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Yes people use food stamps to buy steak to feed their dogs, my wife was sent to anger management over arguing with a lady that was doing exactly this. I'm sure this particular woman wasn't the only one feeding her dogs with steak, and yes the steak was filet mignon, and porterhouse.
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Originally Posted by James420
No, the woman was buying steamed shrimp on food stamps which is against the rules, anyway after my wife informed the customer of these rules the customer called the manager over and the manager sided with the customer.
This is confusing. First you say the customer was trying to buy filet mignon and then you say it was steamed shrimp.
James is correct, steamed shrimps are not allowed as a foodstamp purchase. It was her manager that was at fault if he allowed it.
Metlaka did you read the followup posts? The steamed shrimp was the FIRST incident........
I must be missing something...he posted twice about the anger management deal, and once he said she was buying steak, and then when he went into more detail he said it was steamed shrimp.
Steamed shrimp, yeah, I think is not allowed because it's already cooked. Not too good for dogs anyway but better for them than raw shrimp.
Did it ever occur to anyone that the woman may have just told your wife that the food was for the pets just to **** off your "future' wife?
Are you saying that the grocery store required their employees to basically "police" what foods were purchased with food stamps when the customer checked out? Was she required by the store management to question purchases made by people using food stamps to pay for purchases?
As for the "it's well known in high welfare areas"........how do YOU know it's well known? "It's well known" is not really a very good source.
Who else is going to tell the illiterate derelicts that can't read the rules of what to buy and what not to buy? The Cops? The store CEO? Um the gubmit? Who else other than person that you are making the transaction with at the store. Cheese and rice, are you from Beverly Hills or something? Yeah, I'm sure just the cities in the northeast that I've been to are the only places with people on food stamps that use them for dog food. I didn't say everyone on food stamps maybe 1/2% but it still happens. As for the customer, she pushed her luck too far and had her food stamps and welfare taken from her due to her misuse including, steak for dog food.
How do you know the steamed shrimp was not allowed? Is that because the food was already cooked? Could the woman have bought uncooked shrimp?
I didn't know it wasn't allowed, my wife did and thats the governments rules, I guess not mine. No prepared foods on food stamps back then, I can't speak for today. The long or short of the story is this, my wife could of been fined by the government for fraud. Thats a fact.
Last edited by James420; 12-22-2010 at 05:14 PM..
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I have no problems with food stamp $$ going to pay for pet food. They are part of the family, right? I don't think people on food stamps should be allowed to adopt additional animals however if they don't have the ability to support them.
Who else is going to tell the illiterate derelicts that can't read the rules of what to buy and what not to buy? The Cops? The store CEO? Um the gubmit? Who else other than person that you are making the transaction with at the store. Cheese and rice, are you from Beverly Hills or something? Yeah, I'm sure just the cities in the northeast that I've been to are the only places with people on food stamps that use them for dog food. I didn't say everyone on food stamps maybe 1/2% but it still happens. As for the customer, she pushed her luck too far and had her food stamps and welfare taken from her due to her misuse including, steak for dog food.
It's my understanding that TODAY in Florida people are issued cards with which to buy food. It's like a credit card, and a certain amount of money is deposited into that card's account each month with which to buy food. I think that when checking out at the grocery store, it's automated to reject any items which are not allowed on the food stamp program....SO, no one at the store has to "police" the purchases other than the card rejecting certain items. Guess that means the agency which issues the food stamp cards actually does have some enforcement regarding what can be bought. Don't know how it worked 16 years ago. I thought people were issued some sort of paper coupons as food stamps....and I assume that those coupons must have had some instructions on them as to how they were to be used.
I have heard you talk about this story before and I understand this is annoying, but, I think it is time to let go since you have said it was over 16 years ago.
When I worked at a grocery store it was clear that people were purchasing food for dogs on food stamps and I was conflicted.
Got it!!! Thanks!!
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