I was working the cigarette register at the grocery store. This older man was sharing bible verses with the younger male next in line. He may have been part of an AME church. Really evangelical. He asked the younger man, "How many kids you sire." The younger man (mid 20's) said he got six kids. I wasn't sickened about that. Women aren't well bred sows
Does your store allow customers to punch in their card numbers and pin? What is the company policy? Thank you for the intel. Researching something for an ongoing investigation involving manual entry of EBT card numbers.
Just wondering what life is like when you decide to have just one child.
The new chip embedded EBT cards have helped reduce the theft of EBT benefits in Alabama. These cards are difficult to skim. Convenience stores are not having issues with skimmers! Clients are keeping their cards locked and the cards won't process out of state transactions. They can be unlocked for out of state purchasing, but many Alabamians don't travel that much.
Every state needs chip EBT cards. I hope the other states follow suit and upgrade to chip cards soon!
The grocery stores allow customers to type in EBT card numbers that do not belong to them. The customers traded stolen goods for EBT purchased food. They go to the cash register and flash a busted up EBT card to the cashier. The cashier sets up the transaction as hand key EBT. The customer is wearing an ear bud and the person on the phone is reading them their EBT card numbers and pin. The transaction finishes. The person on the phone says, "You done? Send me a pic of the receipt." After confirning the sale is made, the person on the phone locks their EBT card. Then the customer with the groceries drops off the stolen make-up, stolen Dove soap, and the other items they agreed upon. TRAFFICKING! The EBT card holder might be low on food funds, so they just steal it at self check.
Grocery stores need to STOP allowing customers to type in their card numbers. If they really do have a damaged EBT card, the cashier types in the numbers. The customer is given privacy to enter their pin. After the transaction is finished, they can lock their card with the connectEBT app or the EBTedge app. No one at the store is going to be able to steal their account numbers. The cashier has no access to the pin. The cashier can't steal funds from a locked card.
IF THIS MAKES YOU MAD THEN TELL YOUR CONGRESSMAN! They can tell the grocery store managers they need to follow USDA policy. STOP ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO PUNCH IN THE CARD NUMBERS! THE CASHIER TYPES THEM IN FROM THE PHYSICAL CARD!!! EBT card holders cannot legally trade their benefits. Especially when it involves stolen merchandise!
Thank you for the chance to vent!
I bumped a button in my app and now it's Spanish. How do I flip my app back to English? I do not speak Spanish.
DOES THIS MEAN THE CASHIER TYPES IN THE NUMBERS?
Hey! I used to work for DG. Four self checks at a big store. There was a flaw in the system. If some attempted to swipe their damaged EBT card, it triggered a response: "Card error, manually enter card numbers?" The customer could then punch in their numbers and pin. No cashier needed to approve. People with an earbud could type in numbers that did not match the card. The person on the phone would be telling them the numbers. It was really wierd. They had A card but it wasn't THE card. Trafficking?
Tell me this glitch has been fixed at DG
All handkey goes through a manned cash register now? Some verification for damaged EBT cards?