In my 38 years (as of Friday) I can count the times I've noticed people using food stamps at the grocery store on one hand, and didn't notice anything particularly unusual about it. Maybe I've not lived in places where there's a sizable welfare roll.
So I'm not sure a food stamp example would be relatable for me, though perhaps it would be to people where you live.
On the other hand, experiences with an overworked and understaffed DMV are nearly universal for people over the age of 16 in most parts of the country.
The grocery store near my office is in what would best be described as a depressed area of Raleigh, NC.
I go there every so often to buy coffee stuff for my office, and see these people myself.
I have no real disdain for the Food Stamp program per se, but it seems when they are buying (often) better stuff than I do, there is little or no attempt to get more for the (read: my) money.