I don't get it? I assume every and each one of you can afford to put some food on the table. Then why bother searching the trash? It's just humiliating.
Axon I don't really know you or know how much money you make but let's say you make a moderate amount of money. Maybe 30-40$/hr. You can more than provide for yourself. Let's also realize that ALL of the waste has monetary value. Most is like 10cents a pound granted, but some things could be extremely valuable.
As long as what you can pull out is worth more than your wage, or more tha nwhat you cosnider your time to be worth (which is often different) then it was time well spent. Now I haven't gone picking through trash for yearsss but when i was a kid I would sometimes go out and make 50$/hour just nabbing recyclables. So it CAN be profitable, and to be entirely honest, though i never did, If i had went behind a store and saw some guy dump sealed, freshly expired food... why not?
THe only real negative is that you consider it gross and/or humiliating. How much is ithat worth really? Sure, Id rather work a 9-5 for 40, than dig through trash for 50, but if the discrepancy gets larger... well it gets harder.
And if I was (thankfully i havent in years) working a min wage job, fuckin rights id take whatever i could get! If im driving hom after wasting 8 hrs of my life to make 80$, and ai see some dude toss 40$ worth of food... thats half my days wage! Fuck humiliation! Im eating for free and maybe making my rent on time.
Tl;Dr: People are in differing life situations, and have differing tolerances or requirements compared to your perceived humiliation.
