7/04/2011

We've All Seen Them

.......the lady with 3-5 kids at the grocery store. Her cart is full of food you'd probably never buy yourself, because A)you're trying to save on the cost of your groceries...or B)who needs all the junk food? -
TOTAL: $135.67 - payment method: SNAP (formerly known as food stamps)

.......the able bodied young man, between the age of 18-22, with the pregnant girl, holding the 10 month old baby. They've got milk, cheese, peanut butter and a ton of diapers in their cart.
TOTAL: $122.13 - payment method: WIC coupons (y'all know what that is).

Well, today we were in for quite the treat at Wal-Mart. Henry and I had been out looking at bedding, pots and pans, silverware, towels, and furniture. We stopped for lunch at a place called Pluckers Wings.( Henry ordered the wings, and I had the waffle fries smothered with cheese, bacon and sour cream. ) ---Sorry, back to Wal-Mart. We were just buying beer and wine, so went up to the tobacco counter to avoid the long lines. There was a young gal in front of us. She was buying Similac baby formula.....25 small cans.
TOTAL: $100.14  Payment method:  LONE STAR CARD  .....That would be the State of Texas food stamp card. Looks like this:



Here's the absolutely hilarious (not), spit in your coffee, blood boiling, 'are you freakin' kidding me??!!' part:
We paid for our beer and wine (VISA) - out to the parking lot. Here comes the gal with her bags of Similac.....as she uses her keyless entry to unlock her
LEXUS SUV!!! A LEXUS SUV!!! Not an old beat up Lexus. A Shiny, new black, Lexus SUV!
Something is terribly wrong in this 'new' world we're living in, guys.

 

2 comments:

Pam Ridgely said...

When I worked in a DC suburb Dr. office, we had this lady come in with her sick kids, she had huge diamonds on her fingers and ears, dressed to the nines and her insurance was medicaid. Then she left in her beautiful black shiney Mercedes....btw, she was from another country!!!

Jack said...

It's pretty simple, really.....she needs those food stamps so she can divert her money to pay for the Lexus. Priorities.....

I stood in line behind someone at the plant counter in WM a few weeks ago. She used 5 different credit cards to pay for her (large) expensive plant order. She commented she was "maxing out" all her cards, since she was planning to declare bankrumpsy.

It is a different world - and WE are paying for it.