Nosy cashier

I was at the grocery store today and when I had my wallet open to pull out my Safeway card and debit card, the cashier commented My you have a lot of cards, don't you. I think that is irresponsible of you in this economic climate.

My jaw dropped and I was struck speechless. I managed to recover and finish the transaction. I walked over to the service desk and asked to speak to a manager. When I told him what happened, he had that wait. WHUT? face that I am sure I made as well. He apologized and said he would speak to the cashier.

I am still speechless. Who the hell would make that kind of remark to a total stranger? Regardless of whether I had one credit card or one hundred.

and for the record, it consisted of a DL, two debit cards (brick and mortar account/ING account), two credit cards, one flex card and a bunch of store reward cards.