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muddeprived
04-06-2009, 05:31 AM
I work in the food field and have to endure what we call the "scavenger's week". This is the first week of the month when food stamps are sent out. What happens is, these people wait for their check to arrive and then STORM the stores, like we did on D-Day, and take everything they can shove into 3 or 4 carts. They rely solely on these food stamp checks to survive so they buy ALL their food for the month during one shopping spree. Most of these people, about 80% of them, are HUGE, jobless, and drug heads. They have no concern for their health and you can easily see this by checking in their carts. It's guaranteed to have the fattest foods you can buy x 10. They go to the stores and completely wipe them out and the usual shoppers suffer with nothing left to buy.

This week was scavenger's week and the worst week i've seen in my 5.5 years working there. I had this couple, both dressed like they lived on the street and obviously on some kind of very strong drug, come up to me and literally whisper while looking at teh ceiling. They wanted 12 packages of family pack chicken wings. Of course we were out and I told them sorry there's none left. They got really pissed off and started throwing the stuff in their carts all over the place. I just stood there and watched them. They decided to go shop again and get the same things they just threw out. I refused to pick up their mess. Next came this family, and I don't mean to be mean but.., that was HUGE and they were all riding on those motorized carts for handicapped people. They were dragging 3 carts full of food behind their motorized carts. I just stood there in disbelief when i saw 8 containers of ice cream, a godzillion bags of chips and fried chicken, and wayyy too many boxes of pop. :poke: What really gets to me is they cash their food stamp checks at the register and then buy 4 or 5 boxes of ciggs....:smiley-taunt001:

Oh and the kids. You wouldn't believe how many kids these people poop out. I've seen many brady bunches.........

So by the time my shift was over, we sold literally 92% of everything we stocked and had only 12% backstock left, which is basically "wiped out". Now i see the same customers every month and I do not see how these people can live like this. They never wear anything different, always shop like they haven't eaten in weeks, and are drugged up and acting totally immature. they get pissed at us for not having enough food yet they don't see that THEY are the reason we don't have any food left. I just don't understand how people can go through life living like that and not feel somewhat embarrassed or feel the need to change and get a freakin job.

Someone needs to stop the gov't from giving these fakers free $$ for food.


:rant:

Mudderoy
04-06-2009, 09:16 AM
This is a very interesting post, and although it is sad to hear I personally enjoyed reading it very much.

This is the type of "truth" we don't get to hear about in the daily news.

When you do hear about it it seems to have some liberal twist to it.

If you talk to people you find that some of them actually believe that their life is someone else's fault. Frankly even if it is as an adult it is their responsibility to remedy the situation.

Great post! :thumbsup:

muddeprived
04-06-2009, 09:22 AM
This is a very interesting post, and although it is sad to hear I personally enjoyed reading it very much.

This is the type of "truth" we don't get to hear about in the daily news.

When you do hear about it it seems to have some liberal twist to it.

If you talk to people you find that some of them actually believe that their life is someone else's fault. Frankly even if it is as an adult it is their responsibility to remedy the situation.

Great post! :thumbsup:

Yeah all we hear about is they give out food stamps for those who are disabled or cannot work but the fact is there are just too many that are abusing the system and just using it as free cash. I would say about 3/4 of the people who get food stamps are perfectly capable of having a job and feeding themselves but they are what I call "ghetto" folks who expect others to supply them with what they need. It's all B.S.

Mudderoy
04-06-2009, 11:01 AM
Yeah all we hear about is they give out food stamps for those who are disabled or cannot work but the fact is there are just too many that are abusing the system and just using it as free cash. I would say about 3/4 of the people who get food stamps are perfectly capable of having a job and feeding themselves but they are what I call "ghetto" folks who expect others to supply them with what they need. It's all B.S.

I like the idea of welfare, but I think having the government run it is a very bad idea. It should be run by a private company.

firehawk
04-06-2009, 11:37 AM
That's what happens when you create an "entitlement" mentality. They don't look at it mlike it is a helping hand, they feel they are entitled to this handout.

