WTF is Wrong with You People?

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It disgusts me that people can complain about how expensive everything is (which it arguably is) and how financially constrained/poor they are, on the one hand, then a few minutes to days later, throw away perfectly edible food or perfectly wearable clothes just because they no longer like/want them. As far as I'm concerned, you can't have it both ways, at least if you want me to take your complaints seriously and be empathetic. Hell, I live in a country where there are many unemployed/seldom employed people living in actual poverty or homelessness (over half the population), walking down the streets, ringing doorbells and raiding bin bags on garbage day in the hope of finding something serviceable to eat or wear (or both). Truly, one man's trash is another's treasure. Yet, others don't even bother to consider that someone might benefit (even temporarily) from what they're discarding with the garbage. (My sister and brother-in-law live in the UAE, where putting anything out on the street is considered littering, because nobody will come along and pick it up. They say it's quite jarring to remind themselves not to do that.) Would it really kill you to put this stuff in a clear/clearly-marked bag and save the less fortunate some trouble? I don't think it would. WTF is wrong with you people? (This isn't the first time I've encountered this situation and wondered that, BTW. My Landlord regularly frustrates both me and my Landlady with how much food he throws away or wants to. Sunday night is Leftover Night for a reason ... I find it particularly odd since he's still a breadwinner and not hugely enamored with his job or earning pots of money. Yet, he'll put out on the street broken/old furniture or electronics that might need minor repairs he could make but doesn't want to, in case somebody wants it/them. As Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, says and writes, "poor is a [combination of] certain mindset[ and bad habits]". I can certainly see why, but I learned that lesson the hard way and far later than I should have.)