This is where the students were handing out the food:
This is where the City of Baltimore wants them to move:
Posted on 12/23/2005 12:12:02 PM PST by COBOL2Java
Ping
I remember working in a fast food, as a teenager, where every night we would throw out so much food. I asked once if we couldn't give it to a shelter. The Manager shook her head and said the health department wouldn't let them and the corporate lawyers wouldn't assume liability.
How sad.
"We think the regulations are ridiculous," said Ashley Biggs, an 18-year-old sophomore...
Then you probably don't mind it when food service workers don't wash their hands after using the bathroom?
It's unbelievable that this program has been in operation for almost 15 years, and now all of a sudden the bureaucrats decide it can't go on. Given the location where they are currently handing out the food, and the place where they city wants to move them, I think that student is right - can't let the homeless hang around a nice area...
Loyola College of Baltimore ping! Go Greyhounds!
bah humbug ~~ Jesus wouldn't have been allowed to distribute the loaves and the fishes in today's world.
You probably don't mind if they're not food service workers.
Best to have the proper legal protections in place. If the homeless are hungry, then sue the lawyers.
The answer would be to buy an old beat up trailer or motor home with hot running water and distribute the food from there.
As long as the employee has the "Employees must wash hands..." sign posted, I guess it would kosher.
I think that's sad, too. A few years ago at a company Christmas party (which was catered), there was a ton of food left over. My husband and I had them wrap the leftovers up in aluminum foil containers, and promptly delivered the warm food over to the nearest shelter. It was a very cold night that night, as I recall. The people running the shelter were a bit confused at first, but they let us bring the food into the kitchen area, and they reheated and served it. I'm glad we weren't given a citation for it, and I doubt that anyone got sick from it. It was delicious, but too much had been ordered. Seems like sometimes bureacrats get caught up in a bunch of legal BS.
"If the homeless are hungry, then sue the lawyers"
Don't feed them and they will be forced to take "the jobs that americans won't do" instead of panhandeling and bitching.
My firm routinely throws away vast quantities of expensive catered food - we tried to donate it, but it's not acceptable. Something about us not being a food-service company, so they can't be sure we've followed food-safety practices.
Im speechless ! (And I'm rarely speechless)
When I worked for McD's back in the 80's, the homeless would dig through the dumpsters looking for the expired food bag. Making a big mess in the process. On the night shift we solved this problem by just putting all the expired food (the still eatable stuff) in a cardboard box and placing it on top of the dumpster. Once we started doing that we never had to go out and clean the area again.
Many laws deserve to be ignored.
< The Manager shook her head and said the health department wouldn't let them and the corporate lawyers wouldn't assume liability. >
Exactly. Keep doing it on a low-key basis just as is. Once they set up to meet standards and get licensing they will be open to lawsuits.
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