Melissa
04-06-2009, 01:21 PM
Don't get me started, I feel for Muddeprived, I worked for a grocery store for eight years, and the food stamp people were always the ones I couldn't stand to see every month. Oregon has what you call a Oregon Trail Card, the food stamp money is deposited on that card and they use it like a debit card. How in the world do these people get hundreds of dollars every month? I had to have food stamps at one point in my life, what pissed me off is that I worked like a dog, had my two kids to support, yet when I needed help the most, the state would only give me $68 dollars a month to feed my family of three!!!!! It was not worth it. I dropped food stamps after only 2 months, and made it on the $200 a week that I earned as a cashier and the grocery store. My apt rent alone was $400 a month.
Love my kids at that time never once did they complain that we had a lot of mac and cheese, hot dogs and ramen noodles for our meals. They food stamp system is wrong on so many levels and they let anyone have them, but yet the ones that need it the most the system fails them.

Mudderoy
04-06-2009, 03:08 PM
Don't get me started, I feel for Muddeprived, I worked for a grocery store for eight years, and the food stamp people were always the ones I couldn't stand to see every month. Oregon has what you call a Oregon Trail Card, the food stamp money is deposited on that card and they use it like a debit card. How in the world do these people get hundreds of dollars every month? I had to have food stamps at one point in my life, what pissed me off is that I worked like a dog, had my two kids to support, yet when I needed help the most, the state would only give me $68 dollars a month to feed my family of three!!!!! It was not worth it. I dropped food stamps after only 2 months, and made it on the $200 a week that I earned as a cashier and the grocery store. My apt rent alone was $400 a month.
Love my kids at that time never once did they complain that we had a lot of mac and cheese, hot dogs and ramen noodles for our meals. They food stamp system is wrong on so many levels and they let anyone have them, but yet the ones that need it the most the system fails them.

See this is why I support the idea of welfare. The state should be involved anytime there are children involved. They see that you are working, they determine a minium figure you need for food and basic health care and they pay you that. The other people that can work, or could work if they weren't so fat, get less money. Less money = less food = less fat.

Oh and if the state is paying for your children I promise you they are going to go after the father and make him pay his fair share.

BlueXJ
04-06-2009, 04:53 PM
Don't get me started, I feel for Muddeprived, I worked for a grocery store for eight years, and the food stamp people were always the ones I couldn't stand to see every month. Oregon has what you call a Oregon Trail Card, the food stamp money is deposited on that card and they use it like a debit card. How in the world do these people get hundreds of dollars every month? I had to have food stamps at one point in my life, what pissed me off is that I worked like a dog, had my two kids to support, yet when I needed help the most, the state would only give me $68 dollars a month to feed my family of three!!!!! It was not worth it. I dropped food stamps after only 2 months, and made it on the $200 a week that I earned as a cashier and the grocery store. My apt rent alone was $400 a month.
Love my kids at that time never once did they complain that we had a lot of mac and cheese, hot dogs and ramen noodles for our meals. They food stamp system is wrong on so many levels and they let anyone have them, but yet the ones that need it the most the system fails them.


That sounds like what I ate for 4 years while in college. Wasn't the best things but filled the void and kept your energy level up.

muddeprived
04-06-2009, 08:38 PM
Don't get me started, I feel for Muddeprived, I worked for a grocery store for eight years, and the food stamp people were always the ones I couldn't stand to see every month. Oregon has what you call a Oregon Trail Card, the food stamp money is deposited on that card and they use it like a debit card. How in the world do these people get hundreds of dollars every month? I had to have food stamps at one point in my life, what pissed me off is that I worked like a dog, had my two kids to support, yet when I needed help the most, the state would only give me $68 dollars a month to feed my family of three!!!!! It was not worth it. I dropped food stamps after only 2 months, and made it on the $200 a week that I earned as a cashier and the grocery store. My apt rent alone was $400 a month.
Love my kids at that time never once did they complain that we had a lot of mac and cheese, hot dogs and ramen noodles for our meals. They food stamp system is wrong on so many levels and they let anyone have them, but yet the ones that need it the most the system fails them.

