with some ranch dressing. You’re making it sound a lot more complicated than it really is.

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    • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s not cooking some cauliflower, it’s cooking a shit ton of cauliflower. And storing it before and after cooking. Some places you only buy a couple days worth of food because you have a tiny place. And that’s actually housed people, if you’re unhoused you can’t store shit.

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      • nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Less than a block from the food bank is an old motel that has been turned into apartments. But they have no kitchens. The place is so old most of the rooms do not have microwaves. A lot of our “customers” live there.

        I worked in the movie industry for a couple years, and I lived in motel rooms with microwaves. I hardly cooked anything because it was a pain in the ass.

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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Have you considered giving it away to your neighbors? That’s what I would do if I was given more cauliflower than I know what to do with. Consider that not everyone even has the means to make it to the food bank.

        And what if I don’t end up using the whole box if it’s going to rot away at the food bank anyways? I’d take the whole box if need be, and I’d eat as much as I physically can and try to give away the rest before it spoils. Literally all I’m hearing in this thread is “I don’t want to eat cauliflower because chicken wings taste better”.

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    • Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sounds like you’ve had a nice, pampered life, princess.

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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sounds like you just don’t want to eat your veggies, princess.

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    • cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You’ve just added like 10kg of carrying requirements to someone who likely has all their worldly possessions on their back.

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    • Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wow you didn’t use a single brain cell considering that from any other perspective than your own with that comment.

      Just wanted to confirm that, cause that is the vibe you seem to have purposely put out there.

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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I might be privileged enough to be able to afford to buy whatever food I want at the moment, but you can bet your ass that if I was broke and forced to go to the food bank, I’d be stoked AF to get a whole box of cauliflower for free, and I’d be eating it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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• Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  OP (this dickhead):

  Have you considered giving it away to your neighbors?

  OOP:

  If we could simply give it to anyone we would not be in this situation

  They can’t give it away. There are unfortunately rules. If they were caught doing so, they would no longer be giving it out to anyone. This is, again, why basic income would be better than food banks.

  Not to mention the fact that plenty of people aren’t starving today, but will be starving in the next week or two, after this very perishable food is spoiled.

  Why are you like this? Are you having fun mocking the impoverished?

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  • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Are you dense? The OP said they tried giving it away but nobody wanted it. I guess people must not really be starving that badly if storing it is their main concern. UBI isn’t going to solve that because if people won’t even take it for free they sure as hell aren’t going to pay for it.

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    • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      they had no place to store a case of tomatoes, or cauliflower.

      It wasn’t homeless or starving people turning it away. It was other organizations that didn’t have the space to store it. Probably because their shelves were also full of food that they need to give away before it spoils.

      storing it is their main concern

      … How exactly do you imagine this works? How do you accept food that you can’t put anywhere? Let me guess, you think they should just bring it to the homeless? Well:

      Word got out that we were loading up my pickup with food and taking it to the homeless camps. I did get a number of them to start coming to the bank to get food. But it was easier when I could take stuff to them.

      He literally can’t bring the food to the starving. If he could, the food would all be eaten by the people that need it. There are people that absolutely will take and eat this food because they are starving, but OP can’t deliver it to them.

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    • crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Where did you read that? I’m actually curious, please quote!

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      • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Literally the third sentence in the OP:

        “We were trying to give away cases of the food on Wednesday, but people were turning it down because they had no place to store a case of tomatoes, or cauliflower.”

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    • nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I said they did not want it in large quantities. Most of the people who come through the bank are conscious of other’s and know they do not have the time or means to deal with all of the extra fresh produce while working multiple jobs, or some live in a motel room with only a microwave. So they do not take something that maybe someone else could use. We did have some people taking cases. But not everyone can deal with that.

      Everyone was given, I think, 4 heads of cauliflower and a dozen tomatoes in their cart. Very few did not take them. They were also offered a case of veggies. Which most declined. Hell I did not even take a full case myself because I know I did not have time to process it.

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• burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i cast ten thousand watermelons falling on top of you

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  • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yay, free watermelons!

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    • Shardikprime@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh no, a fruity mass driver!

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