--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My local Kmart is unusually stupid, even for a shoddy and > > disorganized place like KM -- they post somebody at one exit door, > > but never at the other exit at the garden section, so I just use the > > unmonitored exit. Target is the least annoying place to shop, plus > > they never ask for ID when I use a credit card. > > >
> I accused the store manager of a Wal-Mart in a marginalized part of > town of racial profiling. I said that I was the only one who seemed > to be asked for my ID when I used a credit card. I said that the > other customers used credit cards and were never asked for ID. He > explained to me that the other customers we not using credit cards, > they were using Texas Star (welfare) debit cards and the PIN is used > for ID. > ******* The local WM here in SoCal has many self-service lanes, and I have never had the clerk who supervises the section-of-4-registers bother to come over and ask for ID, while they frequently do so at the manned registers. After all my pissing and moaning about WM, guess where I shopped today? Yeah, but I did use the selfserve lane...