In september, I received a notice in the mail stating that there was going to be a "systemwide" shutdown of the EBT system. Now I do a majority of my grocery shopping at the Safeway on Market and Church St. I went into that said Safeway to purchase some food, and after standing in line for a good 30 minutes because they only had 2 Cashiers working (mind you each line had at least 10-15 people) they finally opened a 3rd line. As soon as I switch lines the courtesy clerk declaired that EBT was down due to its "systemwide shutdown". Mind you again, it is a full day and a half till that said time was to begin. That courtesy clerk INSISTED that the fliers they had and the notice I got in the mail were AGSOLUTELY WRONG.
Well I took my business the DeLano's (Calla) in the Castro. Guess what, my EBT card worked. So I took my receit and took it back to Safeway and INSISTED on talking to the Night shift Manager to prove that whoever told them that EBT was down, was WRONG, WRONG WRONG!!!
Now for the last 3 nights, plus 1 night earlier in the week, only that Safeway, had their EBT connections down. And I walk into safeway this morning to get something to drink, and what do I see on the doors:
"EBT System Connection is Down, Sorry for the Inconvienance, The Managers"
BIG PROBLEM AND DISCRIMINATION
