Tablediving

[Palmares]

Just wondering if many or any people tabledive here?

Simply put, eating left overs from meals people don't finish. Especially good in food courts etc. Hell, sometimes you can ask people if they are gonna finish they're meal or not, and then sometimes they buy food for you, or even people pick up on what you're doing and give you food if they don't finish it.

Or you also get kicked out of the food court or people look at you weird.

What fun!

The main two techniques that come to my mind is "snatch and grab" where you walk past and grab the food and keep walking on (best for walking along streets with alot of cafes etc) or simply sitting down and eating the meal at the table (more suitable for food courts etc).

If you are hell dodgy, some people I know do something i nickname "preemptive table diving" which is where you do the snatch and grab technique except ding it before they eat the meal. hehe

Some big multi-national stores also play alot on this whole "free refills" shit, so take advantage. Grab a cup someone has just left sitting around (a cup that belongs to the shop you are about to scam, but hell, if you are brave enough, any cup!) and walk over and simply fill up your cup. If asked if you bought it, of course. Since most shops of that nature don't give reciepts, how the fuck would they know if you bought it or not.

Nothing beats getting cups from bins though. A friend of mine was even caught out by the manager of Hungry Jacks (the Aussie version of Burger King) for the scam, but when she found out he got it from the bin, she said "if you are going to that much effort for it, whatever".

I hear in the US there's like a zillion shops with free refills, so don't just sit there, get a free drink.

Oh, and incase ya paranoid, you can always do it during peak hour - say 12pm til early arvo.

That's all my scams for now.

[Dimentio]

Sounds anarcho-primitivist.

[An archist]

There was a time I allways walked around with a mcdonalds cup, to get free refills whenever I wanted

[razboz]

Originally posted by [email protected] 09, 2007 09:44 am
Sounds anarcho-primitivist.
Sounds like free food.

I do this all the time at my school's cafeteria. We waste about 10kg of food per day, so instead of buying new food i just look around those tray rack things for any unfinnished buisness. Usually i can score full plate and untouched salads and eat more than my fill. Ive had to chose what i want to eat from the mountains of wasted foods. I've never "tabledived" outside of my school though. However i have heard tales of fantastical amounts of wastage from Starbucks coffees, especially at around 5 oclock in the morning for some reason. Im told of some kind of fooddiving eldorado, where piles of unopened sandwiches and muffins just beg for the waiting. All of this is apperently thrown out back in big bags... Or so im told. For no one who has ever gone there has ever come back.... Dum dum DUM... Seriously ive never been but it sounds amasing.

[ahab]

yea I do that, or if theres a little caesers around any of you if you go in at closing and ask for the pizza's they usually give you all the leftover ones cuz they just throw them out, panda express too. Its a good easy free way to eat :) which should be free and easy anyway

[Pawn Power]

The free refiles is easy as hell to do, but the thing is that is either soft drink or some sugar juice, both of which I dont care for that much. I would induldge much more often if it was some real pulpy juice or something like that.

Soda is cheap as shit so the multi-national compainies don't care if poeple get endless re-fills.

[ihaterockandroll]

I've only ever done it with stealing free refills, but in clubs I always begrudge paying for drinks and just steal them off the side when people put them down. Haven't been spiked yet, so I guess it's pretty safe.

[OneBrickOneVoice]

Originally posted by [email protected] 09, 2007 09:44 am
Sounds anarcho-primitivist.
:lol: haha sounds more like mooching off strangers.

Yeah at my school's cafeteria, which is a city university food court the employees don't give a shit if you take food or sodas. My friend has a racket where he steals like 15 sodas everyday and then bids them off to the highest bidder. Most of the time everyone steals their lunch.

[Comrade Marcel]

Sounds stupid.

Honestly, if you live in an imperialist country you might as well eat healthy. I can see doing this if you actually needed to, but...

When we were kids we used to snatch people's food that they just bought at the food court. We would do this usually by distracting the persyn, but often enough just grabbed the shit when they weren't looking or got up to grab a drink or something. But we only did this to see the look on their faces after and get a few kicks, not to actually eat it. :P

[Palmares]

Originally posted by Serpent+January 09, 2007 07:44 pm--> (Serpent @ January 09, 2007 07:44 pm) Sounds anarcho-primitivist. [/b]
Errr... what???

