http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528 I've been doing this for years. My son calls it &quot;leaving an offering for the hobos.&quot; I guess replate does sound nicer. I've been doing this for years. My son calls it &quot;leaving an offering for the hobos.&quot; I guess replate does sound nicer. en-us Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:48:23 PDT <p>It sounds rather unsanitary and unsightly.</p> <p>Can't say this is something I'd get involved in.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102807 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102807 <p>It sounds rather unsanitary and unsightly.</p> <p>Can't say this is something I'd get involved in.</p> Not any more unsanitary than allowing the homeless to dig through the trash. In fact, it's a lot more sanitary.&nbsp; True, I would rather see them go to the shelters for safe ,healthy meals, but not all of them will.&nbsp; At least this way they get a meal that isn't covered in rotting trash.<br /> <br /> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102810 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102810 Not any more unsanitary than allowing the homeless to dig through the trash. In fact, it's a lot more sanitary.&nbsp; True, I would rather see them go to the shelters for safe ,healthy meals, but not all of them will.&nbsp; At least this way they get a meal that isn't covered in rotting trash.<br /> <br /> <br /> <p><font color="#ff0000">Not any more unsanitary than allowing the homeless to dig through the trash</font></p> <p>That's not something I'm directly contributing to since I take any leftovers with me when I eat out.</p> <p>The biggest problem is local health laws that prohibit restaurants from donating unsold food to homeless centers. Several cities on the east coast have changed this and the food is picked up by volunteers and is distributed to centers and the homeless.</p> <p>I'll hand my leftovers to a homeless person if I pass one by, but leaving it lying around invites disease and increases trash.</p> <p>Isn't this kind of thing what contributed to the Black Plague in Europe?</p> <p>I'd like to know if cities that this is done in has seen an increase in littering from the food getting blown around, thrown on the ground by uncaring people and an increase in having sanitation workers pick up the food when it's not picked up by the homeless.</p> <p>And who's to say the food will end up in the homeless' hands?</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102812 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102812 <p><font color="#ff0000">Not any more unsanitary than allowing the homeless to dig through the trash</font></p> <p>That's not something I'm directly contributing to since I take any leftovers with me when I eat out.</p> <p>The biggest problem is local health laws that prohibit restaurants from donating unsold food to homeless centers. Several cities on the east coast have changed this and the food is picked up by volunteers and is distributed to centers and the homeless.</p> <p>I'll hand my leftovers to a homeless person if I pass one by, but leaving it lying around invites disease and increases trash.</p> <p>Isn't this kind of thing what contributed to the Black Plague in Europe?</p> <p>I'd like to know if cities that this is done in has seen an increase in littering from the food getting blown around, thrown on the ground by uncaring people and an increase in having sanitation workers pick up the food when it's not picked up by the homeless.</p> <p>And who's to say the food will end up in the homeless' hands?</p> Wow.&nbsp; This would go over well in LA, esp. in the summer! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102813 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102813 Wow.&nbsp; This would go over well in LA, esp. in the summer! <p class="MsoNormal">I think this is really more of an urban issue.&nbsp; (Note that the movement started in SF.) I live downtown and see homeless people pawing through dumpsters all the time, often taking the trash out and leaving it in the alley, etc.&nbsp; Leaving leftovers on top allows them to pick it up if they want to.&nbsp; If not, it goes in the trash.&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm not saying it's a perfect solution.&nbsp; I'm just saying it seems to save the homeless some small decorum of dignity and hopefully the rest of us from a mess.&nbsp; <br /> </p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"></span> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102814 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102814 <p class="MsoNormal">I think this is really more of an urban issue.&nbsp; (Note that the movement started in SF.) I live downtown and see homeless people pawing through dumpsters all the time, often taking the trash out and leaving it in the alley, etc.&nbsp; Leaving leftovers on top allows them to pick it up if they want to.&nbsp; If not, it goes in the trash.&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm not saying it's a perfect solution.&nbsp; I'm just saying it seems to save the homeless some small decorum of dignity and hopefully the rest of us from a mess.&nbsp; <br /> </p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"></span> <p><font color="#0000ff">'The biggest problem is local health laws that prohibit restaurants from donating unsold food to homeless centers.&quot;</font></p> <p>Yes, that used to really outrage me when I was young and a fast food manager.