Dumpster diving and food waste.

We call that bin hoking where I come from.

You do you. I personally wouldn't have touched the stuff but that's only due to my laziness.

I understand the sentiment, I've always had a 'the plate must be cleaned' attitude to eating. I always feel guilty throwing food away. It's such a waste.

We stopped at a gas station in Colorado late at night and the lady working there gave us all the unsold hot dogs from that day.

I see nothing wrong with taking perfectly good food, but with the age of cameras everywhere, I'd be worried about them getting my plate number, although I highly doubt they'd bother with reporting that.

Just a heads up about feeding birds, bread products can be harmful and even deadly. Buy some bird seed mix, its pretty cheap.

https://www.youtube.com/@breafkast

i would not touch it. did they have any muffins?

I used to work in a supermarket and I watched piles of perfectly good food tossed away for one reason or another everday. I asked why wasn't the food donated to a food bank and was told that if the donated food made someone sick the store would be open to a lawsuit. The store manager even installed locks on the dumpsters to keep people from taking out the food. I thought that was absolutely ridiculous! It was such a waste.

I work in The Bronx and you wouldn’t believe the amount of fruit, bread and small milk cartons the public schools toss out to the curb every week.

There are beautiful oranges and tasty-looking apples…maybe the homeless and the various crackpots rummage around the trash piles late at night when nobody is around.

https://armstrongbirdfood.com/why-you-should-never-feed-bread-to-wild-birds/

If some feel that the link is suspicious I'll give the highlights

Bread is empty carbs and can cause malnutrition, especially in baby birds.
It can cause overcrowding. Just think seagulls.

and since this is too much to sum up
"It Spreads Disease
One last problem with bread — it’s terribly effective at spreading disease among the local wildlife. There are three different ways that feeding bread to birds can spread disease:

Greater Defecation: Birds who eat bread excessively will find themselves going potty more, and as it turns out, bird feces have a lot of nasty bacteria which can potentially harbor a variety of diseases. And because birds can fly, there’s not really anywhere that’s off-limits from their droppings. Humans, animals, and other birds can potentially reap the negative consequences of this.

Mold: Ducks, geese, and gulls are the most common beneficiaries of bread handouts, and they all tend to congregate in areas rich with water. Well, not all bread gets eaten when birds are fed, and much of it will become wet and soggy. That’s a quick recipe for mold growth. A lot of the bread which doesn’t get eaten goes bad, and when it’s inevitably found later, be it by a bird or rodent, the bad bread could cause infections.

Pests: Uneaten bread also attracts pests. If it’s rotting, rodents and bugs could come have their share and end up spreading disease elsewhere. It’s not like this will happen with every single piece of rotten bread, but it’s nonetheless a threat. Let’s not forget that the Black Plague was primarily propagated by rats."