Morning, guys.
I'm in Risca.
Don't forget, Caerphilly isn't open today.
We changed it to Risca because I got glass cabinets to pick up.
So there's the park, right?
There's Risca shop, okay?
Next to the Rainbow Gate.
So the library is up there, Lidl's is up there, there's the park, there's the police station, chasing me around with a big net to catch me for being an illegal baby bank.
There's the shop, okay?
I've just seen one of our environmental health officers down the bottom there.
I might have to run out and grab her because I'm waiting on her to finalize my rating for Risca and she keeps saying she keeps missing me.
I might have to run into somebody's cafe and drag her I'm sure they'll be happy because I wanted to finalize our food rating which will probably be exempt but you know, we want to count our chickens before they hatch, innit guys?
So anyway, I want to... Oh, I've got loads of donations.
Absolutely tons.
Thank you so much guys, honestly.
We need to increase the footfall because I've got another 20 bags in here, you know, just today in my car.
Not to mention my volunteers, my picker-upers, my drop-off points, Dan's car, even my father went out yesterday to pick up from a charity shop because we couldn't, we could, we just, none of us could do it.
So even he went yesterday to pick up from a charity shop, not a pile of stuff for us.
Erm...
What do we choose?
What do we do if she's in there?
Do we go and look for her and drag her into our shop?
Most people, I'll do this.
Most people are like, oh no, quick, hi.
But I'm like, come on.
I need to finalize my room time.
Where's she gone?
I'm sure, I'm sure that's her.
She lives down the roadside, let's see.
I'll knock her door and I'll say hello.
I need you.
So yeah, I just wanted to give you a little update from yesterday, give you a chance to do it.
Yesterday, I'm sure she was down by here a minute ago.
She's in a cafe off a little mall shop.
Erm...
Yeah, so some older boys walked past the finish up, like 13 to 14, and they were like talking to their friends saying, oh, they were out by here and they smashed a load of toys by here, and they were just walking past.
They weren't bothering me, they were quite oblivious to me.
And they were walking past...
I have to wait a minute.
It's a son sexually assaulted the worker.
They were walking past, and they were all here, and then they come up here and they smashed all of that up and smashed all of this up.
And, you know, saying I'm childish to all.
But that's good, because were they more likely to listen to me, you, or their parents, or their peers.
They're more likely to listen to their peers than they...
So they've obviously gone into school and their peers have obviously said, well, I'm a bit stupid, but my boys, you know, might make them grow up a bit now.
So that's... I thought that was good yesterday.
But the older...
That's nice, the banking hub, isn't it?
The older boys have had a word with them, sort of thing.
Sorry, no closed donations today.
We can take them, thanks.
Oh, look.
Come eat.
I haven't been in another charity shop for...
Well, we had a similar set today.
I haven't been in there since I've been so busy.
I haven't even been able to go shopping myself.
Where is she?
Oh, no, somewhere else, you know.
Never open.
Oh, they only got four this time.
They only had four.
They never open.
They get all the food for free.
And they sell it to people.
This is what I thought she meant to be.
And...
This screen costs like £6,000, these screens, because they told me.
They told me.
The PC guy told me, because I asked him about these screens, but he said they can be done with any LCD screen.
But these screens cost £6,000.
For this and the snag, that's what they spent their charity money on.
It's never on, and it's never open.
That's usually a good sign, that is.
That's usually a good sign, right?
That...
is a fake food bank.
Because nothing ever moves.
We've had a couple of those.
We've seen a couple where the food stays exactly the same as it does on the shelves.
Ketchup used to be like that, nothing used to move.
Yeah, copied that off old friend.
But sell it.
Look, they said...
They said they didn't sell it online, but you've got to have at least a stamp to get it.
Yeah?
You've got to be in their thing to get it.
Abnormality is the name of these other charities.
And I was talking to a teacher yesterday that came in.
And what's that?
I could go in somebody's tail and put that up.
Yeah, don't buy your ice, you know.
Might even be a day off.
Because you didn't look like she was in her uniform, anyway.
So yes.
But I should say...
What the...
Maybe she was just on her way to me.
I've been waiting a while now for mine, so I need it done.
I can't see her anywhere.
He was on about how he's looked into things.
Like there was a church by him selling food for five pound a bag.
And then he was like, well how are they selling it five pound a bag when they're being given it for free?
No, she's not on a boat.
I think she might have been in one of them.
Oh, I like that.
Look at that display.
They go in that cafe with those mugs.
Oh, I want that this way.
He was on about how, after coming to us and being a customer with us, that he...
These are nice.
They might get one of these outside Russia in the spring.
I don't know if there's any point having it now in winter, but...
He was saying that the church, they charge five pound a bag for the food.
But they get the food for free, because they pick it up, because they told him that.
And they get funding.
They get funding, but then...
Where does the five pound roll?
And they couldn't answer him.
I don't know which church, but they couldn't answer with that five pound weight.
So...
Let's see.
They got one of these, though.
I'm going to use it.
Look at it.
When was the last time that I was using it?
It was on a plant today, didn't it?
They've got weeds somewhere, haven't they?
I don't even use it, though.
I don't think it's worth getting it now.
So I think if we're going to get one, it might be worth getting one in spring.
If we're going to do it.
I like real planning for the cafe.
But what did they say?
Planning said, do the cafe and then call us out and we'll sign it all off then.
In Pontypool.
Something like that, they said.
I can't remember.
We'll sign a who then.
Maybe it was a day off.
She's probably thinking, oh my god, is that baby bank woman quick?
Like, day off.
Probably thinking.
But they couldn't answer that guy where the £5 was going.
I mean, you know, don't get me wrong, there's freezer, you know, freezer costs and fridge costs to run.
Oh, that's a touchscreen one.
That's nice, isn't it?
Erm...
You know, there's other things.
You've got bins that you've got to get rid of the food if nobody has it.
Because you can't just give it away to farmers and stuff.
The council need to know what farmers you're giving the food waste to and things.
I mean, they might know what size it.
You can't just give it away.
Once it's gone, gone, you know.
You give it away in the beginning.
That's the whole point of it, isn't it?
But it did make you think, didn't it?
Other people are starting to look into it now.