Originally Posted by
TMOliver
Reading this thread, I was reminded of a local woman, now deceased, but for decades over-active in civic and political affairs. She would show up at every occasion in which free snacks, finger food, or even free meals were available, and stuff 3 days rations into plastic bags in her enormous purse. I know that her income after retirement was modest, but not that modest....
She gave new meaning to the word "Shameless".
It's been a couple decades since I worked in retail, but you see that quite alot there. I was reminded of it last Saturday when I worked a fundraising booth for my animal charity at a local pet adoption fair. Like all the other many animal charities, I had a table with stuff for sale. At one point an older lady carrying a shopping bag walked up and asked me something in a thick accent I couldn't quite catch. I asked her to repeat and she said "free stuff?" gesturing at my table. I said no, sorry, this is all for sale. She cheerily thanked me and wandered off again. Her husband followed, carrying two shopping bags. They were just going to all of the fair booths looking for free stuff.