| site links |
|
:: home :: archive :: donate :: rss feed :: about site :: bend forums :: bend blogs :: sh.orty :: welcome to bend |
| advertisements |
|
|
| about |
|
UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 30-year-old dad, percussionist, freelance Web designer, consultant and jack-of-all-trades computer geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the IT Director and Ad Designer at both Sunray and Discover Sunriver. He has LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him.
Opinions and comments on this site are the opinions of the author, not the author's employer, family, friends or pets. This site is powered by Movable Type and is hosted by orty.com. Internet connection provided by Bend BroadBand. Since December 1st, 2002, there have been 5255 entries. Visitors to this blog have posted 16470 comments. If you're reading this, you have too much time on your hands. |
| support us |
|
|
Your Learn Something New Every DaySo I head to the store for a caffiene run. Walk up to the counter with my straight-from-the-tap caffiene of choice, and the lady behind the checkstand was getting trained. So I listen in, and they say that if I hadn't put my straw in my cup, I could've used food stamps on my soda, but since I put my straw into my cup, I couldn't (not that I was using food stamps, but she was getting trained). The trainer nor the trainee had any idea why that was the case, but that's just what they were told. Anybody have a clue? Posted by Jake on 11/14/06 @ 11:39 AM
Posted in Interesting | 4 Comments | Permalink Submit to digg, del.icio.us, reddit, or stumbleupon 4 CommentsRick said on 11/14/06 @ 11:56 AM:Food stamps can only be used for non-prepared foods, or something like that. They can sell you the coffee, as long as its not ready to drink, i suppose. The same reason that the local mini-mart says you can't use their microwave if you want to use food stamps. monkeyinabox said on 11/14/06 @ 12:39 PM: Yep, nothing hot. No deli fried chicken, but 25 candy bars? Yep. The idea is that you shouldn't be able to consume the product on the premises, otherwise it's no different than a restuarant, which doesn't accept food stamps. Richy C. said on 11/16/06 @ 11:44 AM: It's similar in the UK. We have VAT (Value Added Tax) on most items except "essential foodstuffs". If you go into a McDonalds, you can have a milkshake to "drink in" at one price, but if you take it away, you get a discount as milk is a "essential foodstuff" which you may be carrying home. chandu said on 11/24/06 @ 03:48 AM: There is no such thing here in India. You can just use it for everything the shop or mall sells provided the shop accepts it atall. Post a comment |
What are you doing down here? Don't you have something better to do? Like Go Back To The Top of the page, or even see who created this site? This site is © 2001 - 2008 by the Utterly Boring folks at UtterlyBoring.com. Steal my content, as I probably did, too, just link to my site or the original site. Batteries not included. One size fits all. Not for off-road use. Not for internal use. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. Technorati Profile.
