Last night at around 3:30 am I had a guy and girl in their mid to late 20s come back to my department to "purchase" a 42 inch plasma TV, an X-Box, and a Toshiba laptop. Totaled up to a little over $1200. The girl wrote out a check and for I.D. she gave me both a Medicare and Medicaid card. After holding back the urge to laugh in their face, I refused the check and told them I needed a photo I.D. to accept the check. They gave me the old "we're gonna go out to our car and drive off as fast as we can...I mean see if she can find her I.D." line. That was the last I saw of them. Their check, and the two medical cards were still next to the cash register. About 20 minutes later (after the check and medical cards were locked in a management office awaiting the arrival of the local police department) I get a call from someone claiming to have the same name as what is on the check and the cards. She claims that she is in a hospital 50 miles away and that was her daughter and son-in-law who were out doing her Christmas shopping for her.

I hate people that try to rip me off but I hate people who not only try to rip me off but also must think I am the biggest idiot to ever set foot on this planet even more. I'm in my mid 40s. I don't have Medicare or Medicaid, you MENSAnites are at least 15 years younger than me. What is wrong with this picture? I am sure stores are filled with people doing Christmas shopping for sick relatives 50 miles away at 3:30 AM. The sad thing is I will probably have at least one encounter of this sort every night between now and Christmas. If I ever start my own retail chain I will install trap doors under every register for these type of occasions.