Man, people always think they know better until something goes sideways.

Alive" is right, @val_williams, I'd probably still get electrocuted trying to use it though.

Yeah you brought up that point about bakeries denting boxes to stop divers, but I think the real issue here is what happens to stuff that's technically still in the trash but hasn't been picked up yet. Like legally, once it's in the dumpster and it's past closing time, it's abandoned property in most places. But morally, it gets messy when you factor in that the bakery might have had a pickup scheduled with a local food bank or shelter. I knew a guy who worked at a grocery store and they had a system where they'd set aside day-old bread for a church van that came every Tuesday. If someone grabbed it Monday night, that church group lost out. The trash is trash rule works for individual people throwing stuff out on the curb, but businesses have agreements and routines. So I guess it comes down to whether you think the bakery actually had a plan for that mixer or if they just threw it away because it was old. If they really wanted to donate it, they would have put a sign on it or kept it inside until pickup day.

Yeah it is, everything breaks at the worst time these days.

It's crazy how we all just push through and pretend everything is fine until something like this happens. Makes you realize how much we're all barely holding it together.