Posted: 1/24/2007 8:49:22 PM EDT
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This is going to be another Rant. This time, it’s about the “Welfare System” in the state of Nevada. I was at work a few days ago and was asked to go to the return desk to help with a return. So I found myself in this situation with a male customer in his 30s and perfectly healthy looking that had a few high dollar items that he wanted to return. He had just bought them 8 minutes prior to going to the courtesy desk. He told me that they really where not the items he wanted and he wants his CASH back! Now normally I would not have a problem with that. He had a receipt and all the items matched up. But in this case, I was shocked because I was unaware of how the “EBT system” worked. This guy bought the items with his EBT card then went and got in the line at the return desk to get a full CASH refund for the items he bought with his welfare money. This is a bunch of crap how this system is set up. If you are unaware of how the EBT card is set up, basically, it’s a state issued Debit Card and on the 1st or 15th of the month the state deposits “OUR” money into “THEIR” accounts. With a return situation like this with a Debit Card you can not credit the card (it’s a debt card witch is the same as cash). I am so tired of all the scams and the dead beats out there. I work my ass off and I see people like this! He knew the whole system and how to work it and when I was looking into this matter he is yelling at me to give him “his” money. Um… am I wrong here but is it not “our” money and its going where? Now don’t get me wrong here some folks need the help but it should be limited sources of help to get people back on their feet or help seniors get by. There are way too many people working the system and “we” are all paying for it. For example, I know this guy that was going to quit his second job because Welfare was going to cut back his food stamps etc. what is the logic here UGGGG. The other big one that pisses me off is these people with the free / limited state Health care. I don’t understand this B.S. at all. I have to pay for my wife and kids’ health care and have to pay deductibles and for meds and all that real world stuff that we do as adults. So how is it that if you don’t have a descent job or no job or you’re the only source of income in your house and your spouse does not work you get free health care or state assisted health care for your whole family be it emergency or cosmetic. I know people who make good money and there jobs don’t offer health care. They don’t get the same treatment if they get sick. It’s hard on them as well just because you chose to live in a certain tax bracket you should not be rewarded free health care or welfare. These people need to suck it up like the rest of the adult world and start PAYING their way. Once they get on the Welfare system they don’t want to get off and “WE” keep paying for them. GUNSAP |
Sounds to me like you were just got taken buy a pick up return. I used to be a district fraud investigator for a large retail company. And thats classic fraud refund. Big ticket items. He goes buys them puts them in the car. Comes back in picks up the same item and since he has the reciept. Gets his cash back. Makes me sick. 
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