PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland woman says a grocery store wouldn’t let her pay for her family’s food because she was paying for it with loose change.
“Jean” was too embarrassed to show her face or use her real name, but she wanted people to hear her story.
“We had nothing to feed our children with,” she said. “So we broke out the change.”
Jean said she brought $32 in quarters to Save-a-Lot in Southeast Portland. After she grabbed her groceries, she waited until the checkout line cleared so she could pay.
“And when I went up, I told them, you know ‘I have change. Sorry, it’s hard times right now.’ And they go, ‘well we can only accept $5,'” Jean said.
“It’s money,” she added. “Money’s money.”
For the complete story visit http://www.katu.com/news/local/133019318.html (something about copyright).
A terrible story, what happened to this lady.
Thanks to the Manager of Fred Meyer who was willing to pay for this outta his or her own pocket.
This should NOT have been an issue to start with, but you gotta work on preventative communication.