Penny Pinching: Is there a limit?

[admin]

I know a lot of you Piggs on here are practical with your money. A couple of weeks ago, I watched a news story about “trash picking”. Trash picking is raiding trash cans for food, taking it home and eating it. The people on the news programs weren’t poor. A lot of these people were professionals, they had careers and long-term jobs, they were homeowners. These people were not taking food from trash cans out of necessity, they were doing it to save money. They were of the opinion, “why should I buy food, when I can get perfectly good food for free”.

They had it all organized. They had little groups and they’d go out at night. The camara showed the food as they dug it out of the trash cans. Some of the food was wrapped in plastic in original containers, some was still in boxes. Then, of course, there was the food unopened in the bins.

Ok, let’s cut to the chase. How many of you would do this? Me, I’m practical, but you won’t find me digging in the trash can. It’s below my comfort level. I don’t think it’s sanitary at all. I don’t care that food can be found still wrapped in plastic; I just wouldn’t do it.

What i’d have a problem with is if any of these people were getting this food, throwing parties and feeding it to people (friends, family, neighbors) without telling them where it came from. I’d also have a problem with them feeding food from trash cans to their kids.

We all would like to save a buck, but there is a line… I’m sorry, but I find this to be trifling.

[Anonymous]

I want to make it clear, I seriously would not look down on these people as long as this food isn’t being fed to other people. In addition, I would not be in a relationship with a man who engaged in this practice.

[Anonymous]

I want to make it clear, I seriously would not look down on these people as long as this food isn’t being fed to other people. In addition, I would not be in a relationship with a man who engaged in this practice.

[Anonymous]

I want to make it clear, I seriously would not look down on these people as long as this food isn’t being fed to other people. In addition, I would not be in a relationship with a man who engaged in this practice.

[Anonymous]

I want to make it clear, I seriously would not look down on these people as long as this food isn’t being fed to other people. In addition, I would not be in a relationship with a man who engaged in this practice.

[Anonymous]

I want to make it clear, I seriously would not look down on these people as long as this food isn’t being fed to other people. In addition, I would not be in a relationship with a man who engaged in this practice.

[sd-maybe]

Long term lurker. In my circles this would be a source of endless ribbing. I guess they could rule my trash out since they would be treated to a mountain of cat litter in addition to any hidden gems of edible food.

[sd-maybe]

Long term lurker. In my circles this would be a source of endless ribbing. I guess they could rule my trash out since they would be treated to a mountain of cat litter in addition to any hidden gems of edible food.

[sd-maybe]

Long term lurker. In my circles this would be a source of endless ribbing. I guess they could rule my trash out since they would be treated to a mountain of cat litter in addition to any hidden gems of edible food.

[sd-maybe]

Long term lurker. In my circles this would be a source of endless ribbing. I guess they could rule my trash out since they would be treated to a mountain of cat litter in addition to any hidden gems of edible food.

[sd-maybe]

Long term lurker. In my circles this would be a source of endless ribbing. I guess they could rule my trash out since they would be treated to a mountain of cat litter in addition to any hidden gems of edible food.

[CardiffBaseball]

I was once stationed at Dyess AFB, and I met my girlfriend and future wife while there. At the end of the war my best friend, and roommate came back from Turkey, and since so many troops were returning the base threw a giant party. Beer trucks with endless kegs, civilians allowed to walk about the place, and Domino’s Pizza was there serving everyone. They threw the boxes out, but my wife as a hungry college student was quite familiar with Domino’s policy at the time of collecting dots (the flap on the front of the box), because 5 dots meant a free pizza.

So our take on rummaging around that day was around 80 dots. Rather than be obvious and tip off Domino’s we usually bought a pie, and used the dots to get a second one free.

[CardiffBaseball]

I was once stationed at Dyess AFB, and I met my girlfriend and future wife while there. At the end of the war my best friend, and roommate came back from Turkey, and since so many troops were returning the base threw a giant party. Beer trucks with endless kegs, civilians allowed to walk about the place, and Domino’s Pizza was there serving everyone. They threw the boxes out, but my wife as a hungry college student was quite familiar with Domino’s policy at the time of collecting dots (the flap on the front of the box), because 5 dots meant a free pizza.

So our take on rummaging around that day was around 80 dots. Rather than be obvious and tip off Domino’s we usually bought a pie, and used the dots to get a second one free.

[CardiffBaseball]

I was once stationed at Dyess AFB, and I met my girlfriend and future wife while there. At the end of the war my best friend, and roommate came back from Turkey, and since so many troops were returning the base threw a giant party. Beer trucks with endless kegs, civilians allowed to walk about the place, and Domino’s Pizza was there serving everyone. They threw the boxes out, but my wife as a hungry college student was quite familiar with Domino’s policy at the time of collecting dots (the flap on the front of the box), because 5 dots meant a free pizza.

So our take on rummaging around that day was around 80 dots. Rather than be obvious and tip off Domino’s we usually bought a pie, and used the dots to get a second one free.

[CardiffBaseball]

I was once stationed at Dyess AFB, and I met my girlfriend and future wife while there. At the end of the war my best friend, and roommate came back from Turkey, and since so many troops were returning the base threw a giant party. Beer trucks with endless kegs, civilians allowed to walk about the place, and Domino’s Pizza was there serving everyone. They threw the boxes out, but my wife as a hungry college student was quite familiar with Domino’s policy at the time of collecting dots (the flap on the front of the box), because 5 dots meant a free pizza.

So our take on rummaging around that day was around 80 dots. Rather than be obvious and tip off Domino’s we usually bought a pie, and used the dots to get a second one free.

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