To the guy at Costco taking back returned items while praising Trump for "sending us all $8,000 checks" FUCK YOU.

[PeaceWave]

Elon Musk (Not Donald Trump) pulls out of his ass a proposal to send every American a check for $8,000 (in exchange for what is anyone's guess). Less than 24 hours later, I'm at Costco returning a pair of pants that won't fit my own fat ass - An aspirational purchase justified by Costco's lack of dressing rooms. During the return, I make an innocuous comment about prices going up. The clown at the register comes back with "No worries. Donald Trump's going to be sending us all stimulus checks for $8,000. That should help." If I wanted the furtherance of misinformation, I'd go stand in the line designated "Idiots form a line here." But, I don't. I just want you to process my fucking return. THIS is the world we currently live in. 24 hours is all it takes for fiction to become fact in the minds of the masses.

[sop]

1. "An aspirational purchase justified by Costco's lack of dressing rooms."

Very nice...

[Prairie Gates]

15. ...

[AltairIV]

2. rest easy...

...he'll soon be in for a huge disappointment.

[malthaussen]

35. You know, that is not exactly a consolation. Or shouldn't be.

Schadenfreude is all very well and good, but crowing because others will soon be suffering too is what got us into this mess in the first place. Seems to me, there is an inconsistency about complaining that other people are willing to cut off their nose to spite their face... and then being gleeful that all, soon, will be noseless.

-- Mal

[Walleye]

3. The first proposal was a $5000 check, of course they always have to pad their numbers, so I guess this is inflation

Next week they will be talking about giving everybody a $10,000 check. We will never see a penny of course.

[Probatim]

7. They'll be cutting the checks in two weeks...

If Elmo says it, it must be true.

[malthaussen]

37. Why not, they're cutting everything else. n/t

[rubbersole]

11. Yeah. The same guys that changed a 'million' to a 'billion' because it sure sounded better.

[XanaDUer2]

4. The only reason he said that

Was due to sinking approval ratings. No one is getting a check. Maybe for a paltry amount

[Wonder Why]

13. I got a check! Of course, it was a Morman stopping by to check if I was interested.

[madinmaryland]

25. So did I. My $5,000 check from George Soros.

[Prairie Gates]

5. ...

[dem4decades]

6. I would have laughed in his face and told him he was a sucker.

[KT2000]

8. A checker in tears

because some RW blowhard came through her line spouting maga hate nonsense. She could not say anything or leave her station. The medical clinic I go to has signs telling people they have to be respectful of others and then they list what is not acceptable. GUess we all have to do this.

[intheflow]

9. I would have told him to get a job at Walmart.

Like, does he realize his job is more secure because of Costco's DEI policies has solidified a customer base that hates Trump? Idiot is right.

At the very least, I would have told the guy's supervisor that he was promoting a particular political worldview that doesn't jibe with Costco's stated customer service goals and DEI efforts.

[Demobrat]

14. I would have written down his name

and put a polite but scathing review up on Yelp with the date and time. And emailed his bosses. But I'm vicious like that. I don't like confrontation and won't be forced to engage in it by idiots. But I do have my say.

[roamer65]

10. Krasnov and Eloon are panicking about the crashing economy.

That means I need to squeeze out even more cuts to my budget.

Time to double down.

[Nasruddin]

12. They don't yet have the military fully in place

to suppress a disaffected population

[roamer65]

31. They never will.

Our military will fracture, if we don’t have a military coup first.

[Demobrat]

16. On the upside,

maybe the moron will go another $8000 in debt thinking the check to cover it is in the mail.

[markodochartaigh]

17. Costco has a great return policy.

But there are some rules. After the first wave of covid had passed there was a sign outside of Costco informing customers that toilet paper could no longer be returned. I was dumbfounded. I had no idea that you even could return toilet paper! All these years I have been flushing it.

[chouchou]

23. I'm pretty sure they expect you to wash it first. I used to but quite frankly, it's a pain in the ass,

Excuse the pun.

[boonecreek]

18. Oh that sweet summer child.

Is he in for a letdown.

[Silver Gaia]

19. Could he possibly have been being sarcastic?

I could see that being said in jest, which is why I ask. Around here, that would likely be the case. It does seem out of place at Costco given their customer base. Hey, just a thought...

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

20. Probably too late

but I'd leave a note for the store manager. Don't even have to say anything more than 'the employee at the return desk, Doofus (they wear name badges) was talking politics with me. I come to Costco to shop not talk about that stuff.' Pretty sure the employee would hear about it.

[twodogsbarking]

21. The check will bounce if trumpo signs it.

[bucolic_frolic]

22. How does DOGE checks reduce the deficit????

I guess I don't understand finance.

[chowder66]

24. That "check" is probably in lieu of Social Security.

The rest of the earned benefit will be stolen to pad their pockets.

[Cirsium]

26. Asymmetrical information warfare

The right wingers have been waging asymmetrical information warfare for a long time, and it has gotten worse and worse with social media fanning the flames and giving them lessons on how to be a bully.

Out of politeness, courtesy, respect, etc. many of us just ignore the relentless provocation from the right wing cultists. They think nothing of inserting little nasty talking points into every situation and every conversation. It is bullying, in fact I think that is the entire appeal of MAGA - it gives people license to bully other people, and teaches them exactly how to do it.

[hamsterjill]

27. Wait a minute?

The clown was a Costco employee? Or another customer returning something?

If he was an employee, I would have immediately asked to see the manager. I don’t pay a damn membership fee there to put up with that kind of crap.

[Initech]

29. Yeah you get a one time $8,000 check. Elon gets your retirement money, and Big Balls gets all your personal data.

Fuck Elon. That man is pure fucking evil.

[bluesbassman]

38. Yeah, that'll be in the fine print contained in the QR code on the back of the check.

Eloon will sell you an app to read for a nominal $8,000 cost.

[bucolic_frolic]

30. Is the company OK with that? /nt

[Wiz Imp]

33. Let's presume the $8000 would go to each taxpayer (or household that files a tax return)

That would be over 150,000,000 checks for $8000 each. That would cost $1.2 trillion. Musk's latest claim is they "hope" to find $1 trillion is savings (which is a joke in and of itself). And they are not backing off the $4.5 Trillion tax giveaway for billionaires. So tell me again how spending almost $6 trillion while cutting $1 trillion is going to reduce our national debt?

[yaesu]

34. Let's hope they gave all their bank account info to the phishing site the email sent them to. Nt

[JoseBalow]

36. Oh, do you think you'll be getting some of their stolen loot? How cute!

[twodogsbarking]

39. Musk and his group sent me a $100 check last fall. I never cashed it. By law I believe he is required to

surrender my check to Uncllaimed Property in Pa. Then I can request the $100 when they post it. Think that will happen? I could be wrong about the law. If If so, let me know.