Ever notice how you keep seeing the same people, at the same...

Ever notice how you keep seeing the same people, at the same time, in the same place? Has it happened to you too? Like walking your dog 🐕 every day at the same hour, riding the subway 🚇, or going for a morning jog 🏃‍♀️.
Happened to me too.
But in my case… it was weird. Really weird.

I’m a night owl by nature 🦉, and messed-up sleep schedules with late-night walks home are pretty normal for me. My 3D printing farm 🖨 is just a short walk from home, so I don’t rely on public transport or have to worry about road closures.

So there I was, once again out of sync with society, heading home close to midnight 🌙. It was fall-winter — dark, damp, classic. The neighborhood isn’t very residential, but there are plenty of restaurants and boutiques 🍷. I usually take the backstreets — faster that way. On the way: a dumpster area ♻️.

That’s where I started noticing two guys. Same spot, same time, every day. Black jackets, black boots, black backpacks 🎒. At first I thought — maybe security? undercover agents? 🤔 Who knows.

Then one day I came out a bit later than usual and saw them unpacking food from a black bag… not into the trash, but into their own containers — lunchboxes 🍱.
And the next day.
And the day after that.
Every single night.

Snow ❄️, rain 🌧, minus 30°C 🥶 — didn’t matter. They came like clockwork.
And then I saw where the food came from: “Bratya Karavaevy” 🥐 — a well-known, upscale cafeteria. If you’ve been there, you know — the food is amazing.

Turns out, a lot of businesses dump their waste into residential dumpsters 🗑 — and honestly, I get it. One commercial container costs about $230 💸. And on top of your own trash, everyone else’s gets tossed in too. No wonder they cut corners.

Time passed, I got my schedule back to normal, and forgot all about the guys.

But one summer day I pulled into the parking lot 🚗 (it’s behind a fence, but still near those same dumpsters), and something felt off. Ten men or so were just… standing around on the grass 👥. All waiting.
And then it hit me: they were waiting for Karavaevy’s expired food 🕐.

I won’t lie — it creeped me out. I took a detour and walked around the block instead 🚶‍♀️.

Throwing away edible food on a set schedule leads to this:
marginalized groups regularly gathering around dumpsters 🚷.
And this isn’t a coincidence anymore — it’s a system.

Like that meme: “You feed pigeons, we feed the homeless. We’re just operating on different levels.”

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