This Is Why We Have To Have These Rules

Due to circumstances, we had to rely on the foodbank for a while. The way they operate is that you need proof of low income to register and then pay ten euro a week for a box of groceries. These are usually goods close to the sell-by date. If you skip a week, you still need to pay the fee; if you skip three weeks, you’re out. This is, of course, to avoid abuse.

I’m in line to pick up my goods and in front of me is another customer getting irate because he is removed from the list for skipping four weeks in a row. There is some discussion, a manager gets involved, and because he has kids, the manager agrees to add him again to the list, but he needs to pay the fee for the past weeks by way of a fine.

The customer, still irate, says, “I’m not going to pay the fine. I’ve been to Spain with my family; have you any idea how expensive that is?”

Strangely, he was blacklisted after this.