I thought I might hear a tirade of slagging it as lifestylist, but primitivist???


Comrade Marcel
Sounds stupid.

I disagree. Perhaps it can sometimes be "unhealthy", whatever this capitalist hygiene is, though you can seriously get some great Asian dishes from food courts, but I think it is legitimate that as living in the first world that we can take advantage of our privilege and scam these muthafuckas as much as we can.

Its the least we owe them ;)

[Fawkes]

Honestly, if you live in an imperialist country you might as well eat healthy. I can see doing this if you actually needed to, but...
Who said that the food can't be healthy?

I've done the free refill thing a lot but I don't really drink soda that much because it dehydrates me.

[YSR]

I never pay for popcorn at the movies anymore (okay, unless I'm on a date with a lamer or some shit). People are fucking wasteful when it comes to popcorn and those little trash cans can be gems.

[Ander]

Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.

[Pawn Power]

Originally posted by [email protected] 20, 2007 02:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Ahh, come on. What if its still packaged?

Bakeries will throw out all of their goods (bagels, breads, etc.) before they close because they cant or wont sell day old stuff. Often they are in large bags, perfectly clean and not even a day old yet.

[apathy maybe]

The only argument against this sort of activity is for health reasons. And I don't mean hygiene. This sort of activity can (maybe) lead to not getting enough food generally or vitamins specifically. So actually I encourage this sort of activity for those who want to, just make sure you get enough food OK!

[analfilth]

Originally posted by Pawn Power+January 20, 2007 07:24 pm--> (Pawn Power @ January 20, 2007 07:24 pm)
[email protected] 20, 2007 02:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Ahh, come on. What if its still packaged?

Bakeries will throw out all of their goods (bagels, breads, etc.) before they close because they cant or wont sell day old stuff. Often they are in large bags, perfectly clean and not even a day old yet.[/b]
i've been to a bakery before at closing time and asked if they had any leftovers that they would give to me for free (totally expecting to be declined), but to my surprise i was handed over a bag full of yummy bread that had been baked only a couple of hours before! :):)

[Fawkes]

Speaking of this type of thing, if you're a paintball player, you can go to paintball camps/schools and go through their trash and find full bags of paintballs because they throw the bag out even if there is one broken.

[anarchista feminista]

On Neighbours the other night Carl was talking about freeganism and dumpstering :D I love how he's going all primmie haha. Another great thing I read about it around half an hour before a pizza shop shuts, order a pizza and don't actually go to pick it up. Then you can get it right out of the dumpster! Sometimes the employees take the pizzas home themselves so if you get kinda icky toppings they are less likely to. My friend once found about 4 pizzas just in the dumpster. Oh it was brilliant.

[analfilth]

you can go to any pizza shop dumpster and get perfectly good pizza bases!

and anarchy_oi.. why would you want to eat a pizza with an icky topping? :P

[analfilth]

Originally posted by analfilth+January 24, 2007 01:41 pm--> (analfilth @ January 24, 2007 01:41 pm)
Originally posted by Pawn [email protected] 20, 2007 07:24 pm

[email protected] 20, 2007 02:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Ahh, come on. What if its still packaged?

Bakeries will throw out all of their goods (bagels, breads, etc.) before they close because they cant or wont sell day old stuff. Often they are in large bags, perfectly clean and not even a day old yet.
i've been to a bakery before at closing time and asked if they had any leftovers that they would give to me for free (totally expecting to be declined), but to my surprise i was handed over a bag full of yummy bread that had been baked only a couple of hours before! :):) [/b]
wow that's pretty fucking awesome!! :o:O

[anarchista feminista]

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 11:26 pm
you can go to any pizza shop dumpster and get perfectly good pizza bases!

and anarchy_oi.. why would you want to eat a pizza with an icky topping? :P
you can take it off silly :)

[An archist]

Originally posted by analfilth+January 24, 2007 01:41 pm--> (analfilth @ January 24, 2007 01:41 pm)
Originally posted by Pawn [email protected] 20, 2007 07:24 pm

[email protected] 20, 2007 02:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Ahh, come on. What if its still packaged?

