The poor going hungry.
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Anyone hear this on R4 this morning?
They were interviewing people at a food bank, food poverty being so prevalent, apparently.
There were some sad stories, admittedly. But..
Woman was collecting free food for the week and was asked how she did spend what she had.
"Well, I smoke. And my husband smokes. We tried to give up but can't."
Even as a smoker (well, now ex) it raises my blood pressure a tad...
They were interviewing people at a food bank, food poverty being so prevalent, apparently.
There were some sad stories, admittedly. But..
Woman was collecting free food for the week and was asked how she did spend what she had.
"Well, I smoke. And my husband smokes. We tried to give up but can't."
Even as a smoker (well, now ex) it raises my blood pressure a tad...
Justayellowbadge said:
Anyone hear this on R4 this morning?
They were interviewing people at a food bank, food poverty being so prevalent, apparently.
There were some sad stories, admittedly. But..
Woman was collecting free food for the week and was asked how she did spend what she had.
"Well, I smoke. And my husband smokes. We tried to give up but can't."
Even as a smoker (well, now ex) it raises my blood pressure a tad...
Ooh, yes, I had to open the van window and direct air over my bladder region.They were interviewing people at a food bank, food poverty being so prevalent, apparently.
There were some sad stories, admittedly. But..
Woman was collecting free food for the week and was asked how she did spend what she had.
"Well, I smoke. And my husband smokes. We tried to give up but can't."
Even as a smoker (well, now ex) it raises my blood pressure a tad...
She didn't know how much she spent on fags, and almost snorted at the idea at eating cheap protein. Nope, she just wanted the free food.
Was quite impressed at the resilience of a smoker that can keep puffing away after their daughter expired from cancer.
Justayellowbadge said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Was quite impressed at the resilience of a smoker that can keep puffing away after their daughter expired from cancer.
She actually gave her daughter's cancer as one of the mitigating factors for them still smoking. 
Hugo a Gogo said:
give em free fags
them fake chinese ones they confiscate
job jobbed
They say 1/5 fags is a chinese fake anyway. Plus the fact that they probably buy their fags from "down the pub, coz they is like well cheap, innit", they probably smoke nothing but dodgy chinese copies.them fake chinese ones they confiscate
job jobbed
ukwill said:
essayer said:
It was the fact they ate s
t like fish fingers as well which didn't help them.
The presenter even asked them "what about buying lentils, high in protein and cheap?"
"Oh we don't like those"
ffs
Leave fish fingers the ft like fish fingers as well which didn't help them.The presenter even asked them "what about buying lentils, high in protein and cheap?"
"Oh we don't like those"
ffs
k alone. 
Justayellowbadge said:
Anyone hear this on R4 this morning?
They were interviewing people at a food bank, food poverty being so prevalent, apparently.
There were some sad stories, admittedly. But..
Woman was collecting free food for the week and was asked how she did spend what she had.
"Well, I smoke. And my husband smokes. We tried to give up but can't."
Even as a smoker (well, now ex) it raises my blood pressure a tad...
could we secretly add something to their food to make them sterile?They were interviewing people at a food bank, food poverty being so prevalent, apparently.
There were some sad stories, admittedly. But..
Woman was collecting free food for the week and was asked how she did spend what she had.
"Well, I smoke. And my husband smokes. We tried to give up but can't."
Even as a smoker (well, now ex) it raises my blood pressure a tad...
I just knew exactly where your post was going.
It seems to me there are far fewer "poor" than there are who believe they are poor.
The problem is people believe they should have a certain standard of living and that is very different to what I believe should be the minimum.
I bet they don't watch Jeremy Kyle on a tv they got from Freecycle.
It seems to me there are far fewer "poor" than there are who believe they are poor.
The problem is people believe they should have a certain standard of living and that is very different to what I believe should be the minimum.
I bet they don't watch Jeremy Kyle on a tv they got from Freecycle.
Deva Link said:
Justayellowbadge said:
"Well, I smoke. And my husband smokes.
It's an effective way for the Government to reclaim benefits off people.Pothole said:
As with most of this kind of thing, the root cause is lack of education.
There's room for improvement but it would be on the harsh side to blame either teachers or the education system. The fact that people can go through compulsory schooling and still emerge capable of making bad life decisions is equally down to the lazy selfish instant gratification drive in some people which would survive anything short of electrodes.fido said:
It would be 100% effective if they just spent their benefits for its intended purpose i.e. food. Some sort of vouchers are in order, though i suppose the feckless could sell them on to someone at a loss. Perhaps combine it with an ID system so that only the recipient can use the vouchers. F8ck it, just reduce the benefits so they are forced to choose between Sky and Food. If they still make the wrong choice then it's back to the soup kitchen.
If food is available free (presumeably it's provided by charity) then benefits levels could be reduced to take this into account.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff