The headline read; EBT (Food Stamp) Glitch packs two Louisiana Wal-Mart stores. The story goes on to tell how a Xerox computer glitch resulted in EBT cards reading NO LIMIT at Wal-Mart stores in Springhill and Mansfield, Louisiana Saturday morning. Word spread quickly and within a half hour, both stores were packed with folks stuffing carts with food to be charged against their now unlimited food stamp accounts. Before the glitch was corrected the shelves in the stores were emptied. When the glitch was corrected and true account levels were restored, the “shoppers,” who had not yet checked out, just left their loaded carts in the store aisles and went home. Does it bother anyone that a huge group of folks decided it was o.k. to take all they could, even though they knew they didn’t really have the right to do so? Whatever happened to honesty? When we were in elementary school in Taylor, Mrs. Gordon taught us about Honest Abe. He was called Honest Abe because of several incidents in his life where he went above and beyond to maintain his reputation for honesty. My favorite is the story of Abraham Lincoln who, when working as a clerk in a store in New Salem, accidentally took 6 1/4 cents too much from a customer. That night when the store closed, he walked three miles to return the womans money. We don’t know how many EBT users chose to not rush to Wal-Mart Saturday and act like Wall Street Bankers, grabbing all the “ill gotten” gains they could. But I’m sure some, maybe even a majority, chose to be honest. Too bad we’ll only hear about the thieves that raided those stores Saturday.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 01:20:02 +0000
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