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April 25, 2024, 4:31 pm
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Mayhem or a glimpse ?
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We lost power last night around 8 pm, newsman said big storm on the way, we have a generator so we can keep the fridge cold and have a few lights. We can't run the computer or tv, cause it's not on the same circuit or whatever it's called.
We've been going through this all summer, bad storm after bad storm.
This is not the story, my story begins at work. I worked the 10 to 4 shift today, got to work and found out we also lost power and our phone lines, we were on a generator also.
We put big signs on the doors saying CASH ONLY, We CANNOT process EBT, CREDIT, DEBIT OR CHECKS
NO PHONE LINES
We had a guy at the door telling every customer....cash only
When the customer got to the check out once again we reminded them, CASH ONLY!
Can you guess how many people loaded up carts anyway?
Can you guess how many people let us process their transactions knowing this? If you said all the EBT people you would be correct, if you said one in five credit card customers, you would be correct. This is where the mayhem begins, constantly calling managers to void transactions, calling stockers to put all the food away.
Somehow people thought things would magically be fixed since they were there, or that they could lie to us and we would process orders just for them, then we got the threats, name calling, and horrific lies.
Here's some of the fun things I heard today
But I have EBT,
But I have American express
But I have to keep my insulin cold
But I have kids
But I don't have time to go to another store
But I have to go to work
But I just had surgery
You all are just racist
I'm calling the attorney general
I'm calling corporate
You'll run my card or you'll be fired.
This wasn't 1 or 2 people, this was 6 straight hours of people refusing to believe the phones lines and power outage could cause this.
Thick headed stupidity ruled the day.
I have no kind words for people who were told over and over ( sound familiar) no phone lines, no processing electronic transactions.
This gave me a glimpse at just how unprepared people are, everyone knew the storm was coming, everyone knew we spent the summer with power outs and still they did not lift a finger to help themselves or be prepared.
The really bad news for you people, if this was more serious then a small power out, your probably going to be the first to perish, those of us who had to put up with your BS, we won't miss you.
And no, I am not giving out anymore hints on how to be prepared, 1, you don't listen, 2, you can't comprehend anyway.
Comments
A lot of people figure they are above all those rules, entitlement you know.
Emily,
I don't think they'd even want to know how to survive. Nanny state syndrome.
You must have some stories about surviving Hitler.
CLOSED
For people to act like we were somehow tricking them boggles my mind, we actually lost money staying open, cash purchases no longer make up our daily quota.
We need to make a certain amount to cover wages, insurance the cost of the food we buy, not to mention how much stuff we will have to throw away because people didn't have the cash to pay for it.
If this was a larger scale emergency, I am sure all hell would have broke loose.
I keep 200 in small bills tucked away in my wallet for emergencies, keep in mind not everyone can break a big bill or may choose to lie about it if they think you are desperate enough.
Part of the problem is the Government and even the States, the people who work for HHS are in on the fraud.
To be fair, it just wasn't welfare people, it was everyone. Many of our business customers thought they had first dibs.
I think i'll ride the next one out, stay at home and read a book.
Bruuuuhahahahahahahaha.
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