Where My Fu*king Benefits Is?!?!

     If I was a taxpayer, I'd be pissed! I go to the grocery store this evening (let's just say "Sprawl Cart" for the sake of privacy here), do my shopping, loading my cart with everything I need. I have my plan of action all laid out: I will be using cash money for a toaster, EBT card for my food, and the remaining balance to be debited out of my checking account, to which the government sends me a lovely Social Security benefit check each month.

     Here is the wonderful climax of this episode's bitching . . . I get to the checkout line, load all of my stuff on the conveyer belt and the cashier gives me a total. I explain that I want to do $20 cash for a toaster, pay for the food with my EBT card and that the rest would be deducted from checking account. She says no problem. I scan the EBT card first and, surprise to me, it doesn't go through. That's got me mildly pissed at this point. I tell her to run my debit card through. Here comes the point where I am beyond pissed -- she says my damn debit card had been declined for insufficient funds! What the hell?!?! 

     So, I am left with only one other option -- a credit card. Now, why does a chick on Food Stamps AND a disability check even HAVE a credit card??? Stupidity? No, just lucky, I guess. I activated the account when I still held employment. (Which would make for a fantastic "Bitching" episode for another day. I have quite a story behind that one!) I am going to blame Obama for this one!