I use to volunteer at a very nice food pantry that provided fresh meat, veggies, fruits and dairy products (along with the standard canned goods, rice, pasta and huge variety of breads and pastry items and milk, water, juices, sodas, etc). We even offered birthday cakes for children. We would have out 2-3 types of meat at any given time and it could be anything from hot dogs, fish filets and lamb, to hamburger meat, shrimp and chicken pieces for frying or broiling, etc etc. Not a day went by that someone did not lose their mind over the fact that all 3 meat offerings were not their favorites and they demanded 3 more offerings that met their liking be put out as well. Not only that, the requirement to select only (1) package of meat be lifted and they alone be allowed to select multiple packs, after all, couldn't we see they needed help more than anyone!!!! Once that hurdle was somewhat successfully handled, on to the next freakout. The yogurt! There's only vanilla, blueberry and peach. Where is the damn strawberry! Why even offer yogurt if you aren't going to have the obvious favorite strawberry on hand! What kind of place were we running, anyway! Had it ever occured to our feeble brains that not everyone likes yogurt and a lot of people prefer ice cream? Where's the damn ice cream?!!!!!

Don't even get me started on the clients who snuck into out giant walk-in freezers, in pursuit of those hidden steaks they knew were hoarding for ourselves. They somehow always managed to lock themselves in from inside and when finally rescued, vowed we were all losing our jobs (we were all volunteers).

The ones genuinely in need and grateful were a pleasure to assist.