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Re: Over a dozen arrested for feeding homeless in El Cajon
Yes, but he is 100% correct about the liability. Many restaurants resorted to locking the dumpsters. I don't know where or how long ago, but a homeless won a lawsuit for tainted food he ate from a dumpster. Sued the pants off the restaurant owner.
I worked for KFC when I was 14. We threw buckets of chicken away ever night at closing. The homeless shelter was a couple blocks away. I asked the manager if we could give the food to the homeless. He said absolutely not. I would be immediately fired if that chicken went anywhere but the dumpster. I asked if I could take it home and he said absolutely not. The liability is too high. I said I could buy that chicken 2 minutes before closing but after closing that chicken had to be thrown away. That is the rules. I used to put the bucket in a garbage bag and set it behind the dumpster and take it home when I left a few minutes after closing. I got caught and was fired.
Could you imagine how many homeless people could be fed perfectly good food thrown away every evening by restaurants and fast food places across this country. We are not even trying to help the homeless as a people. We are pathetic at best.
Yes, but he is 100% correct about the liability. Many restaurants resorted to locking the dumpsters. I don't know where or how long ago, but a homeless won a lawsuit for tainted food he ate from a dumpster. Sued the pants off the restaurant owner.