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This morning, I was in a 7/11 to pick up a packed lunch and I saw an old colleague. I paid for my food and then when I left, I heard him say to the nice checkout guy, "Lottery ticket please."
Tangent, I love the 7/11 checkout guys, btw. Okay, back on topic.
I then thought to myself... I would never have pictured him as a lottery man or gambling man. Then I thought, why not? Why couldn't he buy a lottery ticket? I then thought, what makes one buy a lottery ticket? Is it their personality? Is it their financial needs? Is it just boredom? Is it tradition? Is it a sense of hope?
I personally have never purchased a lottery ticket. Really, I never in my life bought a lottery ticket. When I was a kid, I may have bought one of those scratch and wins. But that was purely for boredom.
I then thought, why won't I buy a lottery ticket. What is so bad about the lottery. Is it something I would be embarrassed buying? Does buying a lottery ticket show a sign of desperation or of not being self-sufficient?
I then wondered, did that guy in 7/11 this morning try to wait for me to leave before asking for the ticket. He is normally a loud guy but he seemed to have asked for the lottery ticket, in a quiet tone, possibly as to stop me from hearing his request. Was he embarrassed for me to hear he was buying a lottery ticket? Do I think of him as different now? Should I?
Am I just looking into lottery tickets a bit too much?
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Our willingness to engage in vices can be in direct proportion to the value or disdain the public puts on our activity.
Witness those loathsome smokers on every street corner. How they slink out of their offices to smoke near the gutter.
Or the non-seatbelt wearers. How they slump in their seats. They're aware they'll soon be windshield hamburger, but they still don't buckle up.
And then there's the glorious lottery player. He who contributes to education and to the dreams of others. He who is a visionary. Lotteries are good. Long live the lottery.
Don't be a hater. Be a dreamer. Play the lottery, don't smoke, and buckle up.
Posted by: Jeff | February 17, 2009 10:17 AM
u are looking WAY to much into this
its a lottery ticket
Posted by: LOTTERY | February 17, 2009 11:49 AM
"lotteries are for the statistically challenged"
Posted by: squeegee | February 18, 2009 9:45 AM
"Lotteries are for the statistically challenged"...maybe people are embarrassed to admit their obtuseness
Posted by: squeegee | February 18, 2009 9:49 AM