I think empathy for certain people is impossible when you don't think of them as human beings. This dude does not think of women as human beings.

I think he doesn't anyway as a point of pride or something, I have no idea. Sometimes I just have to stop listening to his rants.

Here's my thoughts for the man.

C'mon craig. Practice what I'm sure you've preached:

Do you have a discount card? Can I get your Zip code? Do you have proof of income and/or disability? Paper or plastic? No, ma'am, you cannot have Lucky Charms, may I suggest Bootstrap Bites instead?

Yeah, my parents are vehemently against programs like SNAP and insist that it's all a bunch of assholes eating lobster on THEIR DIME and it's NOT FAIR because they're not getting assistance so why should other people?

LOL I actually asked him why he didn't just throw it at her and his response was "I didn't then want to hop over there to get it back. I hate hopping."

Bwahahahahahahaha! There is justice in the world!

Oh man, some of those employees. Years ago I was at the checkout and the woman in front of me used food stamps. She wasn't buying lobster tails, and she was at the cheapest grocery stor in town. When it was my turn to check out teenaged (white, male) cashier deemed it appropriate to rant and rave over "those people"…

Yeah, but as you said, it's the exception, not the rule. He's claiming that it's the majority of people - thus his argument that the entire system is rife with people who are abusing it. I'm certain that there are some people who do abuse it (just like there are certainly corporations who abuse the tax system, AHEM)…

I used to get this a lot too, I am not handicapped but for a while my mother was, after a surgery. Sometimes I would drive somewhere to pick her up and would park in a handicapped spot. I got a ton of dirty looks and snide comments, and it really annoyed me – should I not be allowed to use a handicapped spot because…

my mum who turns sixty this year recounts us with stories about she used to be embarrassed if she had to take lobster sandwiches to school more than twice a week as a child.

But Privacy is a privilege that Poors do not deserve. It's not like going up to a regular stranger and asking for private and sensitive medical information.

One of my good friends has a prosthetic lower leg (was able to keep his knee but lost everything below in an accident). Normally you can't tell, he doesn't even limp most of the time but walking long distances causes a lot of pain so he uses his handicapped pass at places like the mall, or events that involve walking…

Didn't lobster used to be a "poor people" food, and has only recently in history been seen as fancy? I swear I read that somewhere.

My FIL and MIL are rabid anti-welfare conservatives. He's declared bankruptcy twice but still managed to keep his house and nice-ish cars...but insists he's neeeeeevrr gotten any help from the government, nosiree.

For fuck's sake. It's none of your goddamn business!!!!! You're not the sole taxpayer contributing to these programs! If a parent wants to get their kid actual Cheerios instead of fucking CardboardCircleO's or whatever the generic shit is so they can feel like they're a fucking human being worthy of quality products…