The cashier who judged my grocery cart full of beans and rice
Last Tuesday at the Kroger on 5th, I had a cart stacked with 12 bags of dried pinto beans, 8 pounds of rice, and a big jar of cheap salsa. The lady scanning my stuff looks at me and says, 'You know they have canned beans right, honey?' with this smirk like I was too dumb to cook. I told her the dried ones cost about 80 cents a pound versus 2 bucks a can, and my family eats on this for a week for under 15 dollars total. She just shrugged and moved on, but it stuck with me how quick people assume poor means lazy. I'm not mad exactly, just tired of explaining that a little prep time saves us a chunk each month. Anyone else get side comments when you're clearly stocking up on the cheap stuff? What do you say back without being rude?