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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2016 23:06:35 GMT
Yes,I used wic. No to food stamps because we owned 2 cars. Yes I have walk about six miles or so round trip to the grocery store during the summer. Amazingly when I bought cold things, the meat/deli would give me a bag of ice to keep the stuff cold. (I did have a wagon to pull or a stroller) I love it when someone says something douchey about what others buy with SNAP then comes back and says "Yes I have walk about six miles or so round trip to the grocery store during the summer. Amazingly when I bought cold things, the meat/deli would give me a bag of ice to keep the stuff cold. (I did have a wagon to pull or a stroller)." Of course you did honey because you are so much better than the people who are using SNAP today. If you had two cars why were you walking 6 miles round trip to the store?
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Post by CarolT on Feb 13, 2016 23:06:52 GMT
What does poor "look" like?
Part of my job involves working with a number of local organizations that provide services for people in various types of need. I've learned that most "poor people" look like you and me. Many times nice clothes, jewelry, etc are leftover from their old life, borrowed, or gifts.
I rarely notice what other people are buying, let alone how they are paying. WIC can only be used to purchase certain foods, but if someone is using SNAP to purchase their groceries, I'm going to trust that they will make the best choices for their family.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 14, 2016 0:08:14 GMT
I appreciate all the replies including the ones that show I'm not imagining some of the looks I get.
When a cashier is chatty and friendly until I pull out that card, and then is like ice, it's pretty clear. I imagine cashiers perhaps feel that they see "abuse" if the system, so their paradigm always goes that way. It's not all checkers, fortunately.
I agree it's less likely that the shoppers around me notice I'm using the SNAP card, but some definitely do.
I know I absolutely should not care about this. I give myself pep talks before I shop. I have a running dialogue going in my head.
I wish I were the type of person who just didn't think or worry about such things.
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Post by mom on Feb 14, 2016 0:28:41 GMT
I appreciate all the replies including the ones that show I'm not imagining some of the looks I get. When a cashier is chatty and friendly until I pull out that card, and then is like ice, it's pretty clear. I imagine cashiers perhaps feel that they see "abuse" if the system, so their paradigm always goes that way. It's not all checkers, fortunately. I agree it's less likely that the shoppers around me notice I'm using the SNAP card, but some definitely do. I know I absolutely should not care about this. I give myself pep talks before I shop. I have a running dialogue going in my head. I wish I were the type of person who just didn't think or worry about such things. Keep your head up! The problem is theirs - not yours!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 14, 2016 0:28:57 GMT
No And I am sorry you are in pain I can relate to the hidden disability stuff. No one knows how much pain I am in. Thank goodness I can still work. I am primary breadwinner and carry our insurance. I have a great doctor and am ever hopeful things will improve. Thank you. And I hope your health improves.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 14, 2016 0:34:34 GMT
Many people living in very reduced circumstances retain their pride and manage to look smart etc- it's very difficult to know what is going on behind that facade. We have professional beggars in my town who look like absolute paupers in their regular begging spots, but have been outed as driving flash cars and living in much nicer homes than mine. . So true! They outed a woman here who was a home childcare giver who took the kids to beg with her!!!!! So you drop your baby off for daycare and she charges you money then takes your baby out to beg. They were able to charge her with fraud. So true. There are constant news programs here documenting that these people are scammers. We have so many here, I find it distressing. I hate the thought of going past someone in need, but knowing that most of if not all of these people are just cons, I just feel it's best not to encourage it.
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Post by esperanza on Feb 14, 2016 0:46:02 GMT
When my first son was born, I was 23. I am married to a marine (he's retired now). He was deployed, and I had to utilize WIC to help with the cost of my DS's Neocate Formula. He was premature and allergic to everything. I'm glad I had access to that at the time. It was temporary. I was always so embarrassed to use my WIC vouchers at the store. I tried to go to the store during times when less people were there, and pick lanes with no people. I stayed home with my premature son who could not be in daycare. Im glad there are programs in place to help people out. I fully support them. Are there people who might abuse the system? Maybe, but I think some people over dramatize abuse. Most people that use food stamps, etc in the way it was designed. I never judge anyone who use food stamps. It's not my place.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 0:53:21 GMT
I would see so much food being thrown away and so many free lunches going out to kids who I know don't need it because as their teacher I knew what their lives were like. Do you live in the same area as you teach? My son will have the same teacher from Kindergarten through 5th grade. She knows very little about our home life and it's a small town too. When my special needs DD was alive and we, as a family of 6, would be out and about, the looks we got were awful. I know this is different but I learned a long time ago, walk in my shoes for a mile........... Yep! I think people are a bit kinder now, but when I'm with my son I don't have time to see how others are paying for their groceries. I'm quite envious of people who are able to look around when they are out and about! I also have a handicap placard for when he's in the car. He is very very active and I'm sure I get looks because he has a cognitive disability, not physical issues. What they don't see is he does not understand danger. He can also have an instant meltdowns where I have to lift his 60 pound 4'3" body by myself.
