There was a post on my local "buy nothing" FB group. A single mom of 4, saying that her kids had nothing to eat until her food stamps come in on the 12th. I have more than enough food, so I responded and asked about dietary restrictions/allergies. She DM'd me and said that they had none. I told her I would get right on it, and I would message her when the food was ready.

So I get to cooking. I smoked a 12lb pork roast, and made a big ol' pot (6 quarts) of rice pilaf to go along with it. I also bagged up some canned goods and boxes of pasta. When the food was done, I sent her a DM with my address. She said she can't drive, and asked if I could deliver it to her. That was the first red flag. But, I decided to go the extra mile (technically 17 miles).

I get to her house, and I knock on the door with the pot of rice in my hands. She takes it from me, looks inside, and the first thing she says is "No meat?". Not "Thank you.", just "No meat?. Second red flag. So I told her that the meat was still in the car, since I could only carry one thing at a time. So I head back to my car, and I grab the pork roast. I bring it to her, and she invites me inside. We walk into her kitchen, and she takes the foil off the roasting pan, sees the massive pork roast, and her response is "You expect us to eat the same thing for 4 days?". We're now at 3 red flags.

At this point, I decided to get back in my car and drive away. As I'm walking to my car, she is screaming at me that her kids won't eat leftovers, and it's my fault they will go hungry. I don't reply, I just get in my car and drive home.

I get home and open Facebook to block her, only to see that she had tagged me in a new post on the "buy nothing" group. I will quote the post below:

"[My full name] is a selfish asshole! He said he would help us, but only brought us one meal! If there are any ACTUAL good people out there, my kids are still gonna need food for 3 days!"

I blocked her and left the group.

I have a feeling this was an automatic reply she typed.

So used to asking for discounts on everything that her fingers literally typed the message before her brain could process this was free.

I commented the local humane society with their fee that includes shots and microchip but she deleted it.

Posted this a few minutes ago but accidentally typed “pay us $2/hr” instead of “pay is $2/hr” … thank you to the kind person who caught it early

Sad and baffling.