I live in one of the worst areas in Blackpool (worst in the sense it tops most nationwide poverty related social/health issues), so I see it day in, day out. If my actions meant a kid went to school having eaten breakfast then I consider it worthwhile.
They were discussing food banks last night on Radio 2, after that section had finished I turned to my father and said ''I think we should donate some of our food or perhaps buy some for our local food bank, that sounds like a good idea right?'' Initially he turned to me and laughed, refusing quickly about to want to do so. After 30 seconds of rumination though he eventually came out with ''Actually, I think we've got some out of date shit at the back of the cupboard we could donate, great idea son!''
After what felt like a 5 minute facepalm moment I decided to ransack the kitchen of nice food which I'm going to donate today. I suspect a bollocking is in the pipeline for me but fuck it, all I eat is yoghurt and oats anyway, others need food more. What saddens me is how frequently I hear my fathers reaction to food banks repeated, people seeing it as either an irrelevant nuisance that doesn't concern them or somewhere to get rid of shit food you needn't have bought in the first place. He seemed to struggle with the concept that people who use food banks would be unhappy at eating shit foods, as if they had to like it or lump it. Being able to eat nutritious food shouldn't even be being argued in 2013, this sort of shit should have been resolved fucking years ago. Children shouldn't be going to school without food inside them. Parents shouldn't be starving themselves for days just so the rest of their family can eat. How the fuck did we come to this? Why isn't the media going into a frenzy over how disgusting this whole topic is?
I don't want to live in this world anymore...
If he wants me to pay for it I will. It'll show him to me more empathetic. Besides, he throws away a staggering amount of perfectly edible food so it's either the bin or someone's stomach. My conscience is pretty clear.
They were discussing food banks last night on Radio 2, after that section had finished I turned to my father and said ''I think we should donate some of our food or perhaps buy some for our local food bank, that sounds like a good idea right?'' Initially he turned to me and laughed, refusing quickly about to want to do so. After 30 seconds of rumination though he eventually came out with ''Actually, I think we've got some out of date shit at the back of the cupboard we could donate, great idea son!''
After what felt like a 5 minute facepalm moment I decided to ransack the kitchen of nice food which I'm going to donate today
I don't want to live in this world anymore...
I would do but I look after my grandma alot, hard to fit volunteering around that (excuses I know).
Okay, carpenter's mallet in one hand, meat tenderiser (painted with chilli oil first) in the other hand. Happy?
That picture needs crosshairs.
(Blended I might add), and dropped them in the basket on the way out.
whilst trying to get some customer service via a premium call line
, over charged by £90 on tinternet for something I got on-line, charged for the wee mans annual footy subs and hit with a bill for daughters D of E from school. In short, I was pretty fucking close to necking that scotch to give me the dutch courage to turn up to that food bank on Monday
I popped into Tesco last week and there were two elderly gents stood with a trolley at the front foyer of my local supermerchado asking for donations to a local food-bank. "I'll put some extras in my trolly and see you on the way out" I said. Then as I'm going into the main store I hear two snobs overladen with xmas shopping from Joe Malone and Russle and Bromley waffling to each other about it being terrible about being pressured into buying things for a food bank, including a classic comment that was mumbled along the lines of "If they can buy cigarettes and booze they can buy food".
Anyway I filled two carrier bags of own brand and some decent essentials, all of which cost less than the bottle of scotch that I'd treated myself to for xmas
It was only when I got home I realised I'd been scammed on my mobile phone for £48
I had £36 to last me 11 days
Have you tried explaining that to your service provider? Sometimes they can be pretty good at reimbursing mistakes or worse still kids running up bills
She's my local MP (my dad lives in Meols). I was walking back from a shift when i was a student and there she was (with 2 big blokes standing behind her) trying to get people to sign a petition to save the local local post office. I asked if it was a bi-partisan apolitical petition which she assured me it was. I checked the bottom of the petition...stated it was on behalf of The local Cuntservative party. I pulled her up on her falsehood and mentioned that it was the conservatives who were privatising everything, had been busy trying to shut the local libraries and if the postal service was privatised then surely it would lead to small PO's like Meols' being first in line for closure...and that i was a socialist. At this point the 2 big blokes moved from behind her to in front of her of and she asked me 'Do you want to sign it or not?'. I declined. Horrible git of a Tory.
