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Originally Posted by Sly
It's hardly staring and it's not even remotely close to looking over somebody's shoulder when they are typing in a pin number.
You are standing there waiting in line looking forward. The person in front of you is pulling out their wallet, their purse, their checkbook, whatever. You would need to purposely look away and close your eyes not to notice. Furthermore, you often hear the cashier say "I'm sorry ma'am, that cannot be purchased with your XYZ card." And that isn't eavesdropping, that is sitting there being a normal person standing 2 feet from another.
I also notice when the person in front of me is buying a beer that I like. Whoa!
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I live in the same state as Harmon and not a particularly wealthy area. The only way I've known that someone was on food stamps was when someone verbally mentioned it. This has probably happened less than 1% of the time and is rare.
I know I don't keep track of who is using American Express to pay versus Discover. It seems to me that it takes a certain type of person to sit there and stare and keep track of who is buying what and which card they are using to pay. I'm guessing the people who notice are probably already looking for political or some other reasons. I doubt normal people often do this. Myself I might notice if they use cash or credit but that's about it. And I'm certainly not making an effort to check if they are using food stamps and then to critique which items they buy. I mean do people who do this also check to see how many women in front of you are buying tampons too?
I think it just shows you as a certain type of person to do this and to then make comments about it online.