General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: A friend of mine saw someone using food stamps to pay for ice cream bars. [View all]Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)Thing is it DOES happen a lot more these days. She probably thought of those things but didn't say them on several other occasions. It isn't just food stamps either. Lots of people are looking for reasons to look down their nose at someone these days.
If a person is on a cell phone in line, other people will start in (loudly) about how people should get off the phone and pay attention to what they are doing.
Me, I've snapped back at a lot of people for picking on someone else. One day I was at Sam's Club, I know I shouldn't shop there, but..... there was a line at the snack counter up front in sight of the check out lines. I like the 4 berry ice cream and was waiting in line to get one. The line was a little spread out and some kids came up and were looking at the menu and the money they had in hand doing calculations.
This old biddy behind me tells them they need to get in line that there are others there before them. OK, her tone wasn't the greatest and they were just reading the menu, but in and of itself, not a huge deal. BUT she doesn't let it rest. She keeps after them, wanting to know where their parents are and that they better not buy more than they can afford. See they were little brown children speaking Spanish.
She had her back to me and I had my ice cream, but I just could NOT deal with it so I said, "What business is it of yours whether they have enough money or not?"
She turns around and says, "Well where are their parents? They can't be in this line if their parents aren't here." At this point the younger kid runs to his dad who is in line paying for his items and the kid is in tears.
"It's STILL not your problem. Buy your stuff and move along lady." She was next in line and keeps grumbling but I just stand off to the side and glare right at her. When the kids get up to the line, the older brother has enough for his item and a dollar left over but it isn't enough to get the young kid a 4 berry sundae, so I gave him mine.
Their dad comes up thinking he has to pay for it, but I told him I already did. I said I just can't STAND people like that, so the treat is on me. I told the kids, "Nobody should talk to you like that. She's a mean old lady. I just want you to know not everyone is like her."
Then I went and sat at the table with my hubby who wanted to know what happened to my ice cream. I told him I gave it to the kid and why. I was still hot under the collar and fuming that someone could be such a racist toward little kids.