"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:39:45 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> "Swertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:32:50 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> You really are a pig, aren't you? Exactly how would donating Olive
>>>> Garden
>>>> gift cards to a homeless shelter benefit them? Maybe you think they
>>>> have
>>>> a
>>>> take a homeless person to lunch day or something.
>>>
>>> Uh, I would think the homeless people could use them directly.
>>> Or is there a stipulation that homeless people cannot dine at
>>> Olive Garden?
>>>
>>> Duh.
>>>
>>
>> I don't know about where you live but the homeless folks I've encountered
>> don't exactly have transportation to get to and from restaurants.
>
> Walk. Bus. I don't have a car, but I seem to get around just
> fine.
>

I really don't know why I'm debating this issue with you but here goes. I
don't live inside the Memphis city limits; there is no public
transportation. But even if there were, you're assuming a homeless person
has change (or tokens or a bus pass or whatever). Might as well say "catch
a cab". Oh wait, there aren't cabs hanging around my neck of the woods,
either.

> Some of them probably live behind the dumpsters with all the
> uneaten plates thrown away at OG.
>
So why bother with a gift card? Can't possibly be the ambiance LOL

Jill