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Post by melanell on Feb 14, 2016 1:25:15 GMT
Yes,I used wic. No to food stamps because we owned 2 cars. Yes I have walk about six miles or so round trip to the grocery store during the summer. Amazingly when I bought cold things, the meat/deli would give me a bag of ice to keep the stuff cold. (I did have a wagon to pull or a stroller) I'm glad that all worked out for you and that you were able to do it. And I feel for those whose circumstances don't work out the same. As for the ice, while your statement about it reads (to me, at least) to be very sarcastic, I actually am pretty surprised that you were given free ice. Every store from the mom & pop corner market to the largest regional or national stores around here sell ice, so I would never have guessed that any of them would give away a product for free if there was an opportunity to sell it you instead.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 1:27:29 GMT
I appreciate all the replies including the ones that show I'm not imagining some of the looks I get. When a cashier is chatty and friendly until I pull out that card, and then is like ice, it's pretty clear. I imagine cashiers perhaps feel that they see "abuse" if the system, so their paradigm always goes that way. It's not all checkers, fortunately. I agree it's less likely that the shoppers around me notice I'm using the SNAP card, but some definitely do. I know I absolutely should not care about this. I give myself pep talks before I shop. I have a running dialogue going in my head. I wish I were the type of person who just didn't think or worry about such things. I have a friend who is a cashier, I wish you could shop her line. In 20 years she has never been less than polite to everybody. But boy is she cranky. Lovable but cranky. Out if everything that she gets cranky about, ebt is not one of them.
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Post by finally~a~mama on Feb 14, 2016 5:05:06 GMT
I've only read the first page of comments. Maybe I am the minority, but I have no idea how the people around me are paying for their groceries. I have no idea who is paying with food stamps. I'm busy loading my own groceries on to the belt in the order that I want them sacked in (which never works but that's a different thread LOL), trying to keep an eye on my toddler, and find my debit card.
That said, I try not to judge. We never know what someone else's circumstances are and there is always a chance that we could find ourselves in need of help someday.
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Post by threegirls on Feb 14, 2016 6:08:11 GMT
I think that the judgement comes into play when a person is shopping at a middle class or higher grocery store. I shop at a store where the use of EBT cards is very high. How do I know this? It is on a very busy bus line that connects to many sectionn8 housing complex units, they have an EBT card reader at the front of the store (to check your balance), the store is very busy during the first two weeks of the month, there are 12 or more shopping carts in front of the check-outs (for folks who have gone over their EBT money and need to put some things aside), my husband is a friend of the manager and he has said they have the largest number of EBT use in the city. I doubt many, if anyone, judges the use of EBT cards at this grocery. There are very few fancy cars in the parking lot. Many people share rides or take the bus.
Honestly, I think the judgement comes into play depending upon where you shop. If you shop in a poor area it's not going to matter. If you use EBT (for whatever reason) in a middle to upper class area, it's going to be judged.
I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned where you shop depends on if you are judged. Odd.
