Army Dad Loses It When He Sees How Couple Pays For Groceries

Becoming Restless

Seeing how packed it was that day, he didn’t want to be in Walmart for longer than he had to. Mothers listlessly pushed their wailing children, and impolite people rammed into the back of Patrick’s heels with their shopping carts. It was about time to get out of there.

He didn’t know that the small action of pushing his meager portion of groceries to the checkout line and waiting to be served would completely spoil his day.

Luxury Items

Patrick wistfully noticed the two overfilled carts in front of him as the line of shuffling shover crawled forward. He made out every luxury item he could dream of teeming over in the two carts, from fresh steaks, cheese, butter, bacon, and shrimp, to lobster even.

As they started to unpack their goodies onto the counter, he mumbled to himself, “Must be nice.” He could not foresee that his next action would incite the wrath of thousands.

Astonished

It wasn’t unexpected when the number that flashed on the screen was a maddening $800 after the couple packed and totaled their groceries.

Patrick was utterly astonished when the man drew out his wallet to pay and opened it. He reached for an EBT card after pushing a wad of $100 bills aside.

A Special Card

For those unaware, an EBT card, otherwise known as an electronic benefits card, is an electronic food stamp system that permits state welfare departments to administer benefits through a payment card.

This was what the man used to pay for his luxury items. Patrick had witnessed enough and furiously tugged out his phone.

Not Fair

Patrick was angry that they could manage to pay for groceries themselves, despite it not being wrong that the couple was using an EBT card.

The unfairness of it all chewed at him as he watched. How could this be alright? It was then that he chose to do the unthinkable.

Incredulous

Patrick was in a rage, but he bit his tongue and snapped a picture. But wait… maybe he was too quick to judge, he thought, holding back his fury. 

After all, he couldn’t know what the couple’s situation was. But what he saw next in the Walmart parking lot was about to be the final straw.

Loading It All Up

The couple took some time to load the enormous amount of loot into the back of their car, so Patrick had already finished paying for his three bags of groceries when he passed them in the parking lot. 

Glancing to his right, he saw them again. This was a big mistake because he looked at the wrong time.

Regrets

The fact that these people were paying for their groceries with food stamps while they had fat stacks of cash in their wallets put Patrick into a state of rage, but he had already made peace with what he had just seen and had decided to shake it off. 

But that’s when he walked through the parking lot and saw the car they were driving. It was just too much. 

Taking To Social Media

The couple who had bought $800 worth of groceries were loading their loot into a brand-new Hyundai Genesis, a car which, according to Patrick, sells from between $15,000 to $20,000 more than his own family’s car. 

How had they possibly managed to afford a car like this while they were on welfare?

Big Mistake

To Patrick, this extra detail of the family driving an extravagant car around just added insult to injury. For those of you who don’t know much about cars, a brand-new Hyundai Genesis is a pretty nice car.

Sure, it’s no Tesla, but it’s a very expensive model of a respectable brand – and it’s certainly out of the price range of someone who would normally be on welfare. His blood was boiling as he took to Facebook to express his outrage.

Outrage

He began his rant on Facebook with: “Sorry, but I had to vent. The picture you see on the left is the amount of groceries, including diapers, that I was able to afford this pay period for my family…”

He continued: “wife, son, daughter, myself, which was paid in cash since I actually work hard for a living. The picture on the right is of the purchase in front of me in line.” But he didn’t end his rant there.

Injustice

“If you can’t tell in the picture, there are two full buggies of groceries, including such items like steak and some other very nice choices of food. Here’s the kicker. This purchase was made in food stamps,” Patrick continued.

“…Which I wouldn’t have a problem with if I didn’t see the person move their big fold of cash out of the way to get to the EBT card and then load them into the back of a brand new Hyundai Genesis.”

Justified?

“That is about 15k-20k more than my car,” Patrick wrote. Then he continued his rant, incredulous.

“I just thought I would take the time to tell this person/family that you are very welcome from all of us hard-working/ struggling to buy food Americans that have to foot the bill for your fancy steak feast… “

Not Fair

Patrick continued: “…while I skip breakfast and lunch every day so my wife and children have food to eat …because $50-$75 doesn’t go very far.”

He ends his post with a snarky comment, “So you enjoy your $800 free grocery purchase.” Needless to say, some Facebook users were as outraged as he was.