Bakeries will throw out all of their goods (bagels, breads, etc.) before they close because they cant or wont sell day old stuff. Often they are in large bags, perfectly clean and not even a day old yet.
i've been to a bakery before at closing time and asked if they had any leftovers that they would give to me for free (totally expecting to be declined), but to my surprise i was handed over a bag full of yummy bread that had been baked only a couple of hours before! :):) [/b]
Tsss, we once went to ask for old bread 'for our rabbits' and she asked 50 cents (half a euro) per bread! of course it's still cheap, but we could tell by her face she just made that up. Old tart :angry:

[Jude]

There's always the tried and true "Dine 'n Ditch", where you go to a nice restaurant, eat your fill, and casually walk out.

And my second fave... party crashing. Just go to a park, find a big family reunion, and have a picnic!

[bezdomni]

I did it once at a restaraunt when I was ultra-hungry and had no money. This girl bought a veggie crepe and ate like...two bites out of it.

It was a ridiculous waste.

I don't think it is revolutionary or really even political in nature. I just wanted food, somebody didn't finish theirs...so I took it. Very simple.

[bcbm]

Originally posted by [email protected] 29, 2007 07:36 pm
There's always the tried and true "Dine 'n Ditch", where you go to a nice restaurant, eat your fill, and casually walk out.
The wait staff are generally the ones who suffer from that- sometimes they have to pay your tab.

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 09, 2007 10:44 am
Sounds anarcho-primitivist.
That makes no sense! :wacko:

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 20, 2007 08:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Is that how you respond to homeless people? What happens to those people who an#t afford to do anything else?

[redcannon]

table-diving is actually very good in terms of environmental health. When people use all of the food that is produced, we aren't stressing nature to get the materials needed for food and we aren't running the factorys (which create harmful waste) as much if there are more people being fed off of one plate. :D

[analfilth]

Originally posted by anarchy_oi+January 27, 2007 08:07 am--> (anarchy_oi @ January 27, 2007 08:07 am)
[email protected] 25, 2007 11:26 pm
you can go to any pizza shop dumpster and get perfectly good pizza bases!

and anarchy_oi.. why would you want to eat a pizza with an icky topping? :P
you can take it off silly :) [/b]
ohhh i see... but then you're eating.. basically pizza base.. which they just throw out at the end of the day anyway... HA HA!!! OWNED!

[Hiero]

Originally posted by The Anarchist Tension+January 31, 2007 09:39 am--> (The Anarchist Tension @ January 31, 2007 09:39 am)
[email protected] 20, 2007 08:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Is that how you respond to homeless people? What happens to those people who an#t afford to do anything else? [/b]
They don't post about it on the interenet.

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by Hiero+February 05, 2007 10:51 pm--> (Hiero @ February 05, 2007 10:51 pm)
Originally posted by The Anarchist [email protected] 31, 2007 09:39 am

[email protected] 20, 2007 08:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Is that how you respond to homeless people? What happens to those people who an#t afford to do anything else?
They don't post about it on the interenet. [/b]
Maybe in non-western countries, but in the west plenty of homeless people use internet cafes.

[RevMARKSman]

There's always the tried and true "Dine 'n Ditch", where you go to a nice restaurant, eat your fill, and casually walk out.


I thought about that once (theoretically of course)...they give you the bill afterwards so whats to stop you from just leaving after you eat? I always thought there would be some mechanism to stop you from doing that, but I guess not.

Not that I condone these illegal actions :)

[anarchista feminista]

Originally posted by analfilth+February 05, 2007 09:30 pm--> (analfilth @ February 05, 2007 09:30 pm)
Originally posted by [email protected] 27, 2007 08:07 am

[email protected] 25, 2007 11:26 pm
you can go to any pizza shop dumpster and get perfectly good pizza bases!

and anarchy_oi.. why would you want to eat a pizza with an icky topping? :P
you can take it off silly :)
ohhh i see... but then you're eating.. basically pizza base.. which they just throw out at the end of the day anyway... HA HA!!! OWNED! [/b]
nooo, like say order olives and anchovies or whatever the hell they put on it, aswell as the nice toppings, and just take the icky toppings off. that was so stupid when they brought all that bread home from dumpstering to my house, and it just sat there cuz no one could eat it all. bah. it was funny though. :) such a waste... hmmm.

