Dumpster Diving
On Dumpster Diving”
Who throws away the best stuff? Is dumpster diving really necessary to people living on the streets? In the text book, Lars Eighner, “On Dumpster Diving”, tells about when he was homeless out on the streets. He told that students usually had the best things because they threw out whatever they did not want because they have their parents to buy everything for them. He had two rules while living out on the street. Rule number one was, take only what is of use. The second rule was, material things that are not required are not necessary.
Eighner states that while he was dumpster diving, which he likes to call scavenging, he believes that college students throws away the best things, around breaks they usually throw stuff away because they don’t know if it is spoiled or not. He states that since it is “Daddy’s Money” they don’t think about throwing it away. The author stays on topic throughout this paragraph. Although I do not agree, he does make some good points. Usually most college students don’t have a lot of money to just throw away money or food. Some students don’t care and throw things away and be wasteful.
The author states that when some people clean out the freezer, they just throw most of the stuff away in there. I do agree with that. If something stays in there for a very long time than more than likely it is not going to be any good to cook or eat. It could be freezer burnt or expired. If someone throws something out I don’t think that someone should be going through the garbage to get old things that aren’t worth eating.
Lars says that people throw out cheese, yogurt, and sour cream, all of the time. It is the most frequent items that are thrown away. Most of the time these things are usually still good even though they have been thrown out, expired, has some mold on it. I could understand cutting the mold off the cheeses more than I could eat warm yogurt.
I completely think that Eighner is completely wrong about the way he
Who throws away the best stuff? Is dumpster diving really necessary to people living on the streets? In the text book, Lars Eighner, “On Dumpster Diving”, tells about when he was homeless out on the streets. He told that students usually had the best things because they threw out whatever they did not want because they have their parents to buy everything for them. He had two rules while living out on the street. Rule number one was, take only what is of use. The second rule was, material things that are not required are not necessary.
Eighner states that while he was dumpster diving, which he likes to call scavenging, he believes that college students throws away the best things, around breaks they usually throw stuff away because they don’t know if it is spoiled or not. He states that since it is “Daddy’s Money” they don’t think about throwing it away. The author stays on topic throughout this paragraph. Although I do not agree, he does make some good points. Usually most college students don’t have a lot of money to just throw away money or food. Some students don’t care and throw things away and be wasteful.
The author states that when some people clean out the freezer, they just throw most of the stuff away in there. I do agree with that. If something stays in there for a very long time than more than likely it is not going to be any good to cook or eat. It could be freezer burnt or expired. If someone throws something out I don’t think that someone should be going through the garbage to get old things that aren’t worth eating.
Lars says that people throw out cheese, yogurt, and sour cream, all of the time. It is the most frequent items that are thrown away. Most of the time these things are usually still good even though they have been thrown out, expired, has some mold on it. I could understand cutting the mold off the cheeses more than I could eat warm yogurt.
I completely think that Eighner is completely wrong about the way he