She says she’s not proud of using food stamps to buy food. 28-year-old Cindy Nerger and her hubby are feeling the recession and who can blame them. Nerger had to stop working because she’s been on daily 12-hour dialysis treatments for kidney failure since 2008 and is waiting for a kidney transplant. Her husband is a carpenter and owns his own business but work is on and off so she became eligible for Medicare and Social Security Supplemental Income. According to WMAZ: …Nerger went grocery shopping. When she got to the register there was a problem. “He told me I owed him 10 dollars and some change. I am not exactly sure what it was, but I told him, I said I am sorry sir, but there is nothing in my cart that is not covered by food stamps,” said Nerger. She and the Kroger employees went back and forth about this for half an hour when a manager acknowledged was right about the purchase all along. “I was upset, so, I was like, you know, I told you that it was covered under food stamps, you know, so, there was no need for all of this, you know, and he said, “Well excuse me that I work for a living and don’t rely on food stamps like you,” Nerger said. The comment humiliated her, she said. “I honestly was angry. I was angry at first, but it turned into tears because when I turned around and I saw the people there I was like, oh my goodness, and I just started crying,” said Nerger. “I didn’t want to have to go there, you know, nobody wants to have to ask somebody for for help, but it got to the point it was either ask for help or starve,” said Nerger. “We deeply regret that a Kroger customer had an unpleasant shopping experience. Kroger is conducting an ongoing investigation, and look forward to resolving the customer’s concern. We hope she will continue to shop at Kroger in the future.” Nerger said she was contacted by Kroger’s corporate office about the incident. She says they offered her a $15 gift card for her to come back. “I told them, ‘No thank you.” We wish all the self-righteous folks out there would take a seat. Images via WMAZ/Facebook
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In White Folks News: Woman In Georgia Ridiculed For Using Food Stamps By Store Manager