[Mujer Libre]

It always puzzles me how offended people get about ideas like table-diving. :S SO much food goes to waste at food courts, and often virtually untouched, fresh, tasty food.

I used to work at a bakery, and we used to throw out lots- but to avoid that we used to take home bread ourselves and distribute it to family and friends, and give it to the centre staff- cleaners and stuff.

[analfilth]

Originally posted by anarchy_oi+February 07, 2007 10:16 pm--> (anarchy_oi @ February 07, 2007 10:16 pm)
Originally posted by [email protected] 05, 2007 09:30 pm

Originally posted by [email protected] 27, 2007 08:07 am

[email protected] 25, 2007 11:26 pm
you can go to any pizza shop dumpster and get perfectly good pizza bases!

and anarchy_oi.. why would you want to eat a pizza with an icky topping? :P
you can take it off silly :)
ohhh i see... but then you're eating.. basically pizza base.. which they just throw out at the end of the day anyway... HA HA!!! OWNED!
nooo, like say order olives and anchovies or whatever the hell they put on it, aswell as the nice toppings, and just take the icky toppings off. that was so stupid when they brought all that bread home from dumpstering to my house, and it just sat there cuz no one could eat it all. bah. it was funny though. :) such a waste... hmmm. [/b]
it wasn't that much of a waste cos it's not as if anyone else would have eaten them....... oh apart from all the homeless living around the plains.. or perhaps the emus :mellow:

[anarchista feminista]

Originally posted by analfilth+February 08, 2007 04:43 pm--> (analfilth @ February 08, 2007 04:43 pm)
Originally posted by [email protected] 07, 2007 10:16 pm

Originally posted by [email protected] 05, 2007 09:30 pm

Originally posted by [email protected] 27, 2007 08:07 am

[email protected] 25, 2007 11:26 pm
you can go to any pizza shop dumpster and get perfectly good pizza bases!

and anarchy_oi.. why would you want to eat a pizza with an icky topping? :P
you can take it off silly :)
ohhh i see... but then you're eating.. basically pizza base.. which they just throw out at the end of the day anyway... HA HA!!! OWNED!
nooo, like say order olives and anchovies or whatever the hell they put on it, aswell as the nice toppings, and just take the icky toppings off. that was so stupid when they brought all that bread home from dumpstering to my house, and it just sat there cuz no one could eat it all. bah. it was funny though. :) such a waste... hmmm.
it wasn't that much of a waste cos it's not as if anyone else would have eaten them....... oh apart from all the homeless living around the plains.. or perhaps the emus :mellow: [/b]
ha ha ha. that's why i was hoping the penrith soup kitchen would get re-started but i have no idea how that's going. i've talked to some FNB people, they think that when i get my P's and have more time to get organised i could easily help out with a sydney FNB. that'd be awesome.

[RNK]

Sickening.

The amount of food we waste, that is. If we packaged up all of our food waste that we westerners produce, and shipped it to Africa, we could solve that continent's food problem overnight.

[anarchista feminista]

Originally posted by [email protected] 09, 2007 08:16 pm
Sickening.

The amount of food we waste, that is. If we packaged up all of our food waste that we westerners produce, and shipped it to Africa, we could solve that continent's food problem overnight.
yeah we're massive wasters. it makes me really sad. and the amount of rubbish we generate. and the energy we waste creating more waste. living in australia we can't afford to waste so much water. and with the peak oil crisis we should be trying harder to convert to solar power.

[Hiero]

Originally posted by [email protected] 19, 2007 01:49 pm

though you can seriously get some great Asian dishes from food courts,
Wouldn't that be hard? It wouldn't be like a burger you can just grab, you would have to wrap and go.

Or do you just sit there and eat it?


The amount of food we waste, that is. If we packaged up all of our food waste that we westerners produce, and shipped it to Africa, we could solve that continent's food problem overnight.

The problem isn't what we waste, it is what we consume. The 1st world is the oppresser to the 3rd,we consume much of what they produce.

