yeah we had a zero crime tolerance thing
but the abuse they used to give us just made it intolerable. I had one guy throw his entire breakfast on the floor because he said it was too salty, but he was the one who had poured all the salt on it. Stuff like that just makes it really frustrating. There were some genuinely nice people there, but for the most part it was just dickheads who didn't want to be helped. Maybe I was just in a rough one, maybe there are posher homeless shelters!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 13:24, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

That sort of thing can happen - probably had mental health issues. Not that that makes it any easier for you to tolerate

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 13:39, Reply)

I know, it's so middle class of me to find the homeless people distasteful
There were so many volunteers there that I felt like my time was just being wasted anyway so I should put it to more productive things, however, I have since done nothing.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 13:47, Reply)

It's not uncommon at times to have too many volunteers. I've recently stopped helping another charity run a soup kitchen in Hackney for that very reason.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 13:49, Reply)