I forgot to mention that police officers are stationed at the front of the store and you go thru a metal detector into the store. This is at the store that I usually shop at. If I go 14 minutes or more to a store in the suburbs there are no police, no EBT readers at the front and no metal detectors.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 6:35:03 GMT
I think that the judgement comes into play when a person is shopping at a middle class or higher grocery store. I shop at a store where the use of EBT cards is very high. How do I know this? It is on a very busy bus line that connects to many sectionn8 housing complex units, they have an EBT card reader at the front of the store (to check your balance), the store is very busy during the first two weeks of the month, there are 12 or more shopping carts in front of the check-outs (for folks who have gone over their EBT money and need to put some things aside), my husband is a friend of the manager and he has said they have the largest number of EBT use in the city. I doubt many, if anyone, judges the use of EBT cards at this grocery. There are very few fancy cars in the parking lot. Many people share rides or take the bus. Honestly, I think the judgement comes into play depending upon where you shop. If you shop in a poor area it's not going to matter. If you use EBT (for whatever reason) in a middle to upper class area, it's going to be judged. I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned where you shop depends on if you are judged. Odd.I forgot to mention that there are police who are stationed at the front of the store and you go thru a metal detector on the why into the store. Probably because I never considered Walmart a high end grocery store.
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Post by threegirls on Feb 14, 2016 6:40:38 GMT
I think that the judgement comes into play when a person is shopping at a middle class or higher grocery store. I shop at a store where the use of EBT cards is very high. How do I know this? It is on a very busy bus line that connects to many sectionn8 housing complex units, they have an EBT card reader at the front of the store (to check your balance), the store is very busy during the first two weeks of the month, there are 12 or more shopping carts in front of the check-outs (for folks who have gone over their EBT money and need to put some things aside), my husband is a friend of the manager and he has said they have the largest number of EBT use in the city. I doubt many, if anyone, judges the use of EBT cards at this grocery. There are very few fancy cars in the parking lot. Many people share rides or take the bus. Honestly, I think the judgement comes into play depending upon where you shop. If you shop in a poor area it's not going to matter. If you use EBT (for whatever reason) in a middle to upper class area, it's going to be judged. I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned where you shop depends on if you are judged. Odd.I forgot to mention that there are police who are stationed at the front of the store and you go thru a metal detector on the way into the store. Probably because I never considered Walmart a high end grocery store. Walmart is high end compared to where I shop. You have no idea. No Walmart that I have ever been to has a Police Sub-Station in it! I also don't know of many Walmarts located in the Inner City, which is where I live by the way (and there are no Walmarts in this Inner City).
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Post by Delta Dawn on Feb 14, 2016 6:44:38 GMT
People are judgy assholes. I hear people go on and on about people on food stamps shouldn't be buying chocolate or shrimp or cake mix or any other thing. And I think those people should go fuck themselves in the ass with a cactus because you never know the inside of someone else's situation. Have a little goddamn humanity and empathy for other people and mind your own business. I love you. I do! We need a Pea book of Compwallaisms because you put the awesome in awesome sauce!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Feb 14, 2016 6:50:27 GMT
My medication costs about $500 a month (that is with coverage...) and someone has to pay for it. If I weren't on medication I would be pushing a shopping cart and living in a tent. If I weren't properly medicated I would be either in the ground or on the street. That's a scary thought. I have a luxury of a gym membership. I think if I quit the gym my doctor will drop me as a patient as she is very adamant about me getting exercise on a treadmill and weights. I get lectures all the time. She said it's my best non medical mental health treatment she can prescribe.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 7:04:15 GMT
Probably because I never considered Walmart a high end grocery store. Walmart is high end compared to where I shop. You have no idea. No Walmart that I have ever been to has a Police Sub-Station in it! I also don't know of many Walmarts located in the Inner City, which is where I live by the way. You do realize not everybody lives in an inner city even if they are receiving assistance? My town has some poorer areas but nothing anyone would consider "inner city". WM IS the bottom of the options for groceries.
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Post by threegirls on Feb 14, 2016 7:28:32 GMT
Walmart is high end compared to where I shop. You have no idea. No Walmart that I have ever been to has a Police Sub-Station in it! I also don't know of many Walmarts located in the Inner City, which is where I live by the way. You do realize not everybody lives in an inner city even if they are receiving assistance? My town has some poorer areas but nothing anyone would consider "inner city". WM IS the bottom of the options for groceries. O.K. - I think that we come from two very different areas and might not understand each others situation. Yes, I do understand that WM is at the bottom of the options of groceries for some. For others it is at the top of the options of groceries (imagine that). For others it's not even on their radars. I still think that where you shop depends on if you get judged or not. If you are in a higher income area, you are probably judged more than if you are at a lower income area. I'm not saying it's right, just that it happens. And who knows, maybe people judge me for shopping at the store that I shop at. I don't give a damn.
