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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:42 AM Original message |
My elderly mother who works at a food pantry has herself worried sick some guy got an extra turkey |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is she mad that he took one and didn't need one? Or that she might get in trouble because someone |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I think she felt he didn't deserve one because he dressed too well and was young and able bodied |
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Versailles (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That analogy brings to mind... |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Calvinism gone wild. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. She is a devout Catholic |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Even as a Catholic she is subject to Calvin's ideas because they |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Yep, I'm newly poor |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Bingo |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. A food bank's first piority is to get food to the people who really need it... |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Of course it is |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. If she is wroking at a food bank, her heart is in the right place... |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I'm not meaning to imply she's an asshole |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. Tell her he might be feeding home-bound people in his neighborhood with the turkey - |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. The R's figured out long ago how to reach folks like your mother with whatever form |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sign of the times: everybody not rich is at each other's throats |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yep, divide and conquer |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have an elderly Mom too |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. That was nice |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Sounds like what alot of |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Um... I hate to say this, but your mom need some help. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yes, obsessiveness can be a sign of other problems |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I agree with this. |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Or she could be right and someone is taking advantage... |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Is this a new mink coat? Is she making payments on it? |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. She did not need the free dinner. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. You talkin' to me? |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. If it is that bad than it is more than one man, one turkey that is bothering her... |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. uMMM.. again... I'm NOT the original poster... You need to direct your comments elsewhere. |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Never mind, bad day here. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. When I volunteered in Mississippi after Katrina |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's good thinking... |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Exactly and single people are not served fairly if they don't have minor children. I have a son who |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. we spend more on keeping help from the "unworthy" than giving help... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. Envy - one of the "seven deadly sins" |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. I'm sorry she's worried for nothing. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. She doesn't know his full story. She is making too many assumptions here to really |
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