Reply To: My gezeila error

arrgh. i never meant to start a thread and desert it in the way of all good trolls. it has just been a bit too busy for a laptop around here. please forgive me for backtracking, i know that is one of the seven deadly internet sins…

So to clarify for Coffee addict and AAQ (too far upthread to quote)
I do distribute food that is given to me after simchas or shabbos. This food is a bit different because it is coming to people from the school distribution packages. That means it is given to everyone without financial constraints, and it is funded by the government, not tzedaka money (or intent of feeding the poor).

So normally when I get bagels or food from, I try very hard to give it to people with a financial or emotional need, and I try hard not to give it to people who would otherwise have bought it easily from the store. We do not have many frum owned stores and they have already been hit very hard by this distribution program so I am even more careful now.

Regarding this particular situation, much of the food I get is coming from those families to whom I usually give food. So they don’t want it (our distribution is weekly and a large family can end up with 10 8-packs of yogurt). This person I gave the food to in the store gets a box weekly for herself but this item was missing and that is why she went out to purchase it. She has more than enough resources to purchase the item, I was just thinking about the fact that I had 20 packages sitting on my front porch.

So I gave her the items, but then went to purchase items I do not normally buy. Not there or anywhere else, because I simply cannot afford them. (If you must know it was iced cappacino made with almond milk and a box of cholov yisroel ice cream bars:) )

Too much info, i know, sorry. I just was thinking that it might influence the outcome. Although i appreciate the pats on the back, i’m too busy kicking myself for doing this IN the store when i have always gone out of my way to prevent loss to local (legal) businesses.