Posted on 10/12/2013 11:15:21 AM PDT by smoothsailing
Joanne Marie Hoopes
Oct 12 2013 01:54:13 PM EDT
DETROIT - The Local 4 newsroom has been flooded with calls and emails from people reporting problems with their Michigan EBT Food stamp card.
Viewers say they attempted to use their Bridge Card but the system is not working and they are left unable to purchase groceries.
Local 4 contacted the Michigan Department of Human Services; a spokesperson says the issue with client cards is not on the DHS end.
The spokesperson says the issues are believed to stem from a system update on the retailer's side. DHS says the issues are widespread but say they are expecting to correct the problem quickly.
Similar issues have been reported in other states.
Oklahoma's KFOR News Channel 4 reports the system failure is the result of a power outage at a Xerox facility. Xerox is the vendor for the EBT systems for many states.
The issue is not related to the government shutdown as many callers have feared.
Let the riots begin.
Is small-bore feral hunting legal in the Metro Detroit area?
This food stamp glitch has people acting crazy....
https://twitter.com/search?q=food%20stamps&src=typd&f=realtime
If the government feeds you, the government can STOP feeding you.Nothing is free- especially not you.
I was behind a woman the other day at the service counter at the Publix. She seemed wired out of her mind on something. I still don’t know exactly what all was going on. She was returning stuff that was half opened, buying stuff, buying cigarettes, lottery tickets. Had to split the payment. Yada yada yada.
Turns out I see the display screen and it seemed to me that she returned food she bought to pay for the cigarettes and lottery tickets, and paid for the food w/ her ebt card.
Whatever the hell she did, she seemed to be on drugs and held up a line of people for about 5 minutes. I almost wanted to stop her and ask her to thank the 7 people in line for paying for her groceries.
Anyone want to bother correlating the states affected by the 'glitch' and the ones involved in this?
Obama pans GOP 'brinksmanship' to governors [Valerie Jarrett also on conference call to 25 govs]
I guess it hasn't affected the performance of their Obamaphones.
Good, should make the grocery lines a lot shorter and a lot faster.
I don’t think that is it. It seems credit or debit cards at stores were doing some kind of work in their systems. They keep updating the systems making everything stupid.
lol
MaLik @CockyMarine 23s
Way'ment...they done cut food stamps off???? EBT ain't working for folks....is this govt shutdown to blame????
Aside from you how would you know if THEY were paying with EBT cards?
“Make it hurt.” The Kenyan
Even money she would have taken a swing at you. Better than even money if she was hopped up on something.
“When the Music Stops: How America’s Cities May Explode In Violence.” (When the EBT system fails.)
The screen was right in front of me as I was next in line - w/ all her items and credits on it. Then the EBT Payment was shown as part of her payment. I think the rest was her credit from the returns. It was right there on the screen.
I wonder if it’s just coincidence that none of the people whining about the EBT shutdown practice correct grammar...
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