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Post by M in Carolina on Feb 14, 2016 8:27:19 GMT
I will admit that I used to raise an eyebrow when I saw someone use foodstamps and buy cigarettes or alcohol. BUT then I became disabled and have chronic pain and know a lot of fellow pain patients that also smoke cigarettes. Evidently the cigarettes help them cope with the pain. Now I don't care. Whatever helps you live with horrendous pain that won't ever go away. I just feel bad when I have to go inside to get away from the smoke when I've been outside talking on the phone and then chatting with other patients. They do understand that people get sick from the smoke. (can't get a cell reception inside and need to call dh to let him know when to come pick me up--the pain doctor's office gets super backed up)
I try not to judge. Dh and I were doing pretty well and then both of us got really sick and even with decent health insurance we were up to our eyeballs in medical debt and couldn't get out from under it because our monthly prescriptions cost more than our rent (over $1k!). My dad would give me nice purses for Christmas, and I would find nice clothes at consignment stores. We drove a volvo because we got a deal when the dealership accidentally mispriced it by $15k. It would have been stupid to not buy it.
I once had a nurse get nasty with me because I didn't want to buy a piece of medical equipment. She made a big show of looking at my handbag and at my wedding ring. The ring was a Tacori Diamonique fake dh bought me when my fingers swole too much to wear my real one and sizing it would have been really $$$. I got really angry with her. The medical equipment was an at home tester for coumadin, and I knew I wouldn't be on coumadin for more than 6 months. It didn't make sense to buy that machine out of pocket. I did tell the nurse supervisor about her. I was in the hospital by emergency and kept my ring on so I wouldn't lose it.
It sucks to be judged because you're "too young to be THAT sick" or "you're not ACTING like somebody with 8/10 pain should act--yeah, cause flopping around and screaming will make my poor pancreas feel better... or "you don't have a wheelchair, so why do you need that handicap plaquard" or "you're not obese or have a bum leg so why are you using that store scooter" or "OMG she STOOD up!!! She's FAKING needing the cart or wheelchair!!"--cuz yah, know, the only reason to use a wheelchair is complete paralysis don't cha know.
Seriously it's just sometimes easier to deal with walking the 10 extra spaces and staying in bed for 2 days after going grocery shopping than deal with judgey people. I wish that I didn't care, but sometimes I do. I also get really angry, and that's not good for me, either.
Around here Walmart is fairly nice. I've been in some really bad Walmarts, but both of ours are really nice! There's only 2 choices for groceries in a 10 mile radius. Harris Teeter and Walmart. Sometimes we drive farther to shop at Super Target. The new Publix is even pricier than Harris Teeter.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 14, 2016 8:49:00 GMT
I think that the judgement comes into play when a person is shopping at a middle class or higher grocery store. I shop at a store where the use of EBT cards is very high. How do I know this? It is on a very busy bus line that connects to many sectionn8 housing complex units, they have an EBT card reader at the front of the store (to check your balance), the store is very busy during the first two weeks of the month, there are 12 or more shopping carts in front of the check-outs (for folks who have gone over their EBT money and need to put some things aside), my husband is a friend of the manager and he has said they have the largest number of EBT use in the city. I doubt many, if anyone, judges the use of EBT cards at this grocery. There are very few fancy cars in the parking lot. Many people share rides or take the bus. Honestly, I think the judgement comes into play depending upon where you shop. If you shop in a poor area it's not going to matter. If you use EBT (for whatever reason) in a middle to upper class area, it's going to be judged. I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned where you shop depends on if you are judged. Odd. I forgot to mention that police officers are stationed at the front of the store and you go thru a metal detector into the store. This is at the store that I usually shop at. If I go 14 minutes or more to a store in the suburbs there are no police, no EBT readers at the front and no metal detectors. You know, I'm sure if I shopped at your grocery store I would not feel judged. But the least judging I've felt around here is at New Seasons, a store like Whole Foods. I have Celiac, and this store has the most gluten free options, and their cashiers have been the least judgy. As in, never. The worst, ironically, has been Grocery Outlet, where I get a lot of my food, because of the bargains. I e been quite surprised at the response when I pull out the SNAP card. I never shop at Walmart, so I wouldn't know.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 14, 2016 12:45:56 GMT
I mean really, what is poor supposed to look like? Sometimes poor wears combat boots and has a family by its side in the grocery store. Sometimes poor risks their life to defend ours in war, but makes so little that it needs government assistance to feed its family. Military families turn to food stampsWhen my exdh & I lived on base, many families we knew and lived near were on SNAP.
