An interesting discussion between @digga and @linguafood on the What’s for Dinner thread related to food waste led me to this thread, as well as reminding me about this case which happened in London last year, where an employee was disciplined for eating a sandwich leftover from a staff meeting:
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Back in the day, I was secretary of my trade union branch, representing around 400 public sector workers. One of the key responsibilities was to act as advocate for members facing disciplinary action. Almost without exception, the root of the issue was either poor management or sheer pettiness (as in this case), rather than any real misdemeanour on the part of the employee.
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They lost sight of their humanity. All over a single sandwich that was going to be thrown out.
Back when I worked in offices that had catered lunch or snacks, we would actually go looking for people who might want the extra food left over from the meeting or the function. That is the way.
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Working with a lot of poor undergrads and grad students, we always made sure they’d take leftovers from lunches or dinners we organized for them home.
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One of my workplaces sends an email blast to announce that an event has ended and there’s leftover food. Drop everything and get over there!
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I moved to Frostburg MD to get in-state staus so i could attend U of MD the next year. Thought i was going to get a part time job in the middle of the Appalachians. More the fool me.
Ended up working in the dining hall. The managers would say to come in and eat at any time, bring a friend if they are hungry, too.
Appalachian folks take hunger seriously.
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The school I work at sends out an email blast if there is food leftover from just about anything - staff meetings, luncheons, sports banquets, etc. Been helpful on more than one occasion!
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I don’t doubt it.
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And food waste in US landfills leads to a majority of methane production. Not gonna make this political, but I can’t even believe this hasn’t been scrubbed from EPA website.
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