Clear Case of Discrimination at Walgreens

You should not take this so personally. The Walgreens register rewards
coupons have cost Walgreens a ton of personnel. Stores across the
country fired tons and tons of cashiers for using the register reward
coupons duplicitly. If you think they treated you, the customer like
crap, you should see how they treat some of their longstanding help
and some of their help. Of course you have probably noticed the
psychotic turnover at your local Walgreens.

not getting your way is not the same thing as discrimination.

This is not discrimination. It is a coupon policy, plain and simple.

Imagine how I felt being told that I could not have a job for which I
was otherwise qualified because I had visible tattoos on my arms? I
called the ACLU among others and always got the same response;

I'll never forget that. Discrimination is based on only 8 major
areas! Imagine that. Just because someone refuses to honor coupons
because they feel people abuse them is not discrimination! Asking
about welfare is not discrimination, acting on it or denying you
something because you are on it is. hmmm go figure. He did not deny
your coupon based on the fact you are on welfare did he? No. He did
state "IN THE SPIRIT OF THE COUPON" and I'm sure you broke the spirit
by using two people and two coupons...sneaky, very sneaky! You knew
how to get over on that system real quick on the spot huh? To me you
broke the spirit and intention...I personally would have run you out
of the store. Managers or stores have the discretion of NOT honoring
anything in thier stores...UNLESS they are being discrimintory, which
they weren't. Don't shop there anymore. Here is the definition of
DISCRIMINATION;

Unlawful discrimination can be characterized as direct or subtle.
Direct discrimination involves treating someone less favorably because
of their possession of an attribute (e.g., sex, age, race, religion,
family status, national origin, military status, disability), compared
with someone without that attribute in the same circumstances. An
example of direct discrimination would be not offering a job to a
woman because she is likely to take maternity leave whereas a man is
not. Indirect or subtle discrimination involves setting a condition or
requirement which a smaller proportion of those with the attribute are
able to comply with, without reasonable justification. The U.S. case
of Griggs v. Duke Power Company[2] provides an example of indirect
discrimination, where an aptitude test used in job applications was
found "to disqualify Negroes at a substantially higher rate than white
applicants".

My wish is people will quit using the term DISCRIMINATION for things
they are refused without knowing truly what discrimination is!

I have never been allowed to use more than one of the catalina coupons
during a shopping trip at any Walgreens store. I have been told many,
many, many times that the rule is one catalina coupon per shopping
trip.

Discrimination? No, poor service, plain and simple.

This likely isn't discrimination, just another store employee and
manager who doesn't understand how coupons are supposed to work.
There are letters here all the time about this problem. People who
aren't on government assistance get the same hassles.

He said "don't take it personally," but it sounds like you did. The
main issue in this letter is how the coupons are redeemed. You
brought in this discrimination business, but it isn't clear how it
came up or fits. As far as welfare, I don't see exactly when that
came up or in what context. It was somewhere in a discussion of
prescriptions, which is a separate issue. I think you should
concentrate on challenging the coupon policy and not throw out the
discrimination charge.

Register Rewards are "very complicated" (according to the Savvy
Shopper at SavvyShpperDeals), and it would take 5 minutes for someone
who knows (not I) to explain how they work. I think there is a
Walgreen's employee here who can help explain.

Are these RR coupons for specific items or a specific brand? If so,
I'm not sure you can combine them.

They may have a liberal policy, but it has rules and they don't give
stuff away. I would expect the manager to know them. It would be
interesting to know exactly what the coupons were for and what the
fine print said.

On the subject of banning you from the store, they can do that but the
discussion that led to that was not included in the letter. It was
like "Oh, by the way, I said you can't shop here." They usually don't
do that unless something bad occurred.

I'm afraid this complaint is as complicated as the Register Rewards
program.