There are some greedy, selfish barstewards around.

[welsh dragon]

That's the way things are these days.

 

[Beebo]

It’s why charities use means testing to ensure their services go to the right places.
I’m sure the old couple have their heart in the right place, but leaving stuff outside their house for people to take clearly isn’t a very effective delivery tool.

 

[Saluki]

We have a ‘town table’ where food is put out for anyone who needs. Some people are too embarrassed to use a food bank. Somebody came by, left the food on the ground and took the table.

A neighbour uses it a lot. She gets a Govt food parcel but can’t eat anything tomato based as she is on dialysi. Too much potassium. Same with bananas. Her fluid intake is limited to 650ml a day. She takes the food that she cannot have and swaps for what she can have. The Town Table (now chained down) has been brilliant.

 

[keithmac]

I think thats a valid point.
eg we were both brought up to never never leave litter. If we cant find a bin we take it home. So different to many people today.

Littering is one of my pet hates, just sheer laziness and lack of respect for others.

Both my children have been taught to bring rubbish home if they can't find a bin, just no need to chuck stuff on the floor.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Yes don't let it get you down, you just have to try and work around these idiots. it's the same with litter, dogs and dogs mess. The responsible people will always follow the rules and end up working harder to accomodate those who don't bother

 

[johnblack]

I've left my old turbo trainer outside my house for the last week and no one has took it

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I've left my old turbo trainer outside my house for the last week and no one has took it

Can you come and leave it outside my house?

 

[MontyVeda]

And that's why I much prefer animals to people. The human race is horrible, greedy, selfish, violent, perverted, destructive, and devoid of respect for nature.
Of course, there are exceptions , but overall, we are not very nice.

I think it's the horrible greedy selfish and violent that's the minority... they're the exceptions. Most people are rather nice, in my experience.

 

[Paulus]

In Waitrose there is a large ish container for donations for the local food bank.
I have seen people taking items from the container as they pass by on the way out of the store.

 

[Gunk]

It is a minority that are that selfish, most people are decent.

 

[Gunk]

I've left my old turbo trainer outside my house for the last week and no one has took it

Put a £50 sticker on it and will be gone within the hour!

 

[ColinJ]

It is true that most people are perfectly decent, but...

... It is a bit like going out on the bike - you may be overtaken by 100 considerate, careful drivers, but the one that you remember is the homicidal lunatic who overtook you with inches to spare, going at double the speed limit!

I've left my old turbo trainer outside my house for the last week and no one has took it

I spotted one left out locally. It was there for a week before someone had it!

Somebody had put a set of bookshelves out on the pavement, filled with books for people to take. I saw that the books were gradually being removed over a week or so; I was half expecting to see a pile of books on the ground and the shelves missing, but it didn't happen.

 

[Drago]

Put a £50 sticker on it and will be gone within the hour!

Put a padlock on it and it'll be gone in seconds!

 

[Electric_Andy]

I've left my old turbo trainer outside my house for the last week and no one has took it

Might it have been that people didn't know it was on offer, and didn't want to take it in case it was yours?! Did you put a "free" sign on it?

 

[johnblack]

Might it have been that people didn't know it was on offer, and didn't want to take it in case it was yours?! Did you put a "free" sign on it?

...and that's how good people really are, not a thief amongst them!!