If you were ever homeless, do you think you could climb into a dumpster, and get old thrown out food, and eat?

Question

And eat it? What's the furthest you would go to eat?

Answer 1

No. Not unless I wanted to die from sickness.

Instead I'd try and find a restaurant where they'd willingly give me scraps, or something.

That is in a 'what-if' kind of situation, since I'd logically try and find a way to get a job and live normally.

Answer 2

I was homeless, but I don't have much experience with dumpsters.  A few times I picked at what was on top, but I never climbed into a dumpster because often they stink, and the stuff on the bottom is often too old, too damaged, too hard to reach, and too dirty.  Remember, staying clean on the streets is harder, so I avoided getting my clothes dirty.  It's mostly bottle pickers that have to climb into dumpsters, which is why I don't know why people just don't show respect by leaving the bottles at the side of the dumpster.  

Once I did check out the KFC dumpster out of curiosity, and I found 4 unsold coleslaws sitting on the side as if the staff had left them there for me, so I took them.

Once, I found a whole box of uneaten onion rings in the Dairy Queen dumpster, so I ate them.

What I mostly found was tons of day old donuts, cookies, and muffins from Tim Hortons restaurant in their garbage, but clean in bags.  There was nothing wrong with it aside from overloading on fat and sugar.

Once, I found a whole bag of overdue food from someone's fridge, so I took it to my tent and ate all of it.  When it's cold here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, you get natural refrigeration in a tent, but you have to hope the squirrels won't steal all of your food.

I don't mind eating someone's fries or even pasta, but I never ate something that was dirty, and I tended to avoid other people's germs by avoiding the parts other people had eaten.  I did drink pop if it was mostly untouched.  I mentioned that when I donated blood, but the nurse didn't care.  She said the only thing I might get is the flu.  It's sharing blood that is dirty, which is why 1/5 of the so called "clean" adults in the U.S. and Canada have Herpes.

I got 1/3 of my food from the missions.  Most of it was just old bread that I could carry with me for a few days.  I didn't have to go into dumpsters because often people would just walk up to me and give me leftover food, or I would find it left in a bus shelter as if someone had left it there on purpose.  You tend to find a lot like that if you are walking the streets long distances.  I bought a lot of my food, but you can easily spend $400/month on food being homeless because you have to buy small quantities, and you can't make cheap stuff for yourself like spaghetti or Kraft Dinner (Kraft Dinner was one of the things I missed the most).

Answer 3

no, i am a germaphobic, and i am a very picky eater. i'd have to be starving, and even then i doubt i'd be able to.

Answer 4

After being homeless, i can honestly say I would do anything for food. Soup kitchens and shelters are great resources but sometimes you got to do what you have to do in order to eat.

Bless,

Brother Reggie

Answer 5

No, that;s crazy. I would go to a shelter for a hot meal, then sign myself up to a government rental assisting program. The government is ment to help people who really need help, thats why i dont feel bad for the bums, and homeless!!!