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 someone loses a job or becomes widowed that's different. If
someone chooses to have children with a substance abuser or the
chronically unemployed then they are idiots.

that some people work the system. WIC, though, is probably one of the
hardest systems to "work". Basically it's free groceries and you can
only get what's on your list. They are uber strict in terms of what
brands, types, and sizes you can get.
It's specifically geared to pregnant/nursing mothers and kids 5 and
under. You get milk, eggs, cheese, peanut butter, cereal, juice,
thinks like that. Under every heading, there's a very strict list of
what brands and sizes you can get.
You can get formula, too, but I never used that. I have heard,
though, of people breaking into cars just to steal the formula checks.
Risking jail time for a voucher that's worth maybe $25-$30. What an
example to set for the kids you're supposedly doing it for!

I agree 110% katseyes! I figure folks have a right to make as big a
mess out of their own lives as they choose.

However, when they start bringing children into that mess, it really
gets my back up.


That said, I dont think we should deny WIC to those kids. Not their
fault, and we need them to grow up healthy so they can escape from the
mess their parent(s) put them in.

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.