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Originally Posted by sun surfer
What is a food pantry exactly? Is it like a grocery store but only for people with a certain income threshold? I'm just surprised I've never really heard of them before (or at least heard of them and remembered).
I've also never seen one of these big government wheels of cheese in person but I do have this vivid memory of seeing some episode of a sitcom about a family with a bunch of kids and a gag was that they roll in a *huge* wheel of cheese (on its side to roll it was almost as tall as a person).
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They are not grocery stores. Most of the time the boxes are presorted by volunteers the night before. You wait in a very long line till your name is called. Some times they do have a few tables where the volunteer takes you to and they pick out what they think you like. You cannot refuse any items even if you're allergic. Some volunteers are sweet and nice and some just are not.
My worst memory of a volunteer was
when I was a little kid I told this guy who handed me bread that we didn't eat this kind. He told me white trash can't be choosey and shoved it back at me. Mom yelled at me back at home never to refuse anything. I was a little kid. The guy just got out of prison as it was a halfway house as well. I was scared of volunteer workers after that for awhile and kept my mouth shut.
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