It's actually cheesy that 'cheesy' is an option.
I do think it's nice how other people send food to poor people, but it's quite easy to make up a sad story about your hungry family and forget to mention how you spent all your savings on liquor and gambling.
I can also imagine how someone poor would find it humiliating to have to ask (basically beg) for pizza, regardless of the reason they can't afford one themselves.
I guess I think too much of the pizza would end up on the wrong plates.
Random Acts of Pizza: Charming or Cheesy?
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Sometimes, red roses just don't make a lot of practical sense. Like if your family is living off of rice and potatoes, or if you're a young couple trying to scrape by.
If that's the case, maybe Random Acts of Pizza is right up your alley.
According to ABC, the Reddit-based site allows users to post a story and request in hopes that some kind soul will be moved enough by the story to order them a pizza.
You can't eat roses, after all. Well, OK, you sort of can. But they're not as filling as pizza.
You can read stories, grant requests, and make your own here.
If that's the case, maybe Random Acts of Pizza is right up your alley.
According to ABC, the Reddit-based site allows users to post a story and request in hopes that some kind soul will be moved enough by the story to order them a pizza.
One request reads: "Today is my husbands birthday and I wanted to take him out for dinner but we don't have the money. I would love to surprise him with pizza for supper."
A New York man named Gabriel wrote in looking for help for his mother: "It's been a long time since my mother and I have had proper food. I've been struggling to find any kind of work so I can supplement my mom's social security. ... A real pizza would certainly lift our spirits."
You can't eat roses, after all. Well, OK, you sort of can. But they're not as filling as pizza.
You can read stories, grant requests, and make your own here.
Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/US/random-acts-pizza-donate/...
Top Opinion
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Syl 2011/06/29 19:04:12
Unfortunately, yes... wide open for a whole lot of abuse.
Seems like it would be much more worthwhile to contribute to a real non-profit that creates meaningful, lasting change.
Food is not a privilege, but a right. At least, that's what I believe.
Unfortunately, in our culture, we believe it's appropriate to keep food under lock and key.
I know. I've been on both ends of random acts of kindness.
One can make you feel good, the other can mean a world of difference in an otherwise horrible time.
It doesn't do any good to tell people to "Get a job" when there aren't any.
I'd rather buy a meal for a panhandler I deal with face-to-face than send that money to a bunch of government bureaucrats who will squander around 70% of it.
I once worked with a guy for a while who had a fairly nice apartment he shared with a few roommates, and worked pretty much every day during the week--we were both netting around $250 a week.
On the weekends, he'd head out to the clubs and beg for change there. He said he averaged about $100 a night.
Based on the tricks and thought patterns I learned from him, I'm fairly confident in my skills at picking out the fakes.
Even without that, though, I'd be more confident in myself than some faceless bureaucrat.
Piranhas aren't *that* bad...