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Ebt Blues

I saw the sign said "20 items or less" So I jump in it ready to get out of this mess. When the couple in front tries to pay with cash. They get a lesson on how debit is fast. Then comes the lady next in line, with a cart full of junk food and a little kid crying. She unloads the cart while texting someone There goes Item 30 then 31. "Was that my daddy" Mom says yes, "He's trying to explain why I aint got my check" The girl says I love him with all of my heart. Mom says "Whatever" as she unloads the cart. I stopped count at 33 and heard the cashier ask what form of payment will it be? The lady says nothing,bags her last frozen pizza. "And I say to myself what a wierd looking visa"? She then swiped it twice and typed in a number "And said is it the first? I can never remember". I'd been waiting so long my family was lonely Whole lot of trouble for milk and baloney. Maybe this store should consider more people like me, And dedicate a line to just EBT?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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