- Weather: 51° Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 51F. Windsat 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of snow Monday night
- Satmar Rebbe Rav Aaron calls for a yom tefillah and fast day this Tuesday ז ' אדר after a fire destroyed 2 sifrei Torah and many pairs of tefillin in the BM in Yerushalayim. A levaya for the tashmishei kedusha will take place tomorrow evening
- Expect heavy traffic at the stores for Purim shopping
- Lakewood cheder plans new schools building in Jackson for the elementary school. Faa reports the cheser bought a 12 acer property for $2.1 Million near the Flair neighborhood off of Brewers Bridge Road. More Here
- Mesivta Ohr Chaim Meir Chanukas Habayis tonight 8pm at 1065 W. Cross street
- If you receive SNAP, Medicaid, or other qualifying government assistance, you can save more with Amazon Prime Access. For half the price.
- If you bring your own box to shop in a store you may have to box it yourself at the register. A manager at a local store has not allowed the baggers to package the groceries since the customer brought their own box and did not purchase it there.
-Terror attack in Israel 2 brothers killed R"L: Two Israelis were murdered on Sunday in a terrorist shooting attack in the town of Huwara in the northern West Bank. The terrorist used a car to ram into an Israeli vehicle that was driving and shot them from point blank range The two victims were confirmed to be brothers Hillel Menachem and Yigal Yaakov Yaniv HYD.
- Girls that applied for high school and did not get an answer yet should reach out to their elementary school as they are the ones taking the responsibility in placing the girls after mixed messages from the placement vaad.
- The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress. Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory. (WSJ)
I don’t believe the story about the store manger. Not true.
ReplyDeleteMy freind had their box unpacked after the manager noticed it was not from the store. It is a chutzpa that the stores are charging for the boxes in the first place only because they are no longer providing shopping bags. They never charged before the plastic bag ban but now are taking advantage of it to force people to pay for the boxes.
ReplyDeleteYour story doesn't make sense. No store manager would anger a customer like that and lose business. On several occasions, I've used a box from a different store, and nobody ever had a problem. There's usually a cart right next to my car, so I place the box which is already in my trunk into the cart and bring it in. No reason to waste yiddishe gelt, even if it's only 1 or 2 dollars. There's goota be more to the story...
DeleteJust maybe the chosheve store manager wasn't as big a lamden and didn't think about the backlash
DeleteThey should do something like every $50 entitles you to one free box. it's good business, and feels petty when I spend $300 on a big shopping and they penny pinch me for a piece of cardboard. One store will take my advice and I"h see tremendous ashirus.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea. Sounds like a win-win.
DeleteYou mean $55.00. Someone gotto pay for that expensive box.
DeleteYou also meant $320.00 for the same reason.
Could someone explain why suddenly a box costs a dollar? And the bag the store pays 5 cents for costs 20 cents. Could someone explain?
ReplyDeleteSoon the grocery stores are going to put meters in the parking lots
Deletethe store pays 60 cents a box . call any box company say you want 5000 boxes see the price
DeleteWhy is this the business of the Energy Department?
ReplyDeleteStores charge for boxes because we pay. If we all got together and only patronized those that don't, they'd all follow suit.
ReplyDeleteThere are no stores that don’t charge for boxes so if you boycott those that do you won’t have what to eat.
ReplyDeleteWhat about a quarter to use a 🛒
ReplyDeleteThere was a 50 anniversary dinner last night for Passaic yeshiva. No bell works or other bells and whistles, typical of R Meir Stern.
ReplyDeleteApparently, the Agudahs view per a recent interview - the bag ban is a joke - Had Ciattarelli actually ran on something that resonates with the average tax payer he may actually be the governor today... These big org. and politicians are completely out of touch with the average joe -Trump in 2016 tapped into the average joe who was upset at illegal immigrants stealing jobs and programs or the Muslims coming into the country unchecked. bags may seem like a small nuisance but when it affects people pretty much every single day of their lives it ain't so small of an issue anymore..
ReplyDeletePerhaps .But if that is your biggest issue..
DeleteLike 60 percent of Americans pay no income tax yet they are always talking about how it can be lowered.. What exactly makes something a Big issue? When theyanage to get a couple of $ for some program oh wow! Is it always about the exact dollar amount? The bag ban is a huge inconvenience or daily expense for every single person in this state - I think it's a pretty big issue - getting 250.00 rebates for every family agudah would be proud to accomplish - the boxes and bags may easily add up to that a year...
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