Homeless People Don’t Want Your Old Food!

I got into a heated discussion yesterday with someone who was planning on giving their old leftovers to the homeless. I was downvoted into oblivion by saying that homeless people are frequently poisoned, so you should only hand out items in tamper-evident packaging. The exception would be if you're part of an accredited organization, which this random dude clearly wasn't.

Furthermore, if it isn't something you personally wouldn't eat, you're a jerk if you think a homeless person would like to eat it instead! In the US there is an abundance of food and most unhoused people receive EBT, so very few are actually starving. If they are hungry, they'd be better off eating ramen noodles than something that could harm them. People think it's kind to hand out their old garbage which couldn't be further from the truth.

Ditto to grocery stores who donate their 5 day old baked goods and deli items to food pantries. The last thing someone going through Hell needs is to get food poisoning from moldy old ham.

The way America views unhoused people is appalling. End rant.