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Post by mallie on Feb 14, 2016 13:25:55 GMT
I think that the judgement comes into play when a person is shopping at a middle class or higher grocery store. I shop at a store where the use of EBT cards is very high. How do I know this? It is on a very busy bus line that connects to many sectionn8 housing complex units, they have an EBT card reader at the front of the store (to check your balance), the store is very busy during the first two weeks of the month, there are 12 or more shopping carts in front of the check-outs (for folks who have gone over their EBT money and need to put some things aside), my husband is a friend of the manager and he has said they have the largest number of EBT use in the city. I doubt many, if anyone, judges the use of EBT cards at this grocery. There are very few fancy cars in the parking lot. Many people share rides or take the bus. Honestly, I think the judgement comes into play depending upon where you shop. If you shop in a poor area it's not going to matter. If you use EBT (for whatever reason) in a middle to upper class area, it's going to be judged. I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned where you shop depends on if you are judged. Odd. I forgot to mention that police officers are stationed at the front of the store and you go thru a metal detector into the store. This is at the store that I usually shop at. If I go 14 minutes or more to a store in the suburbs there are no police, no EBT readers at the front and no metal detectors. Perhaps no one has mentioned it because they do not live in an area where there are stores with cops stationed or metal detectors. In our town, there are 5 grocery stores. None of them have cops or metal detectors. I'm going to assume everyone in town shops at one of those five stores, rich or poor. She shouldn't have to drive to a poor (or to be accurate, crime-ridden) area (and thereby waste gas money she can ill afford) to avoid judgment at the till.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 13:48:47 GMT
I go 14 minutes or more to a store in the suburbs there are no police, no EBT readers at the front and no metal detectors. EBT card readers? I don't understand. All credit card, debit card and EBT card transactions use the same electronic terminal. I've been in very specialty high-end groceries in several states and they *always* have credit/debit/EBT terminals.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 14, 2016 14:10:33 GMT
I think that the judgement comes into play when a person is shopping at a middle class or higher grocery store. I shop at a store where the use of EBT cards is very high. How do I know this? It is on a very busy bus line that connects to many sectionn8 housing complex units, they have an EBT card reader at the front of the store (to check your balance), the store is very busy during the first two weeks of the month, there are 12 or more shopping carts in front of the check-outs (for folks who have gone over their EBT money and need to put some things aside), my husband is a friend of the manager and he has said they have the largest number of EBT use in the city. I doubt many, if anyone, judges the use of EBT cards at this grocery. There are very few fancy cars in the parking lot. Many people share rides or take the bus. Honestly, I think the judgement comes into play depending upon where you shop. If you shop in a poor area it's not going to matter. If you use EBT (for whatever reason) in a middle to upper class area, it's going to be judged. I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned where you shop depends on if you are judged. Odd. I forgot to mention that police officers are stationed at the front of the store and you go thru a metal detector into the store. This is at the store that I usually shop at. If I go 14 minutes or more to a store in the suburbs there are no police, no EBT readers at the front and no metal detectors. Because it SHOULDN'T matter where she shops! I've never heard of such a thing! Like how do I identify the 'poor' grocery store in my area? Are you seriously suggesting or insinuating 'poor' people ought to shop somewhere seperate?
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Post by compeateropeator on Feb 14, 2016 14:10:45 GMT
I go 14 minutes or more to a store in the suburbs there are no police, no EBT readers at the front and no metal detectors. EBT card readers? I don't understand. All credit card, debit card and EBT card transactions use the same electronic terminal. I've been in very specialty high-end groceries in several states and they *always* have credit/debit/EBT terminals. I could be wrong but I took it to mean there are some type of readers when you first enter the store so that you can check your balance before you start, not that there were credit/debit/EBT terminals at the checkout.
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Post by compeateropeator on Feb 14, 2016 14:23:22 GMT
I don't think that was the insinuation at all.
