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I've lived only an hour or so away from NYC all my life, but only recently did I ever really go and experience the city. When we stopped for food at near 2 in the morning at this little street vendors, there was this man walking down the line asking very politely if anyone had an extra $2 so he could buy a plate. When people said no, he'd apologize and walk away, stand to the side, then ask again. I gave my one friend $8 and told her to buy another plate with extra food on it, and give it to him (I always feel weird giving to people myself, I don't wanna seem like I expect thanks. Also, I'm creepy looking). The guy was so thankful to my friend, and kinda against their wishes, I invited him to sit with us and eat. It was nice, he was a good guy. Plus, I saw him buy water with the money he had already, which is better than meth. Oh, that reminds me of the crackhead lady that was on the stairs by our hotel in AC, the one my little brothers and I made pb&j sandwiches for! Memories!

MintyLimeGreen, I feel like you should have said "hey, how about I just throw these leftover bits in and let's call it even".

However, this supposes:

1. You thought the guy was being honest (if he just pulled the "I only have $3 to spend" out of his ass in order to try and save 75c but get the whole amount)
2. There was no real chance anyone would come and buy the 75 cents of tenders and they would almost certainly go to waste.

I completely agree that there are sensible reasons to throw things away and restrict access to things in a business environment. It's one of the problems we run into in capitalist systems. Usually these inefficiencies are small and irrelevant, though. Who really cares about Olive Garden leftovers and bits of chicken?

I don't find it morally wrong to chuck the leftovers at the end of the day, because the reason you stated about lazy bastards who'd take advantage.
Anyone who'd argue against that is some morally righteous idiot who has no idea how the world actually works.
Although it would be cool if you could take leftovers home at the end of the day, but I could see the problem with workers setting aside food for themselves.

Down where I live, a little restaurant that's in the wall-mart called auntie annes just donates the left over food to the local serving center for the people that need them, my family will sometimes get some of that food along with other canned goods and such to help us out.
They also get leftovers from KFC or Popeyes like a whole bag of different chicken pieces. We once got a huge bag of mashed potatoes that lasted us well

Problem solved.

btw...
The center only gives food and stuff to the people who need it and have things like food stamps, free lunch and such, and just sign up through the school. the center does a lot for needy family's, like vouchers for new school clothes before school starts and such, its a smart idea.

I don't really have an opinion on the whole subject, I'm not one to judge, but you know you've made your point when the best the guy can come up with against your point is saying "fuck off" and walking away. It kind of sounds a little more like he just wants extra free tenders rather than actually caring about the homeless and such, so I wouldn't worry about the things he said.