Apparently if you work, they calculate how much you earn and then only give you a certain amount. if you are jobless with no income, you get a huge amount of money to live on. I received disability checks when i was in high school and college cuz I am basically deaf. When i started working, they deducted what I made and I received less $$. Normally I'd recieve $580 a month but after starting a job I only got $90 or so. I didn't need anymore $$ from them after college so I cut them off and earning my $$ the real way. All the money I received was used for college supplies or gas. I didn't abuse it for ciggs or country fried chicken wings. :cool:

muddeprived
04-06-2009, 08:39 PM
That sounds like what I ate for 4 years while in college. Wasn't the best things but filled the void and kept your energy level up.

Not exactly the healthiest thing to eat but it gets you by. I couldn't stand that stuff and drank myoplex 3x a day. It was actually cheaper drinking that stuff than buying food plus it was way healthier. It got old quick though.....

kryptonitexj
04-07-2009, 07:39 AM
Mudderived, I feel for you. There is a certain store here in a certain area of town. I wont name names. (Wal-Mart) For the first week of the month When the wife and I go grocery shopping they dont have anything on the shelves. I mean Empty. I few random things here and there but nothing that was on our grocery list. I onced asked a clerk what the deal was with the empty shelves he said "Its the beginning on the month and People got their food stamps.:eek: But that their shelve would be restocked later that evening." Needless to say we don't shoppe there for groceries anymore.:D

muddeprived
04-07-2009, 02:06 PM
Mudderived, I feel for you. There is a certain store here in a certain area of town. I wont name names. (Wal-Mart) For the first week of the month When the wife and I go grocery shopping they dont have anything on the shelves. I mean Empty. I few random things here and there but nothing that was on our grocery list. I onced asked a clerk what the deal was with the empty shelves he said "Its the beginning on the month and People got their food stamps.:eek: But that their shelve would be restocked later that evening." Needless to say we don't shoppe there for groceries anymore.:D

Yeah that's how it is in every store around here. We just gotta wait till the following morning, around 7am to shop cuz that's when it's all restocked. It's just not physically possibly to keep everything stocked during that week, even with double shifts and twice as many workers.

BlueXJ
04-07-2009, 06:34 PM
Not exactly the healthiest thing to eat but it gets you by. I couldn't stand that stuff and drank myoplex 3x a day. It was actually cheaper drinking that stuff than buying food plus it was way healthier. It got old quick though.....


Had never heard of drinking that by itself. How long can you go without real food? I need to lose some weight and that might be my solution. Always thought it would be expensive to drink that as a supplement so don't tell me it was a cost saving measure.

muddeprived
04-08-2009, 01:49 AM
Had never heard of drinking that by itself. How long can you go without real food? I need to lose some weight and that might be my solution. Always thought it would be expensive to drink that as a supplement so don't tell me it was a cost saving measure.

http://www.advantagesupplements.com/myopplus42.html


Each drink is a complete meal, hence the name "meal replacement drink". You can go without food as long as you want to cuz these shakes contain alot more nutrients than what regular food could provide. Price seems hefty bit if you think about it, each meal costs $1.90. Average meal at Mcdonalds or any fast food restaurant is $4-$6. This is two weeks worth of meals (3x a day) for $80. That's pretty good, and lesser than groceries. I love throwing in some fruit like strawberries and bananas to make the shake a smoothie. Mmmmmmm.

Mudderoy
04-08-2009, 01:51 AM
"Never give a fat man a salad, unless it has a croƻton the size of a baby!"

afbond03
04-08-2009, 10:23 PM
Really surprised that they give them checks that they can cash. When I worked at the grocery store in high school back in AR. They had a card and it would be swiped beforehand and wouldn't even let toilet paper, aluminum foil, etc ring up. So they were stuck using it ONLY on food. Very smart.

I had a friend in college that was put on food stamps when he got out of rehab and was living in a half way house. When he came to live with me he still had it for a few months. I WILL NOT LIE...we filled the freezer with steaks.

Mudderoy
04-08-2009, 10:25 PM
Really surprised that they give them checks that they can cash. When I worked at the grocery store in high school back in AR. They had a card and it would be swiped beforehand and wouldn't even let toilet paper, aluminum foil, etc ring up. So they were stuck using it ONLY on food. Very smart.

I had a friend in college that was put on food stamps when he got out of rehab and was living in a half way house. When he came to live with me he still had it for a few months. I WILL NOT LIE...we filled the freezer with steaks.

What part of Arkansas? My brother lived in Conway for ahhh 40+ years. Beautiful state.

