I saw that also. I was appalled. They are starving and one of them told the crowd not to eat the cookie because the date was expired. Meanwhile it was not the expiration date they were looking at. For god’s sake if your starving would you be picky about the expiration date of a cookie.
My 5 kids grew up on day old bread. It was a real money saver and no big deal.
From what I hear they got the package date 2008 confused with the expiration date, which was 11/2010—Sad mistake—
Funny thing is that those of us 45+ grew up without expiration dates—we relied on our common sense and our senses....Most of us could see, taste or smell whether something is good or bad. If a cookie was 2 years past expiration, it would not pass the tests—I would not need an expiration date....
My children freak out if something is 12 hours after the expiration date. I tell them they can use their eyes & nose like we did. I knew no one who died from bad food or even got food poisoning when I was growing up. Maybe I am wrong, but I have always used freshness dates as a guideline.
I remember when times where lean in my life. When we got food looking at the expiration date was the last thing we did! Usually we old bread. Not a thing wrong with that as I remember. We were thankfull we had it.
“For god’s sake if your starving would you be picky about the expiration date of a cookie.”
The earthqake happened less than a week ago. They may be very hungry but they are not starving.
However I agree with your point.
Did you also see how the men were trampling over the women and children to get to the food? Pretty sad :(