yall imma ugly cry so hard when i watch this

In my head, that's what I said. And people around us clapped appropriately. I did say something, but in reality it probably wasn't exactly that. I did get a "You tell her, sister" from the woman in line just ahead of me. Single mother solidarity!

I hope you really said that, and I hope that woman felt really fucking shitty. I also hope she apologized, but I realize that's a bit too much optimism for one day.

I am convinced that these people must have access to a super-secret special version of the Bible that us regular folk just don't know about. How else could we ever explain how they seem to be able to reconcile stuff like...

I'll never understand ranting to the next customer about that shit. Like, first of all, you don't know me, and what if I'd whipped out a SNAP card to use too? But also, way to assume that everyone is an ignorant asshole.

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)…

It's not like Jesus said to take care of the poor.

Depends. Inland, lobster and other seafood was usually seen as luxurious because it had to be shipped in from far away. But if you lived in a coastal fishing community, only the families who were too poor to buy chicken or beef ate lobster.

This dude seriously thinks clerks should be able to ask about someone's disability. How great. We had this discussion on another post - just because someone doesn't LOOK disabled doesn't mean they AREN'T. As I told the shithead who demanded proof of my disability (fibromyalgia, RA, and only one working lung) when I…

This sounds like my actual nightmare, and why I will live in cold, unfeeling, mind your own damn business New England forever

I was involved in the foster system for a bit and a lady took in a family of three. Because of the extra people in the family they qualified for food stamps.

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.

After my divorce, times were tough until I finished school. I once bought a birthday cake for my son, who was a young tween and a constant worrier about everything, using food stamps. The lady in line behind me tsk tsked and made all sorts of comments under her breath until I turned around and asked her what was the…

So what you're saying is that people being paid minimum wage for a job they most likely hate DO NOT make for reliable informants?

In the summer in New England, lobster is wicked cheap.

I make it a point to encourage sloths.

Ergotism, since it can cause hallucinations and seizure-type symptoms, is actually one theory about what plagued Salem in 1692 and caused the witchcraft trials. Women and young girls tend to show the effects more (because ergotism is cumulative, and must build up in fatty tissue, which we dames have more of generally,…

I never want to be "that guy," but raw food in its most whole form is the best food for dogs and cats. You know what's in it. You don't have to grind or add weird stuff to it.

Reading this, it really is clear why so many people are starting to cook for thier pets. Even many of the "good" pet brands have problems and recalls and other such.