No surprise, I see people all the time buying junk food, Perrier water, crab legs, big steaks etc. pay for the food with EBT and then pay cash for booze and cigarettes.
I had another brush with an EBT user today. I was in line behind her at the Dollar General, as she piled junk food on the counter. She even asked the clerk if Monster Energy Drinks were “covered” by food stamps.
When the clerk gave her the total (upwards of $55), she handed her the card and attempted to put in the PIN number. She kept getting an error message. Then she dialed someone on her iPhone; eventually the card went through.
Some guy came in to meet her and she said she had tried to call so-and-so to see if she remembered the PIN. It apparently WASN’T EVEN HER CARD!!
Then the two of them got into a car with out-of-state plates and drove off.