Wish my area had a decent food pantry! For an area with such expensive real estate people here can be remarkably scummy. “Visitors” from an even scummier nearby suburb would most likely pillage everything and trash the pantry. We had several little libraries trashed in the last few years. Food donations around here are limited to well meaning church groups with their packages of mostly expired food. Sad.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
There are definitely people around here that do that sort of thing too. Someone stole one of the cupboards once, and there was someone doing lovely things like hiding fish at the back of the cupboard. There are also people who will just take everything.
The lady who runs the pantry puts a lot of work into putting out just a little bit at a time of the good stuff so there is not a big amount to take at any one time. There is usually plenty of bread, other things are only occasional (or if you go at the right time in the evening when they are getting the supermarket deliveries there is more). I get a fair bit because I walk Mr Woof past it twice a day, but it’s often empty (except for bread).
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
Man… guess I have to put out a little at a time then. People suck