Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Food Pantry Pirate
A 20-something (if that) guy came in today and started looking at our guitars and inquiring about layaway. He said he was looking to spend a couple of hundred dollars for one, so I showed him what we have. I happened to casually ask him about his day and he said, "I have an appointment with the food pantry down the road pretty soon so I'm killing time right now"....while telling me how he wants to spend bucks on a guitar? Seriously, why isn't your able-bodied ass employed???
Another guy came in today and told he he volunteers for a church food pantry nearby as well as working at a local bingo parlor. He said how frustrating it is to him to see these folks who spend $50 or more a night on bingo cards, standing in line for food from the food pantry. He also said he sees people texting and playing games on their phones while waiting in line, and eating McDonald's from the store across the street. They have money for things they want, they don't want to spend their money on necessities.
My last straw was seeing a local gimme-gimme system-player texting...from her Blackberry...how she goes to food pantries. How can someone text from their Blackberry about going to a food pantry and NOT be ashamed of themselves for being such a leech??? Needless to say I don't visit that chat board any more. When I asked her how she could justify taking food from people who need it, she became (shocker) amazingly defensive. Imagine that! It may not shock you that she and her husband get 'hurt' at work a LOT (different employers, they get fired every time). But brag that they have a 'sports room' in their house for the husband. LEECH LEECH LEECH!
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