Dear Editor:

Last week while waiting for a bus on Firestone Boulevard, a man had a personal cart filled with bags of recyclables rolling down the street. At my bus stop, a bench had an empty roasted chicken bag with a tray of fried potatoes and a few other sides.

He stopped, sat down and began to eat some of the tray’s goods. The bag had a 12:30 pm timestamp so it had likely been sitting unattended for at least two hours.

I found it heart-wrenching to watch the man eat another’s leftovers and then continue on his quest for more goods to turn in for cash. My sweet lord, this is Downey, California folks.

Roseanne Hernandez
Downey