Anyone upset about food stamps is scum

[laundry_queen]

94. If you can't afford shrimp

but CAN afford a cart full of vegetables, then you are the world's worst bargain shopper.

A bag of shrimp on sale at my local grocery store (And keep in mind I'm in Canada where prices are significantly higher than most US places) is $3 or $4 and at Walmart (ick, I know) it's $9 regular price for a JUMBO bag that lasts 2 meals for me and my 4 kids. A bag of apples? $6. A head of romaine lettuce? $2. A bag of carrots? $2. 1 cucumber? $2. A gallon of milk - $4.50. An effing 5lb bag of potatoes $6. Shrimp is not horribly expensive so stop acting like it's some huge luxury. IT's cheaper than ground beef where I am. But even so, I don't care if she was buying a bag of crab legs for $30. You don't know what the circumstances are. I can dream up many situations where the shrimp is not some sort of irresponsible purchase, even if it was expensive:

Maybe they can't afford a gift for their kid so the only thing the kid asked for was a nice meal of shrimp for their birthday.
Maybe they are entertaining their boss and their job depends on it.
Maybe their child's foods class at school requires it (my dd took 'foods' as an option and had to cook us a specific meal for grading as her final project)
Maybe a relative is at home sick and dying and asked for shrimp (read this in a non-fiction book once - some guy ran to the store to buy his dying daughter rootbeer because that is what she wanted. It happens)
Maybe they only recently lost their job and they are attending a potluck with relatives/friends and someone asked them to bring a shrimp-based dish and they didn't want to be embarrassed.

Do I need to go on?
Whoever taught you patience should teach you some tolerance too. If you are too hard up to buy shrimp occasionally, then YOU need to look into food stamps and stop projecting your situation on others.
For shame.