[Hiero]

Originally posted by black rose+February 05, 2007 11:59 pm--> (black rose @ February 05, 2007 11:59 pm)
Originally posted by [email protected] 05, 2007 10:51 pm

Originally posted by The Anarchist [email protected] 31, 2007 09:39 am

[email protected] 20, 2007 08:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Is that how you respond to homeless people? What happens to those people who an#t afford to do anything else?
They don't post about it on the interenet.
Maybe in non-western countries, but in the west plenty of homeless people use internet cafes. [/b]
The people in this thread aren't homeless. Some may be squaters, but that is a lifestyle choice.

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by Hiero+February 11, 2007 07:00 pm--> (Hiero @ February 11, 2007 07:00 pm)
Originally posted by black rose+February 05, 2007 11:59 pm--> (black rose @ February 05, 2007 11:59 pm)
Originally posted by [email protected] 05, 2007 10:51 pm

Originally posted by The Anarchist [email protected] 31, 2007 09:39 am

Originally posted by [email protected] 20, 2007 08:18 pm
Eating out of the trash? That's fucking sick.
Is that how you respond to homeless people? What happens to those people who an#t afford to do anything else?
They don't post about it on the interenet.
Maybe in non-western countries, but in the west plenty of homeless people use internet cafes. [/b]
The people in this thread aren't homeless. Some may be squaters, but that is a lifestyle choice. [/b]
Right... not being able to own a home or afford rent etc. is a 'lifestyle choice'!!!

Regardless, i wasnt actually talkin about people in this thread :rolleyes:


[email protected]
Wouldn't that be hard?

Not in the slightest.


Hiero

Or do you just sit there and eat it?

Bingo.

[Coggeh]

wtf .. i wud be a bit uncomfortable with eating some strangers left overs ... too many shit u cud catch id say .. but i usually carry around sum1s subway cup after their finished and refill it about 2 or 3 times

[anarchista feminista]

Originally posted by [email protected] 12, 2007 03:26 am
wtf .. i wud be a bit uncomfortable with eating some strangers left overs ... too many shit u cud catch id say .. but i usually carry around sum1s subway cup after their finished and refill it about 2 or 3 times
yes, but you're just as likely to catch something by using someone's empty cup. i suppose it is a risk some people have to take when they can't afford food. i must say it's healthier eating out of dumpsters though.

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by [email protected] 12, 2007 03:26 am
wtf .. i wud be a bit uncomfortable with eating some strangers left overs ... too many shit u cud catch id say .. but i usually carry around sum1s subway cup after their finished and refill it about 2 or 3 times
I have never, nor do i know anyone who has ever gotten sick after tablediving.

[apathy maybe]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11, 2007 06:26 pm
wtf .. i wud be a bit uncomfortable with eating some strangers left overs ... too many shit u cud catch id say .. but i usually carry around sum1s subway cup after their finished and refill it about 2 or 3 times
To paraphrase a friend (he actually said something about go down on, but hey), if you would fuck someone, you should be able to eat their food.

A big shout out to John if he is listening (which I bet he isn't the bugger).

[Coggeh]

Tbh i just wouldn't do it , i don't find the idea of munching off the left overs of my friend .... "revolutionary" in any shape or form ..... lol

[apathy maybe]

Originally posted by [email protected] 12, 2007 07:47 pm
Tbh i just wouldn't do it , i don't find the idea of munching off the left overs of my friend .... "revolutionary" in any shape or form ..... lol
Not that anyone said it was revolutionary ...

It is a method to be able to eat. Even if you can afford it, you can still save money and reduce waste through this method.

It can't be a revolutionary activity, as soon as any large number of people started doing it, it would stop being possible. But it is an activity that individuals can do right now to save themselves money and so on.

Fuck, free food man. Don't you understand that?

[Coggeh]

why not just rob it , instead of mooching for scraps .......... I just don't get the idea of it all , i get the idea with free refils with someone elses cup but not this ........

[Black Dagger]

Originally posted by [email protected] 13, 2007 06:51 am
why not just rob it , instead of mooching for scraps .......... I just don't get the idea of it all , i get the idea with free refils with someone elses cup but not this ........
You can get a lot more food than just 'scraps' and it a lot easier than stealing a meal (esp. if you're at a food court or sumtin), and theres no legal risk (unlike stealing).

