My office did a “feed the hungry” day a year or so ago. I didn’t take part. They went to a ghetto neighborhood area and brought homemade casseroles, deli meats and cheeses, bread, deserts etc. Then put pics on Facebook. The people in line had gold watches, gold teeth, the newest Apple phone, most were overweight. Pathetic. Should be called “Feed the Already Overfed”.
Many years ago, I was in line to check out at Walmart. I was single, had a good job, but making house payments & on a strict budget. 4th of July weekend was coming up. I considered getting some steaks to celebrate, but decided to do hot dogs instead.
In the line ahead of me was a couple with 2 loaded-to-the-top grocery carts. Back in those days, you had pagers - they had them. They were both dripping in gold chains (looked real to me). As they unloaded their carts, they had several packages of steaks, crab legs, beer & all sorts of high end items, including a bag of the most expensive dog food you could buy at the time. When it was time to settle up, they whipped out the food stamps. I never saw money exchange hands or a credit card/check book brought out. I don’t know if the cashier accepted the food stamps for all of the items or not. What I do know is that based on appearances, these folks did not need food stamps; then again, maybe they were dirt poor & dressed up to go shopping./s I was extremely P.O.’d standing there with my package of hot dogs & the thought that they were loading up on my tax dollars. As I walked to my car, I spotted them in the parking lot, loading their grocery haul into a Mercedes.🤬