Um...do you know what you're doing?

[SecurityWench]

Well, I was working an express lane tonight and I ran into this lady who clearly did not know what the hell she was doing with her WIC card.

She told me like three times, 'The milk is on WIC.' I heard you the first time, the milk is on WIC. After I ring her up, she hands me two $5 bills. I go, 'Don't we need to do the WIC first?'

She pulls out the card, and she puts it in the wrong way. Several times. I finally just flip it over and slide it in for her. She immediately takes it out. I go, 'No, you need to keep it in. Put it back in.' She puts it back in and takes it out again. I go, 'No, you need to keep it in and follow the instructions.'

She looks at me like I'm speaking Klingon. (Just to clarify, no offense intended, she spoke perfect English.) She just gives me the money again and I ring her up with the cash. She leaves with her purchases.

So, it could be any one of these:

-She's new to WIC and doesn't know what she's doing
-She borrowed it from a friend and didn't get all the info from her
-She stole it
-She's on some sort of substance (and from the red eyes I wouldn't rule it out)

I hate working nights.

[blas]

WIC has cards now? Back in my day at the grocery store, all they had were pamphlets. First you had to verify ID (there were usually multiple signatures on them, the mama, the baby daddy, and usually a grandparent) which was just absolutely fun (notice sarcasm there) and then you had to see which coupons they were using and most of the time, they didn't seperate their WIC items from their other items, so you had to do that part....and to hell if you dare told them that they had the wrong size cereal or wrong type (No, cocoa puffs is NOT WIC approved).

[SecurityWench]

Quoth blas87

WIC has cards now? Back in my day at the grocery store, all they had were pamphlets. First you had to verify ID (there were usually multiple signatures on them, the mama, the baby daddy, and usually a grandparent) which was just absolutely fun (notice sarcasm there) and then you had to see which coupons they were using and most of the time, they didn't seperate their WIC items from their other items, so you had to do that part....and to hell if you dare told them that they had the wrong size cereal or wrong type (No, cocoa puffs is NOT WIC approved).

Yeah, they've completely switched from vouchers to cards now. However, we did cover vouchers in the job training.

[MoxisPilot]

Quoth blas87

WIC has cards now? Back in my day at the grocery store, all they had were pamphlets. First you had to verify ID (there were usually multiple signatures on them, the mama, the baby daddy, and usually a grandparent) which was just absolutely fun (notice sarcasm there) and then you had to see which coupons they were using and most of the time, they didn't seperate their WIC items from their other items, so you had to do that part....and to hell if you dare told them that they had the wrong size cereal or wrong type (No, cocoa puffs is NOT WIC approved).

Honestly, I'm glad they switched to the cards. Dealing with the vouchers seems like a total bummer.

And it's nice they've made the program more user-friendly...sort of.

[tehtech]

Here in MD we still have the vouchers and the folder for WIC. Hopefully cards are in our immediate future.

[VComps]

Quick question - what's WIC stand for?

[taurinejunkie]

Wikipedia Is Cool. :P

[Salted Grump]

Women-Infants-Children. Think Food Stamps for the less-monetarily advantaged of the XX-Chromosome with Infants or Children under the age of 6ish.

[Seraph]

Over where I am, we still have vouchers. Nothing like haing to stand there with your tail between your legs as the cashier looks at a 3 vouchers...each for 1 can of juice.

Frustrates me to no end that they waste vouchers, ergo paper, with printing 1 single item on them. Wish they'd just either convert to the cards or combine items.

[prb]

Quoth VComps

Quick question - what's WIC stand for?

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Actually, it's part of the US social assistance system - "The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (known as WIC) is a Federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service" Wiki