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WIC Jail
Long time, no write. For a while my posts were being monitored by my son's father and I was tired of having my every comment open to scrutiny by him. That doesn't really matter anymore, but I'll tell that story later.
I receive WIC benefits, I have since my son was born. I know how to use the checks, and I know sometimes they are confusing to cashier and recipient alike. I know the WIC program can be a picky thing to deal with on the store level, and some stores have strict rules regarding the checks and mete out some serious discipline if a check gets fucked up and the store does not get reimbursed by the feds. Be that as it may, I've found with large chain stores that a good rule of thumb us if the product goes through the computer-based register, that means it is an acceptable product.
Well, tonight I was at Albertson's and had a WIC check that included juice. The WIC checks changed back in October and now offer different things, with some items having been cut, and others added. Some juices were cut, specifically Juicy Juice brand juice. No problem, I never got that anyway. I got an apple-cherry or apple-raspberry frozen juice under the "Old Orchard Apple Juice-green lid" category. When the new food list came out they weren't as specific as the old list which went so far as to include pictures of every single acceptable purchase. The new food list does not. They don't have a specific picture of the 2 juices I have been getting for 2.5 years. When the new checks started I got apple-raspberry juice no problem through the Albertson's checkout. Tonight I tried to do the same thing. The cashier would not even scan it to see if the computer would accept it. I asked him to scan it and see if the computer kicked it back, if it did, then mea culpa but I had gotten THAT juice at THAT store since the new checks came out. The checker was so snotty about it he kept shoving HIS food list under my nose and purposely using these little tiny words like I was retarded.
I asked to see the manager because I thought he was being insulting and petty, and was informed that he IS a manager and trying to pass incorrect items thorough the WIC program was ATTEMPTED FRAUD AND HE WAS GOING TO REPORT ME. You heard that right folks- Attempted Fucking Fraud. He also told me he was going to report me to WIC for threatening him! I asked him since when was asking for a manager considered a threat. I did not say he would be fired, I did not say I was going to sue the store, I didn't pull a single SC trick except for glaring at this petty little man with everything in my being. I've got news for Skippy the Wonder Checker- he wasn't the store manager, that guy will be hearing from me tomorrow morning when I tell him what happened. Before that though, I am getting confirmation on acceptable juice purchases and reporting the store for hassling me and incorrect WIC practices.
So I guess it's now a matter of who gets through the system first. Will Skippy get his fraud claim in before I report the store? Am I going down for attempted WIC fraud? Will I be spending Christmas in WIC jail sipping PLAIN apple juice (no more 100% juice blends for YOU, Missy) with my cellmate, or will I be able to get a decent enough WIC lawyer to get me off with a warning and WIC probation?
I receive WIC benefits, I have since my son was born. I know how to use the checks, and I know sometimes they are confusing to cashier and recipient alike. I know the WIC program can be a picky thing to deal with on the store level, and some stores have strict rules regarding the checks and mete out some serious discipline if a check gets fucked up and the store does not get reimbursed by the feds. Be that as it may, I've found with large chain stores that a good rule of thumb us if the product goes through the computer-based register, that means it is an acceptable product.
Well, tonight I was at Albertson's and had a WIC check that included juice. The WIC checks changed back in October and now offer different things, with some items having been cut, and others added. Some juices were cut, specifically Juicy Juice brand juice. No problem, I never got that anyway. I got an apple-cherry or apple-raspberry frozen juice under the "Old Orchard Apple Juice-green lid" category. When the new food list came out they weren't as specific as the old list which went so far as to include pictures of every single acceptable purchase. The new food list does not. They don't have a specific picture of the 2 juices I have been getting for 2.5 years. When the new checks started I got apple-raspberry juice no problem through the Albertson's checkout. Tonight I tried to do the same thing. The cashier would not even scan it to see if the computer would accept it. I asked him to scan it and see if the computer kicked it back, if it did, then mea culpa but I had gotten THAT juice at THAT store since the new checks came out. The checker was so snotty about it he kept shoving HIS food list under my nose and purposely using these little tiny words like I was retarded.
I asked to see the manager because I thought he was being insulting and petty, and was informed that he IS a manager and trying to pass incorrect items thorough the WIC program was ATTEMPTED FRAUD AND HE WAS GOING TO REPORT ME. You heard that right folks- Attempted Fucking Fraud. He also told me he was going to report me to WIC for threatening him! I asked him since when was asking for a manager considered a threat. I did not say he would be fired, I did not say I was going to sue the store, I didn't pull a single SC trick except for glaring at this petty little man with everything in my being. I've got news for Skippy the Wonder Checker- he wasn't the store manager, that guy will be hearing from me tomorrow morning when I tell him what happened. Before that though, I am getting confirmation on acceptable juice purchases and reporting the store for hassling me and incorrect WIC practices.
So I guess it's now a matter of who gets through the system first. Will Skippy get his fraud claim in before I report the store? Am I going down for attempted WIC fraud? Will I be spending Christmas in WIC jail sipping PLAIN apple juice (no more 100% juice blends for YOU, Missy) with my cellmate, or will I be able to get a decent enough WIC lawyer to get me off with a warning and WIC probation?
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