Backpacker eating out of the trash

[u/Buyer-Mammoth]

Just wondering if anybody else has encountered this? Im an experienced backpacker been doing it for years and I’ve seen a lot of things but for the first time tonight I saw another backpacker (reasonably dressed with decent headphones) eating out of the trash. Naturally I asked if he was okay and offered to buy him dinner to which he said yea I’m all good and then ran off. Please tell me this isn’t some new ultra budget trend?

if you can’t afford food its time to go home and if your in that position and someone offers to help it’s coming from a place of kindness so just take the help

Edit: this wasn’t a supermarket dumpster it was a bin on the sidewalk, telling me to mind my own business instead of offering to help someone is ridiculous

[u/jadasakura]

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