[ack]

Originally posted by [email protected] 12, 2007 04:51 pm
why not just rob it , instead of mooching for scraps .......... I just don't get the idea of it all , i get the idea with free refils with someone elses cup but not this ........
A lot of people feel that stealing is wrong. But, if it's given to you for free...:P

My friend tried to straight up eat some chicken nuggets out of the line at my school and he got caught and my other friend had to smooth talk their way out of it. And pay for the chicken nuggets. Haha.

And, yeah, bakeries are great for dumpstering. If you live in the states go to any Brueggers. Ever.

[bezdomni]

Originally posted by [email protected] 05, 2007 01:20 pm

There's always the tried and true "Dine 'n Ditch", where you go to a nice restaurant, eat your fill, and casually walk out.


I thought about that once (theoretically of course)...they give you the bill afterwards so whats to stop you from just leaving after you eat? I always thought there would be some mechanism to stop you from doing that, but I guess not.

Not that I condone these illegal actions :)
And guess who has to pay for the bill?

I'll tell you this - it isn't the management.

[redcannon]

the coolest thing happened to me yesterday. i went to a leftist coffee house and ordered a cup of coffee, but the person working there gave me a bag full of bagels and muffins they were gonna throw out, that had been made only two days prior. i ate well all weekend.... for free. :D

[Rizzo]

God damn, some of you guys are fuckin hardcore. Just hearing about being fed all weekend by a two-day-old bag of muffins, makes me feel fuckin spoiled. Not to much I can do until I graduate though, I want to become more acetic though, I'll try my luck with tabel diving later today :D

[RASHskins]

It's a good principle it's going to waste why not eat it. I like the idea of grabbing there food before they eat it too. I once blatantly walked up to someone's table where they were sitting (with a hood on and a bandanna on my face) and just grabbed there sub. They chased me but i can run fast. The one major issue i could see with eating the leftovers in a food court is certain disease's you could possibly contract from other's food.

[My Heart is a Molotov]

why not just rob it , instead of mooching for scraps ..........

because stealing still contributes to demand for the product. the store will see that they have run out of the specific product and will just order the same amount, if not more. by eating what's leftover, it is outside of the supply/demand cycle.


I like the idea of grabbing there food before they eat it too. I once blatantly walked up to someone's table where they were sitting (with a hood on and a bandanna on my face) and just grabbed there sub. They chased me but i can run fast.

why would you do that? doesnt that just hurt the person who bought the food? a person who could be a potential comrade..

[( R )evolution]

Dumpster diving is a great thing to do if you need some food. But if you cant get to a dumpster with left overs in it than, I suggest just walking in near closing time for any place that makes food which will not be able to sell the next day and just ask them, usually they will give to you for free. And if it is a chain store than I suggest you rob them. Thug Mentality.

[RASHskins]

NO my heart is a molotov cocktail, it was some jock preppy bastards.

[DIzzIE]

Here's a short lil' pamphlet that may be of some use: The Hobo Papers #1: Free Food (http://www.rorta.net/index.php?page=freefood)

Enjoy! :ph34r:

[Decadence]

Panera bread gives out/throws away/gives to charity huge amounts of bread/sandwiches at the end of the night. So just hang around the store when they close and ask for free bread, or make friends with some one who works there and they'll get you like 5 or 6 sandwiches at the end of the night. A bit more legit then tablediving if you're worried and good food to boot.

[analfilth]

Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2007 10:23 pm
It's a good principle it's going to waste why not eat it. I like the idea of grabbing there food before they eat it too. I once blatantly walked up to someone's table where they were sitting (with a hood on and a bandanna on my face) and just grabbed there sub. They chased me but i can run fast.
Hahahaha this one cracked me up! It'd be pretty hilarious to see happen, especially to some jocks. :rolleyes:
And thanks dizzie. That's a great help!!

[eXacto]

Never done this (my mom is food-provider :D ) , but you could go to a butcher and ask if he's got some leftovers from the meat for your dog , if you're lucky he will give you something good that you can cook and eat at home.