"Do you think that the man in line behind you and the lady behind him want to buy you your cigarettes?"

The 65-year-old cashier who scolded the 20-year-old with the EBT card and refused to let him buy cigarettes.

The next day, the 20-year-old’s “foster mother” showed up at the Big Apple to complain about how her “son” had been mistreated. Jackie Whiton talked back again.

“I told her, ‘Use the money you get from the state to buy his cigarettes.’ She said, ‘Absolutely not.’ ”...

“He was very capable of working,” Jackie said, “so I told him to get a J-O-B.”

Whitton was fired.

Should Whiton have been fired?
	Yes, for talking to a customer like that, but her policy opinion is correct.
	No, she's a heroine, and all cashiers should do the same.
	Eh. It's complex. But don't fire her. Give her another chance, and fix the policy.
	Yes, and in fact customers should be allowed to buy what they want.
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By the way, were you familiar with the term "EBT card"? Do you know what the letters stand for? (I didn't.)