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I was humbled today...

  • ytownfootball
    Today while grocery shopping, I managed to be in line behind a young girl with minimal puchases. A couple gallons of milk,two boxes of cereal, a couple dozen jars of baby food, eggs, a loaf of bread, a bag of apples and 4 or 5 shitake mushrooms.

    She proceeds to remove a pack full of WIC coupons. This was undoubtedly the most laborious check-out I have ever witnessed. Each coupon had an amount and a specific purcase attatced to it apparently. A new transaction had to be initiated with each item, baby food one, cereal another etc. She was obviously distressed as the store was packed.

    Her bread did not qualify as a WIC approved item. The cashier set it aside. "Do you want to go get another loaf?"--"No I just want to get out of here."

    The apples and shitake's were more than the $6 she had in cash and did not qualify either, the cashier put them aside. She finalized her check-out and rushed out leaving her keys behind, the bagging fella chased her down and returned them.

    25 minutes for those few purchases. Under most circumstances I would be impatient. Not today. Her obvious embarassment humbled me to my core. I don't have a lot but today I was thankful more so than usual for what I do have.

    Yeah...I know...cool story bro;)
  • wes_mantooth
    Victory in Jesus....

    http://www.freehuddle.com/User-Jesus-Christ
  • Fab1b
    ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
  • september63
    A gentleman would have purchased the remaining items and given them to her! A baby deserves food and milk. Apples too, I guess. The mushrooms?
  • sleeper
    Yeah, that's a shame. WIC is a joke though, what about the men? Why aren't feminist groups enraged that women are getting special treatment that men don't get? Or why not about the draft only selecting men? Women don't want equality, they want special privileges that the other gender has to burden. It's too bad they don't realize that women are good for only 3 things, cooking, cleaning and banging, and you can take that to the bank.
  • wes_mantooth
    sleeper wrote: It's too bad they don't realize that women are good for only 3 things, cooking, cleaning and banging, and you can take that to the bank.
    This is why sleeper is the best poster ever!!
  • BRF
    You were good for being patient. BRF has a knack for picking the wrong line to get into on those sorts of things.

    However, BRF would have paid for the items that she could not afford. And I'm not cracking on you for not doing so. I do well financially, and maybe you don't............no ill will intended there.

    Just try it sometime, if you have some extra dough.

    I'm glad you started this thread.

    Merry Christmas!
  • v_falcons
    I thought the end of this first post would be about him paying for the girls things..
  • ytownfootball
    I did look for her in the parking lot but couldn't find her. I was absolutely going to puchase the items but felt that it would have further embarassed her though.
  • september63
    ytownfootball wrote: I did look for her in the parking lot but couldn't find her. I was absolutely going to puchase the items but felt that it would have further embarassed her though.
    NP....I agree it might have furthered her embarrassment.
  • BRF
    ytownfootball wrote: I did look for her in the parking lot but couldn't find her. I was absolutely going to puchase the items but felt that it would have further embarassed her though.
    You did good.
  • Angel
    I hope that she is able to turn her situation around and that it is a temporary setback for her.

    I am thankful everyday for how fortunate I am and also realize that my good fortunes could change in an instant.
  • wildcats20
    A lady I work with was telling me about a friend(I think?) of hers who is on WIC. The lady makes $40,000+ a year and is still somehow on WIC. Explain that to me somehow....
  • rmolin73
    wildcats20 that is called fraud.
  • wildcats20
    rmolin73 wrote: wildcats20 that is called fraud.
    Right.

    Can someone tell me how one goes on WIC?? What are the qualifications??
  • Heretic
    As a great guy, I'd have bought the items for her, as well.

    Assuming she was hot and I felt I could parley a moment of kindness into a one-night stand. My great guy-atude only goes so far.
  • BRF
    wildcats20 wrote: A lady I work with was telling me about a friend(I think?) of hers who is on WIC. The lady makes $40,000+ a year and is still somehow on WIC. Explain that to me somehow....
    It is true. More people should check it out. Seems not right, doesn't it? Yet it is there for the taking.

