WOULD YOU MOOCH UNEATEN FOOD FROM AN ABANDONED TABLE?

This story was on Deadspin: Alex, a San Francisco native who works in finance and is in his 40s, practices free-range mooching at restaurants. Alex always buys a meal for himself, but if he sees a table where the diners have already left, and there’s leftover food, he’ll grab something. Sometimes he’s trying new menu items. But mostly, he claims, he eats others’ leftover food to help the planet by helping restaurants cut back on their food waste * Whatever you say, Alex!). Alex says, “Society says not to do it but there’s not an inherently logical reason why somebody should be upset. I’m not picking food out of the garbage. I’m not dumpster diving. I’m not hanging out by the restaurant side door waiting for them to throw out bags of food. So I don’t know why it’s such a big deal. I think most people just don’t do it because it’s frowned upon in polite society.”
* I bet he’s popular with the ladies, too.
* How many unpleasant mouth infections does he get a year?
* If people really do this, it could explain the spread of measles.
* This is why I always lick all of my food, whether I eat it or not.
* “Hey, look – somebody left money on this table!”
* Does he also crash weddings and fill his coat pockets with buffet food?
* PHONE TOPIC: Have you ever mooched food at a restaurant? We bet more people do this than you think.