Greek pensioner looking through rubbish for leftover food

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Greek pensioner looking through rubbish for leftover food, a photo by Teacher Dude's BBQ on Flickr.

Greek pensioner going through the garbage outside the central open air market in Thessaloniki looking for leftover baked goods.

Things have so bad here that many of my friends have stoppd listening to the news, they are sick of hearing about yet more job cuts and tax rises and the constant stream of hyperbole and hysteria that Greek media thinks passes for news.