    And I was waiting for someone to make some kind of sexual inference on "paying for it"..........and the winner IS: Heretic, ya dog! :D

    "Assuming she was hot and I felt I could parley a moment of kindness into a one-night stand. My great guy-atude only goes so far."

    That is rich.
  • ZWICK 4 PREZ
    I woulda purchased the stuff for her providing she was hot and would go on a date with me. And when I say hot and go on a date with me, I mean fuckable and would let me hit.
  • Heretic
    BRF wrote:
    wildcats20 wrote: A lady I work with was telling me about a friend(I think?) of hers who is on WIC. The lady makes $40,000+ a year and is still somehow on WIC. Explain that to me somehow....
    It is true. More people should check it out. Seems not right, doesn't it? Yet it is there for the taking.

    And I was waiting for someone to make some kind of sexual inference on "paying for it"..........and the winner IS: Heretic, ya dog! :D

    "Assuming she was hot and I felt I could parley a moment of kindness into a one-night stand. My great guy-atude only goes so far."

    That is rich.
    Hey, back when I was married, my ex made me watch that one chick flick with Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Bridges and a bunch of other people. I remember the part where John Lithgow's character started an affair with Winger's character that was set up by a moment of kindness in a grocery store. That movie got really depressing when Winger came down with cancer and died, but Lithgow's pimp skills redeemed it all and taught me a valuable lesson!
  • wes_mantooth
    Heretic wrote:
    BRF wrote:
    wildcats20 wrote: A lady I work with was telling me about a friend(I think?) of hers who is on WIC. The lady makes $40,000+ a year and is still somehow on WIC. Explain that to me somehow....
    It is true. More people should check it out. Seems not right, doesn't it? Yet it is there for the taking.

    And I was waiting for someone to make some kind of sexual inference on "paying for it"..........and the winner IS: Heretic, ya dog! :D

    "Assuming she was hot and I felt I could parley a moment of kindness into a one-night stand. My great guy-atude only goes so far."

    That is rich.
    Hey, back when I was married, my ex made me watch that one chick flick with Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Bridges and a bunch of other people. I remember the part where John Lithgow's character started an affair with Winger's character that was set up by a moment of kindness in a grocery store. That movie got really depressing when Winger came down with cancer and died, but Lithgow's pimp skills redeemed it all and taught me a valuable lesson!
    Terms of Endearment is my favorite movie!! Now let me get the sand out of my vagina.
  • Heretic
    Jack Nicholson was hilarious in it, but I couldn't get into the whole thing about how Winger's affair was considered cool in the way it was portrayed, but Bridges' was the act of a prick.

    Oh jebus....I just analyzed it.... Now let me get the sand out of my vagina.
  • salto
    sleeper wrote: Yeah, that's a shame. WIC is a joke though, what about the men? Why aren't feminist groups enraged that women are getting special treatment that men don't get? Or why not about the draft only selecting men? Women don't want equality, they want special privileges that the other gender has to burden. It's too bad they don't realize that women are good for only 3 things, cooking, cleaning and banging, and you can take that to the bank.
    We have a winner! Most moronic post on freehuddle to date.
  • buckeyefalls
    I "think" sleeper was just being funny, but even if not, this thread is GREAT because it reminds us all to be thankful for what we have.

    I know WIC has to deal with how much a family makes total and what county they live in. $40k may be a lot for most counties, but for others, it isn't. Who knows? It still seems high.

    I thank God for what He has given me and my family this year! Merry Christmas to all!
  • BRF
    buckeyefalls wrote: .........this thread is GREAT because it reminds us all to be thankful for what we have.
    Bingo!!*


    [size=xx-small]*btw, if ya help somebody out and they ask how they can repay you, you say "when you get yourself righted, YOU help somebody else out"......and that's how it goes.[/size]
  • The Giss
    v_falcons wrote: I thought the end of this first post would be about him paying for the girls things..

    And then I thought he would pay for the kid to buy shoes for his sick mom.

    Seriouly, I have done this a few times- paid for someone's order that wasn't on WIC. If you want to be truly humbled, all you need to hear is the Thank you and see the look on the person's face when you pay.