I'm still getting caught up on my posts since we got back from our vacation, so you'll have to bear with me. Today's story actually happened three days ago, on the 26th of February. I was, yet again, on a regular register to help keep lines down at the time that this happened.
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~ A woman, her husband, and their two children came to my line to check out. The woman began putting their stuff on my belt, while I started scanning and bagging. At first, it seemed as if she was going out of her way to make sure all of her frozen food was bagged together. As the frozen items kept coming and coming, I became increasingly aware of something that I found very odd. The very final item that she placed on my belt was a large pack of toilet paper. After having scanned that, I realized that every single thing that I had scanned, excluding the toilet paper, had been a frozen food item.
Bags of easy-to prepare meals, pre-fried onion rings, TV dinners, and boxes of breakfast items are just some of the items that I remember scanning. They didn't just buy a few of these items, either. There was quite a bit. "How much," you ask? Oh, I'll tell you. These four purchased $135.00 worth of frozen, heart-clogging filth. They didn't use any regular means of paying for this junk, either. They used food stamps for crying out loud!
Now, I will admit that I do eat frozen dinners and whatnot every now and then, but having an entire diet consisting of icy, easily microwavable, pre-package food-stuff is just horrible. That's just not a food regimen that I would wish on anyone. I really don't know how they can stomach not having something fresh to eat. The fact that they used food stamps was just insult to injury, too. Yes, they can choose what they want to eat, but once they start using my tax money to pay for their lazy, obese asses is where I draw the line. There are only three excuses that I'm able to think of for these people to not have bought something that actually required effort to cook:
1. Either none of them actually knew how to prepare food.
2. Their stove is broken.
3. A combination of option 1 and 2.
Whatever the case, there is absolutely no reason they still couldn't have at least purchased some fresh produce. Someone needs to introduce them to an apple or a freakin' carrot for crying out loud. I really do hate people, in general, so much...
Bags of easy-to prepare meals, pre-fried onion rings, TV dinners, and boxes of breakfast items are just some of the items that I remember scanning. They didn't just buy a few of these items, either. There was quite a bit. "How much," you ask? Oh, I'll tell you. These four purchased $135.00 worth of frozen, heart-clogging filth. They didn't use any regular means of paying for this junk, either. They used food stamps for crying out loud!
Now, I will admit that I do eat frozen dinners and whatnot every now and then, but having an entire diet consisting of icy, easily microwavable, pre-package food-stuff is just horrible. That's just not a food regimen that I would wish on anyone. I really don't know how they can stomach not having something fresh to eat. The fact that they used food stamps was just insult to injury, too. Yes, they can choose what they want to eat, but once they start using my tax money to pay for their lazy, obese asses is where I draw the line. There are only three excuses that I'm able to think of for these people to not have bought something that actually required effort to cook:
1. Either none of them actually knew how to prepare food.
2. Their stove is broken.
3. A combination of option 1 and 2.
Whatever the case, there is absolutely no reason they still couldn't have at least purchased some fresh produce. Someone needs to introduce them to an apple or a freakin' carrot for crying out loud. I really do hate people, in general, so much...
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~Edit~
After having had a quick memory jog, I'll go ahead an add this for those who may not read the comments for this post.
~Edit~
After having had a quick memory jog, I'll go ahead an add this for those who may not read the comments for this post.
~ Since all this happened three days ago, I mainly only recalled that I severely disliked this family's purchase, leaving the details a bit hazy. Now, I remember the 'why' part. The first of the items that I even scanned were at least three gallons of ice cream and other frozen confections. They also had at least two, large boxes of Hot Pockets, which have never been known to be cheap. None of these frozen items that they bought even insinuated that they were on a budget or fixed income. There wasn't a single bag of bulk veggies that they could portion out and steam in saran wrap. Everything looked as if it were chosen solely by taste which is why I was floored when she pulled out the food stamp card.
I understand that frozen food lasts longer, but I still can't see that as being an excuse, in this case. They still had more than enough opportunity to buy a few apples, or some salad mix, and eat it before it goes bad. Purely assuming that this family only has a microwave, I still feel that they could have gotten way more out of their allotted money.
I understand that frozen food lasts longer, but I still can't see that as being an excuse, in this case. They still had more than enough opportunity to buy a few apples, or some salad mix, and eat it before it goes bad. Purely assuming that this family only has a microwave, I still feel that they could have gotten way more out of their allotted money.
