Posted by
The Melungeon on Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:04:43 PM
The things you see standing in line. I pull up to the AM/PM to fill my 1993 Jeep, ( In need of new tires and a tune up.) I stand there watching my childrens inhertiance click by. I lift my eyes toward the heaven and think to myself "WHAT THE HELL". I smile at the young lady oppisite me filling a brand new Tahoe, with the rear seat full of 4 to 5 children ranging in age, I would guess from 1 and 4, she smiles back. We both finish filling, our global warming SUVs, about the same time, we proceed to the cashier, me being the gentlemen my parents raised, let her go ahead of me, she reach into her purse and pulls out a wad of money ( From where I was I could make out five Ben Franklins, five or six Grants and a whole bunch of them Jacksons. She pays for her gas with a Ben Franklin and gets two packs of smokes too. Doing all of this without uttering a word, but with a language of pointing and head bobs. I pay with a crumpled up Ben which I had tried to save as long as I could and get my free 20 oz soda, because my free card is full ( Dam its my lucky day.). I loaf around town looking at things, I can't afford, ( Payin off my Childrens college loans, because this old redneck made to much to get the Federal Grants). I remember that we need some Milk, so I pull into the Safeway and to do the milk thing. Here I am waiting in line again, I noticed the young lady that I had seen before, she is pushin a cart full to the brim with the staples of life. She is unloading her cart and cashier is pushing the items towards the bagger, the beeping of the IPCs is deafing. Finally the beeping ends and the total is given. Thank god I have good eye sight and hearing, me not being nosey, I just happened to over here the amont $510 and 28 cents. I wait for her to pull out that wad of bills to pay, but what to my eyes appear, USDA Food Stamps. I almost dropped my Moo Juice. There she was in find threads and driving a brand new Tahoe, and paying with USDA Food Stamps. I lift my eyes to the Heaven, shake my head and think to myelf "What The Hell " . I hear the woman speak in Spanish to another woman as rips the hard earned money right out of my wallet and she is robbing me and doesn't even know it, but I guess they do. WHAT THE HELL