_StationWagon_
04-09-2009, 03:25 PM
Really surprised that they give them checks that they can cash. ....
I had a second job once at a Thriftway supermarket. The food stamps that the natives brought in ... they could buy less than the total amount of the FS and receive the balance in cash.

Now my .02. As a "poor immigrant" myself, I got a job 1 month after arriving in the USA, and the only time I was unemployed was for a year when that company downsized me ... 21+ years later. During those years I often worked a second job, attended & graduated college with the help of a full-time job, scholarships & Fannie Mae, paid off my student loan, bought a house & owned 2 trucks simultaneously. And I was single. I say all that to say this: the entitlement mentality is an American phenomenon and these people feed off it. I came from a country where we once were socialist and learning Spanish was mandatory in high school (friends with Fidel Castro). Our government wallowed in socialist rhetoric & practice. But a person with a strong will and a decent upbringing will want to work for everything they own.

I hate to say it, but certain Americans are spoiled and need tough lessons in knowing the value of hard work. We baby people too much. Yes, this from a 4-wheeling immigrant chick.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming ... :D

Melissa
04-09-2009, 04:25 PM
I hate to say it, but certain Americans are spoiled and need tough lessons in knowing the value of hard work. We baby people too much. Yes, this from a 4-wheeling immigrant chick.


I agree.
Someone like me who at the time was working hard to support my daughters, was below the poverty line and made crappy wages could not catch a break and recieve the help that I really needed. Yet, at that same time If I were to quit my job and be a lazy *** I could have lived alot better than when I was working. I didn't want free money from the state I just need some help to get me and my kids through the rough patch. :headbag:

We need stronger guidlines and more enforcement with the food stamp system.

Mudderoy
04-09-2009, 05:56 PM
I had a second job once at a Thriftway supermarket. The food stamps that the natives brought in ... they could buy less than the total amount of the FS and receive the balance in cash.

Now my .02. As a "poor immigrant" myself, I got a job 1 month after arriving in the USA, and the only time I was unemployed was for a year when that company downsized me ... 21+ years later. During those years I often worked a second job, attended & graduated college with the help of a full-time job, scholarships & Fannie Mae, paid off my student loan, bought a house & owned 2 trucks simultaneously. And I was single. I say all that to say this: the entitlement mentality is an American phenomenon and these people feed off it. I came from a country where we once were socialist and learning Spanish was mandatory in high school (friends with Fidel Castro). Our government wallowed in socialist rhetoric & practice. But a person with a strong will and a decent upbringing will want to work for everything they own.

I hate to say it, but certain Americans are spoiled and need tough lessons in knowing the value of hard work. We baby people too much. Yes, this from a 4-wheeling immigrant chick.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming ... :D


:patriot:

I already thought a lot of you but you just moved up 3 stars!

On a secondary note, do you have an accent? :smiley-laughing021:

_StationWagon_
04-10-2009, 02:58 PM
:patriot:

I already thought a lot of you but you just moved up 3 stars!

On a secondary note, do you have an accent? :smiley-laughing021:
I was in class in college one day, & I had to repeat a word 3 times because of my Caribbean pronunciation. No one understood! It was pretty funny at the time, but I made it my business to learn to sound American because the accent detracts from what I want you to hear. So in answer to your question ... no, normally I don't have an "accent" anymore. But during family gatherings ... well - you know, it all comes out!

:end hijack:

Mudderoy
04-10-2009, 03:16 PM
I was in class in college one day, & I had to repeat a word 3 times because of my Caribbean pronunciation. No one understood! It was pretty funny at the time, but I made it my business to learn to sound American because the accent detracts from what I want you to hear. So in answer to your question ... no, normally I don't have an "accent" anymore. But during family gatherings ... well - you know, it all comes out!

:end hijack:

I bet it comes out when you get mad. :smiley-angry021:

My wife moved here (with her family) when she was in 3rd grade. She has a very slight accent on a few words.

Accents aren't limited to foreigners. I have made it a point to pronounce my words and be articulate. I do not like having a southern accent. My wife tells me I mumble, I tell her I don't like talking very loud because it scares people. :smiley-laughing021:

I have learned to speak a little louder.