I totally agree that it shouldn't matter where she shops, but sadly that doesn't mean that is reality. There is a difference in stores in different areas. And I would bet you are more likely to receive obvious judgement in someplace more affluent than some place not.
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Post by anxiousmom on Feb 14, 2016 14:39:16 GMT
I don't think that was the insinuation at all. I totally agree that it shouldn't matter where she shops, but sadly that doesn't mean that is reality. There is a difference in stores in different areas. And I would bet you are more likely to receive obvious judgement in someplace more affluent than some place not. But how do we know who is even paying with a SNAP card? The machine swipes all cards-debit, credit, ebt, gift cards...and there are SO many different designs for each one of those, unless I am standing close enough to know what kind of deodorant someone is wearing, I wouldn't be able to identify what kind of card is being used. So how does judgement even come into play? I have shopped in a store that traditionally is considered higher scale even though it really isn't. I see all kinds of people shopping there but couldn't tell you their socio-economic status if my life depended on it. And I will be honest, this kind of superficial judgement irritates the shit out of me. A couple of years ago, my lawnmower died. My mom and dad came over to lend me theirs and showed up in my mom's 'garden truck.' It is a 25 year old, standard transmission toyota that she (hippie that she is) painted flowers on. Both of them were wearing old garden clothes, and looked like they were ready for a day of hard work. I had a neighbor who had people over and I could hear them saying something about 'the yard workers' and my neighbor (who thankfully has since moved) came over to chat with me. My mom and dad were standing right next to me and she completely treated them like they were lesser human beings and all but ignored my dad until I introduced them as both my parents and DR and MRS anxious parents. She changed her attitude right quick and I was disgusted by her willingness to be ugly until she learned that he was a DOCTOR. Pissed me off, hurt my feelings that someone treated my family with such a dismissive attitude until she learned that they were 'status worthy.' I hate it when people judge someone based on outward appearances, to me it is more about your (collective your) insecurity and trying to place someone below you for your (again, the global your) own desire to make yourself feel better about your own place in life.
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Post by threegirls on Feb 14, 2016 15:23:41 GMT
I don't think that was the insinuation at all. I totally agree that it shouldn't matter where she shops, but sadly that doesn't mean that is reality. There is a difference in stores in different areas. And I would bet you are more likely to receive obvious judgement in someplace more affluent than some place not. This exactly. I was in no way, shape or form insinuating poor people shop separate. Why would I suggest that! The store I described is the one I regularly shop at. We are not on SNAP and I would never judge my fellow shoppers. compeateropeator expressed it much better than I did.
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Post by compeateropeator on Feb 14, 2016 15:24:33 GMT
I totally agree with you but again I think the reality is very different. Just look at judgement and/or condemnation that is passed on threads about wearing your sweatpants or "pajamas" out to a store. Even though i can't even fathom a reason to judge someone who wears a pair of spongebob cotton pants out to the grocery store there sure are a lot of people who do. And I can guarantee that there are a lot who do regarding SNAP. I also agree that I don't typically notice what type of card someone is using but it is visible. I can always tell who is a member of my bank or who is using a Bank of America credit card just because I know what they look like. It might just be my area, but the card readers are near the middle of the checkout counter and you are standing right there. For the most part I am oblivious as to what is happening ahead of me, but sometime there are situations where it is obvious what type of payment is being used. And sadly I have seen judgement passed, sometime vocal, sometimes with looks and attitude. It makes me feel very sad and angry and in turn passing judgement on those judgemental people...and so the circle goes. This life thing is sometime very difficult and disheartening. All of of that for...I agree with you but I think the reality is there are a lot of judgemental people out there, so there is a lot of stuff that is happening that shouldn't be.
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Post by threegirls on Feb 14, 2016 15:32:59 GMT
I go 14 minutes or more to a store in the suburbs there are no police, no EBT readers at the front and no metal detectors. EBT card readers? I don't understand. All credit card, debit card and EBT card transactions use the same electronic terminal. I've been in very specialty high-end groceries in several states and they *always* have credit/debit/EBT terminals. It's a machine that will print out the balance of the EBT card. It is at the front of the store just past the carts. It is so people know how much $ they have left on the card and can shop accordingly. I'm guessing the store installed it in an attempt to reduce the amount of re-stocking that has to be done when people go over the limit and have to toss items into the re-stock carts.
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