If there were 14 hungry children in front of you that might go without a meal for the entire day and they could be fed a quality hot meal if you were willing to eat somebody elses leftovers for one meal, would you? That is basically a choice you make every time you go out to eat.
This is how I think about it. I grew up extremely poor where there were days I didn't eat. I have plenty to eat now, but there are still plenty of children in our country that don't. I have chosen to save every penny I can so that some of these kids have a hot meal that otherwise wouldn't. That means if I can get leftover meals that are perfectly good that would otherwise go to the dump, I have no problem doing it.
In my opinion, we have become a nation of germaphobes. There is little risk of getting ill from other people's food. I have never become ill in the 5 years I have done this. You kiss your partner. You eat your kid's leftover food. At buffets there are all kinds of chances for people to accidentally sneeze into the food. I just don't see it as a big deal or a health threat any more than many other everyday things.
As I have said, I don't expect anyone to agree with what I do.
This is how I think about it. I grew up extremely poor where there were days I didn't eat. I have plenty to eat now, but there are still plenty of children in our country that don't. I have chosen to save every penny I can so that some of these kids have a hot meal that otherwise wouldn't. That means if I can get leftover meals that are perfectly good that would otherwise go to the dump, I have no problem doing it.
In my opinion, we have become a nation of germaphobes. There is little risk of getting ill from other people's food. I have never become ill in the 5 years I have done this. You kiss your partner. You eat your kid's leftover food. At buffets there are all kinds of chances for people to accidentally sneeze into the food. I just don't see it as a big deal or a health threat any more than many other everyday things.
As I have said, I don't expect anyone to agree with what I do.
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