The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #157166   Message #3708248
Posted By: GUEST
11-May-15 - 01:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Food Waste
Subject: RE: BS: Food Waste
I was just watching The Good Lie and was reminded that supermarkets throw out large quantities of groceries each day, and they lock their dumpsters because so many people would otherwise go in and take the food. Thirty years ago a friend of mine used to dumpster dive at the local supermarket, and he got much more than he could use so he was always going around trying to find people to give it to.

In the movie, one of the Sudanese refugees is chewed out by his boss for giving some of the groceries to a homeless person who's trying to get into the dumpster. The boss says,
"What the hell do you think you're doing?"
He answers,
"It is a sin not to give to those in need."
"Says who?"
"Jeremiah."
"And who's that?"
He thinks about it, then takes off his apron and gives it to his boss, quitting his job, and then says,
"Me. My name is Jeremiah."