Friday, November 20, 2009

Another Walmart "incident" narrowly avoided!

It's a damned good thing I can't walk. If I could, things could have gotten ugly at register 12. At 5:04 this afternoon, I pulled my wheelchair into register 12, the one with the sign which plainly reads "Speedy Checkout: 20 Items or Less." As I pulled up with my cloth bag around my neck containing 4 items, there was a young black woman (early 20's) ahead of me. She was the only one in line. She had a sleeping infant in a car carrier braced into the child's seat of the cart. As soon as she started unloading cans of Similac onto the belt, I thought "WIC coupons." After nine cans of Similac, out came the usual two large boxes of cereal (adult cereal), the cans of fruit juice, and a package of cheese slices that must have gone 5 pounds. Naturally, that turned out to be larger than the size WIC allows. No problem. The clerk paged an assistant manager who took the over- sized cheese and went off on an eight minute search for the right size. Did it occur to the woman to say "Never mind, I'll get the cheese next time," given that there were now 4 more customers waiting behind me? Of course not. Don't be silly. This was a member of the womb-to-tomb, Democrat -dependent generation. Now, about time she had unloaded her 28th item in the 20 or less line, the apparent sperm donor, an early 20ish black male who looked like he could have suited up tonight and played first-team tight end for the Wildcats, came up and broke into line ahead of me to join the receptacle. He plopped 4 of the very largest bags of different Lay's chip products onto the belt. No store brands for these two - no sir! Naturally, when the clerk finally got through going through all of the interminable crap with the WIC coupons and the hapless asst. manager finally returned with the right cheese, then the receptacle pulled out her food stamp EFT card and paid for the premium chips. This whole affair took 16 minutes. To fully appreciate how pissed I was, let me describe these two thoughtless ingrates. The sperm donor had on a dirty white T-shirt, a pair of droopy, silky, athletic shorts, black socks, and down-at- the-heel, cheap, cloth, bedroom slippers. He had no doubt been lounging around their Section 8 pad all day. The receptacle had on the latest sneakers - in pristine condition and with the untied laces placed just so. She had black, skin-tight, Spandex pants stretched over her ample ass. She wore a Superman T-shirt - blue with the yellow chest shield and red "S." She was a super something, alright. Yes, it's a damned good thing I could not walk. 11/21: Speaking of Walmart, thanks to the regular reader who alerted me to this story. http://news.aol.com/article/plea-deal-reached-in-missouri-walmart/776694?icid=mainhtmlws-main-ndl1link2http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fplea-deal-reached-in-missouri-walmart%2F776694

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

You really need some help with your anger management. The next time you're in the speedy checkout lane and you feel this situation coming on, just start counting....slowly and softly at first, then louder and louder til you sream out TWENTY!!! Then take a deep breath and smile.

Anonymous said...

Yes jay and they may damn well soon be your new neighbors, when those apartments get finished

Anonymous said...

Say hi to your new neighbors.

Jay Moreno said...

The developer's mname is Tom Purdie. His phone number is (904) 384-4580. Call him if you like. He will give you the bad news that the apartments will contain no HUD Section 8 units and will, in fact, be rented out at prevailing "market rates." In point of fact, when they first open, they will likely be the most expensive apartments in the county.

Anonymous said...

I found if you shop between the hours of 2a.m.&4a.m. there is absolutely no waiting in any line. Just because the organizational quote says "speedy" or "fast" is fictional. We live in the South and nothing is fast, have you not figured that out yet? Just because the diverse population we live among walk upright and is not bound to a chair does not mean they too are not handicaped. A little patience may be needed in your life, to avoid a juvenile anger issue.

Jay Moreno said...

Oh, horse hockey! If you are telling me that you have never had the same experience and reaction, then you are a damned liar. If you don't like us "slow" Southerners, I-95 N was still open the last I heard.

Anonymous said...

As for the beligerant line breaker, they should have locked her militant behind up for a while and let her truly see the error of her ways. I am sick of people thinking that everyone owes them something and when they break the law and get caught, the first thing they want to do to get around the law is through out the proverbial race card.

Anonymous said...

Well, I'm thrilled that this "topic" is not just bothering me. Why do we (the tax paying Americans) have to wait in line for the dregs of our society. there should be a seperate line entirely for those using EBT. Im not suggesting that those who sincerely need it be forced into humiliation. Just those individuals that have been abusing the gov. benefits for long periods of time (IE 9 months or longer). I have been inconvenienced on several occasions by these individuals. They have absolutely no couth or respect for others in any fashion. They are “ENTITLED” to these benefits for whatever reason. They justify this entitlement by pulling it out of their humungous asses. They have absolutely no consideration for others and by others I mean the people responsible for their next meal. I believe the government should take these people out of the unemployment statistical count. Hell, they have a profession… professional con artist, leg spreaders, baby makers, mooches, leeches, and the list goes on! Why oh why are they allowed to share the same line as my fellow tax payers? Just a suggestion for any politically affluent people, push for them to work to earn “their entitlements”. Have then pick up trash on the roads to get EBT benefits for longer than 9 months. Put their asses to work for the improvement of the community (without the right to sue any municipality for any work related injuries faked or not), Make them shop in their own EBT line, and they should not be allowed to buy name brand food items and if there is no other alternatives for those items then they don’t eat that. Plain and simple! ONE LAST THING NOT VOTING FOR THOSE ON EBT! If you don’t get why I say this then you are a lost cause yourself! BTW we are talking about those individuals well-endowed with Melatonin. May those of you who are guilty of annoying us tax payers think about who is paying for your food next time you are in line and maybe by the grace of God let those paying for you checkout first. If this post bothers you then look in the mirror and realize you are a dreg.

Jay Moreno said...

This next comment coming up is either legit or a set up to give me grief. Time will tell. However, let me say before hand that while I share the commenter's frustrations, I would not favor implementing such draconian corrective measures.

I would be quite satisfied if ALL shoppers would stay the hell out of the express check out line if they have more than 20 items (10 at Publix) or intend to use coupons.

I would also like to see mothers with WIC vouchers stay out of the express line. I'm all for WIC, but by its nature there is nothing "express" about the transaction.

Yes, you would think that folks on EBT ("food stamps") would have enough sense to know that by buying generics they could significantly stretch their benefits. Alas, in many cases, if they had that kind of sense, they would not be on EBT in the first place.

We will never change their behaviors. The only solution is to reduce their numbers as a percentage pf the population by phasing out government programs which supplant the role of husbands and fathers and encourage subsidized breeding of people with IQs insufficient for the modern U.S. job market.

Now, here's the comment.