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imapiratearg:
Blog thread,

For the past couple of days, when I have nothing to do, I find myself browsing The Quiki and either editing my own page, or making pages that I am surprised to see aren't there.  Like this one.

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Matt

Kai:
This is mostly because there was a GRAND SCHISM, and then the quiki died, and then it came back, and then it kind of dropped off the earth again.


I went dumpster diving (or URBAN FORAGING if you like to make things sound better than they really are) last night. Behind the library, there were a grand quantity of books they were just throwing out, and not all of them were bad! Also: Donuts. Lots of donuts. Boxes. Dozens. completely untouched. Bakery's and whatnot around here are not legally allowed to give their excess food to charities or the homeless, so they just have to throw it away. So I have a few boxes of donuts that I think I'm going to just hand out to people.

Dissy:

--- Quote from: Kai on 19 Jun 2008, 10:36 ---Bakery's and whatnot around here are not legally allowed to give their excess food to charities or the homeless
--- End quote ---



I know that some McDonald's are required to lock their dumpsters because they can't give out the "bad" big macs (which mean they haven't been ordered in 10 minutes of being cooked) and other food.

Kai:
I can't say on specific reasons, but I imagine it is an extension on the policy that prevents supermarkets from donating items past their expiration date.

It's kind of obscene--we (there were three of us) found 18 boxes, untouched, still in their full dozens. They make them fresh every morning because people... like their fresh donuts, and once they're a day old, there isn't much they can do with them, and so they just kind of throw them out. That is 18 boxes of donuts (read: 216 donuts) that are thrown away at the end of every day. That's one store. It is pretty ridiculous.

tania:
i think it's because they would lose business since there would be no incentive to pay for food if you could just wait around and get it for free when the store closes. which is still pretty shitty. on an honor system basis, it would work, except people are assholes and once everyone starts getting free food no one can. not even donating to charities is pretty fucking ridiculous though.

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