From the Grapevine

At approximately 2:30 pm, September 6, 2012, I entered the Publix store on Main St. in Gainesville, FL to pick up a few items.  I gathered my items and went to the 14 and under register to check-out.  The person in front of me (a white female, approximate age 35-43, fake nails, big braided hairdo, clean clothes, carrying a purse and a plastic drinking cup) put her purchase on the check out surface ONE GRAPE. 

Yes, that is correct ONE GRAPE. The cashier asked if that was all, she replied yes.  The cashier then weighted the GRAPE and told the women the cost was $.02 (TWO CENTS), the women then pulled out her Food Stamp EBT card and swiped it through the credit card machine, requesting $24.00 in cash back.  The cashier asked if she wanted the GRAPE, the woman replied no and the GRAPE was put in the garbage can.  The register recorded the sale as .02, cash back $24.00.  The cashier gave the woman $24.00 and she folded it up, put it in her pocket, and left the store.

As the next person in line I asked the cashier as a tax payer what in the hell just happened here she said she was on the clock and could not comment. I then asked if I had actually seen this person purchase and discard a GRAPE, then get cash back on her Food Stamp EBT card. The cashier responded that it happens all day every day in their store. She also said that if the person buying the GRAPE has it ring up over .02 they get mad and make her reweigh it.

My next comment was to ask the cashier if she planned to vote in November and she said she could hardly wait for 11/6/12 to get here as one tax payer to another.  

How many more of these insane programs can we taxpayers take? Personally, I've had it with ANY politician who doesn't have the intelligence to solve social problems EXCEPT by throwing our tax $$$ at losers and leeches who have zero interest in trying to help themselves.  Arghhhh!!!!  If we don't start fixing things with our votes in November, we can kiss our country goodbye!!