Posted on 03/29/2015 7:25:09 AM PDT by Wiz-Nerd
Travis Sattler was working shift at Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers in Katy, Texas
Tip came with a note that said 'we need more people like you'
The franchise is giving Sattler a $100 bonus as well
Sattler plans to use the money to help pay for his nursing school
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My wife works at a supermarket. She said that customers routinely help out other customers who come up short at checkout.
OTOH, the EBT people routinely piss and moan about their favorite breakfast cereal not qualifying for reimbursement, etc.
EBT should be limited to rice and beans. Maybe some of the cheaper veg too. Just the basics to provide nutrition. If you are receiving EBT you shouldn’t be worried about how fancy and flavorful your meals are. You should be dropping to your knees and thanking the rest of us who are paying for you to survive.
You have to incentivize people. If you can get a good steak on EBT why would they ever got off of it.
She said that customers routinely help out other customers who come up short at checkout.....I do, very often. Usually just to get the old lady in front of me out of the way so I can leave instead of standing there while she searches for a quarter, dime or whatever. “ Here! Take it out of this buck! I gotta pee.”
I don’t get why if the mom had a hundred bucks she let the kid go up to the counter with less than he needed....
I suspect there is more to this story than what is being reported here.
I remember as an 11 year old boy in a store in Maryland with one whole dollar to go spend on something. I found a little toy that had a block of wood, four wheels a battery holder and a motor with a rubber shaft piece that was supposed to ride the wheel and make it go. You put it together and you became the driver! It was 99 cents.
Even then, I understood government, I took it to the cashier and asked the lady if a dollar was enough considering taxes... She said no, it cost $1.02. So I said “thank you” and walked back to put it back on the shelf.
It was then a nice lady came to me, change purse in hand and gave me the three cents, and I thanked her profusely.
I’ll never forget that.
I posted my comment before reading yours. I agree with you. Maybe the mom was testing to see what the response would be.
I used to do this several times a year. But for the past few years, I had stopped just because I don't know if someone is going to feel "dissed" if a stranger helps out.
One of the primary purposes in a supermarket is to keep the checkout line moving. The customers who most frequently come up short are the same ones who do not seem to care if they hold up the line...
I see it all the time as well. A few months ago my neighbour was $2 short at the checkout and the guy behind him paid for the entire $52 order.
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. “ Philippians 4:8
You read my mind. Too much bad news and not enough focus on the good stuff. :-)
FWIW, I see about two of three EBT card users in the checkout lines around here buying food I can’t afford and, more often than not, driving off in cars that I can’t afford either.
WIC users with small children have a severely restricted list of eligible items. I don’t know why similar restrictions shouldn’t apply to EBT card users.
I’d prefer to see supermarkets have EBT lines only or better yet open up EBT only stores.
You may be onto something there....
Cheers
Frozen custard is unknown in Southern California. It’s a delicacy that I enjoy when I travel to points east.
Lovely, lovely!
Hubby and I will help out people who truly look like they are struggling by walking up behind them and handing them a $20 bill, saying, “oops! You dropped this!” and we keep walking, not giving them a chance to protest or feel bad for denying that they did drop anything.
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