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In reply to the discussion: This Man Used His Unlimited Olive Garden Pasta Pass To Feed The Homeless {IMAGES} [View all]skepticscott
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His intentions may have been noble, but he was not dealing with the restaurant in good faith. He knew perfectly well that what he was doing was not what Olive Garden had intended to be covered under an "all you can eat" deal for ONE person. While I applaud his charitable impulse, the fact remains that no one has a right to involuntarily co-opt the resources of others to satisfy one's own desire to help others.
He was perfectly free to use the $100 he would have spent on this, as well as as much more of his own money as he pleased, to feed anyone he thought needed it. He could also have worked WITH Olive Garden and persuaded them to donate any unused portion of those 1000 passes at the end of the cycle to a charity that feeds the hungry or homeless. Or he could have gone out and actually tried to get voluntary donations to support this cause; given all of the people on the internet who think what he did is just wonderful, it seems like he could have raised a fortune getting each of them to donate even a few dollars. He chose none of those more ethical, and probably more effective options.