Honest Employee at WalMart Makes My Day!

I'm amazed that for once that someone is actually being nice enough to
put forth a display of Gratitude. Now days so many people are more
then willing to give an attitude but never the actual gratitude that
is deserved.

Wow, a positive letter for once; and one that helped to renew my faith
in humanity just a little. ^^

Honestly, no-one should feel ashamed at needing a little help; if
there was a system in place to help the Single Income No Kids like me,
I'd take it as with the credit crunch and all, I'm struggling a bit at
the moment. However, there is no way that I'd ever steal someone's
vouchers; that to me is like taking food out of the mouths of
someone's children.

Yay! Glad to see there are still good, honest, helpful people in the
world-even at Wal-Mart! ;)

I am all for this letter making it to number one!!

Lately, I've been a bit pessimistic about were humanity is headed,
especially where consumer/employee interaction is concerned. But here
is the perfect example of an employee who cared, a customer who was
apreciative, and hopefully that will continue circling 'round and
'round.

Thanks so much for sharing this letter!!

If I needed to, I would use them. There is NOTHING wrong when you ask
for help when you NEED it. Now, I want to THUMP the people that DON'T
need WIC but use it. (Example, someone that has 8 kids by 8 different
dads and doesn't want to work. Just wants to use the system.) When
used CORRECTLY, it is a Help Up. May people get off it after a while.
I APPLOUD the people that are smart enough to know when they need a
little help.

I have two kids, both by the same father, my husband. When he lost
his job a year ago, the "fit hit the shan" so to speak and we were in
dire straits. My 401k (which I couldn't touch without quitting my job
or taking a 35% tax penalty, or both) kept us from getting any other
benefits, but we still qualified for WIC. Thank God. It's an awesome
program.
My husband and I both work, but we just don't make enough. We're not
working the system despite what SOME posters want to think.

Those eight kids still need to eat, even if their mother is unwilling
or incapable of making smart decisions.

WIC is one of the programs that is more difficult to exploit. it
doesn't give you cash, or anything else you can really sell for cash
with much success.

It lets you get things like juice, eggs, milk, cheese for the little
ones to make sure they eat healthy. Also for pregnant moms.

Personally, I would rather see the woman who keeps getting preggers on
purpose be on WIC than any other program out there, just because it
truly is hard to exploit that program.

Most people are honest. I've left my coupon holder in my shopping
cart at the supermarket at least a dozen times. There's no money in
it, but there are coupons and rainchecks. Every single time I go back
to retrieve it, it's waiting for me at the courtesy desk. Someone
always turns it in.

I'm so glad you got the voucher back, and thanks for sharing your
story!

This really needs to get to #1. We need more letters at the top that
are for nice things.

I got a rubber stamped reply today thanking me for my positive
feedback.
I'm going to take Bill R.'s suggestion below and send this via mail to
the store manager (whose name is conveniently printed on the top of my
receipt). the way this reply left me feeling was kind of like
"thanks...NEXT!"

Great letter, I am sure it made him feel good to have helped you:)

This is so nice of you to take the time to write this letter. And I
know "Eli" or whoever it was was just as happy to see this returned to
you.

How kind of you to take the time to thank this person for their
honesty.

One suggestion: In Ohio, WIC benefits can be put on a sort of "debit"
card, which allows the WIC consumer to use it at all participating
stores.

if your state offers this, you might want to partake. A card is swiped
thru the WIC machine and a PIN is needed. So, if someone HAD stolen
you card, they could not use it to obtain your child's benefits.

I'm sure that someone will be very happy to get this letter. On
behalf of retail workers everywhere - thanks for writing it!

W.H.,

Nice job relating your story.

I am not sure if WalMart accepts communications from third parties so
I suggest you send a copy to the store to the attenton of the Store
Manager.

Thanks for sharing.

BillR.