Serious question

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Someone asked this on another board. The answer provided was that as much as possible was

given to the staff to eat, and the rest was thrown away.

Which I'm not a fan of, but in terms of logistics, this was a tough situation.

The city's flagship shelter is several miles away. They'd have to round up several trucks and drivers at ten o'clock on Saturday night to retrieve the food. The food would have to be kept at the proper temperature on the way over, and once it got to the shelter, it would again have to be properly stored until the kitchen and the kitchen staff could get ready to handle the sudden and unexpected donation.

Also, I used to work across the street from that shelter. The wouldn't take food left over from office get-togethers. There's no chain of custody that ensures the food was properly handled every step of the way. A church two blocks away couldn't accept it either.

The best we could was to leave it with the people on the sidewalk. We ended up giving of to our building's housekeeping staff.

Giving prepared food away has complications.