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102820 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102820 <p><font color="#0000ff">'The biggest problem is local health laws that prohibit restaurants from donating unsold food to homeless centers.&quot;</font></p> <p>Yes, that used to really outrage me when I was young and a fast food manager.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Please don't leave chicken burritos (with sour cream) out in the middle of summer in bakersfield. Please. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102826 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102826 Please don't leave chicken burritos (with sour cream) out in the middle of summer in bakersfield. Please. Great idea.&nbsp; No mayo in the hot sun either.&nbsp; http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102847 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102847 Great idea.&nbsp; No mayo in the hot sun either.&nbsp; Pretty much anything that quickly produces bacteria.<br /> <br /> Dairy products, unprocessed meats, bread products, most condiments, etc. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102860 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102860 Pretty much anything that quickly produces bacteria.<br /> <br /> Dairy products, unprocessed meats, bread products, most condiments, etc. Now if someone would only leave gas money on the pump. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102879 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102879 Now if someone would only leave gas money on the pump. Again people! This is NOT an idea for the average dude. We are talking strictly&nbsp; about the men and/or women who are MOST likely&nbsp; to to eat&nbsp; out of the garbage no matter what you&nbsp; put in it.&nbsp; Hella?&nbsp; http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102891 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102891 Again people! This is NOT an idea for the average dude. We are talking strictly&nbsp; about the men and/or women who are MOST likely&nbsp; to to eat&nbsp; out of the garbage no matter what you&nbsp; put in it.&nbsp; Hella?&nbsp; <font color="#ff0000">about the men and/or women who are MOST likely&nbsp; to to eat&nbsp; out of the garbage no matter what you&nbsp; put in it. </font><br /> <br /> Those people are the ones who fall through the services crack and don't hang around urban population centers.<br /> <br /> If you want to ensure those people receive this largess, you'll have to go to where they are located. And that's in the worst parts of cities that are high crime and run down.<br /> <br /> Are you going to leave the confines of the urban center and go there?<br /> <br /> (verification code: NYMDS) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102900 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102900 <font color="#ff0000">about the men and/or women who are MOST likely&nbsp; to to eat&nbsp; out of the garbage no matter what you&nbsp; put in it. </font><br /> <br /> Those people are the ones who fall through the services crack and don't hang around urban population centers.<br /> <br /> If you want to ensure those people receive this largess, you'll have to go to where they are located. And that's in the worst parts of cities that are high crime and run down.<br /> <br /> Are you going to leave the confines of the urban center and go there?<br /> <br /> (verification code: NYMDS) I like Anti's idea best. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102912 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_102912 I like Anti's idea best. Baketown, that is a great way to help those, who choose to earn a few bucks by collecting and selling the recyclables that a lot of careless people choose to fill our garbage fills with, thanks. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_103108 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_103108 Baketown, that is a great way to help those, who choose to earn a few bucks by collecting and selling the recyclables that a lot of careless people choose to fill our garbage fills with, thanks. <font size="2">Give where and how you can:note there is a person some 50 feet in the photo who appears as if he would accept that leftover from a human hand.I would be moved to buy an extra if I had the cash and give him both.Every Thanksgiving for the last 30&nbsp;I plate up the whole meal plus Desserts and drive to the first homeless person(s) I can find till I am all out.There are getting harder to find~but I think it is because the police&nbsp;move them out of this area.It is a small gesture,but I live well below the poverty line.If I am at the store,and they are some who are in need, there's a bit of change or something edible I can spare.</font> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_103188 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/baketown/10528/#c_103188 <font size="2">Give where and how you can:note there is a person some 50 feet in the photo who appears as if he would accept that leftover from a human hand.I would be moved to buy an extra if I had the cash and give him both.Every Thanksgiving for the last 30&nbsp;I plate up the whole meal plus Desserts and drive to the first homeless person(s) I can find till I am all out.There are getting harder to find~but I think it is because the police&nbsp;move them out of this area.It is a small gesture,but I live well below the poverty line.If I am at the store,and they are some who are in need, there's a bit of change or something edible I can spare.</font>