Now, I play the lottery. I'm not one who spends hundreds on scratchers, but I put in a few bucks in a week hoping to come out with something. However, I've had 2 instances where I was stuck in line because of some of these morons who probably spend hundreds a week on lotto tickets.
The first one was at a convienience store in a mall I frequent. I just wanted to buy 2 scratchers, but was behind this woman who was playing the daily games (pick 3 and pick 4). She must have been using some kind of system because she had 40 dollars worth of combos. Fine, if she wants to spend that much, be my guest, but lady please use the PLAYSLIPS to fill out your numbers before you make us wait an eternity. It not only makes it quicker, but I'm sure it makes it easier for the cashier who has type in the numbers individually on the computer system. I'm pretty sure the computer system is there in case a slip won't go through, but I have a hard time beleiving that out of 8+ playslips, none of them would go through.
The second one was at a grocery store. I'm pretty sure I only wanted a mega millions easy pick, but the elderly woman in front of me wanted her tickets checked. Fine, she had some scratchers and they were checked. I think she won 10 bucks on one of them because she wanted some more tickets afterwards. After getting those tickets, she proceeds to scratch them off at the counter! I mean, this must have been taking 10 minutes. The woman behind me was rolling her eyes at me, rightfully annoyed that this broad couldn't just scratch her tickets elsewhere and then come back to pick up her winnings (if any at all) No, she had to hold up everyone else, and waste the clerks time.
The first one was at a convienience store in a mall I frequent. I just wanted to buy 2 scratchers, but was behind this woman who was playing the daily games (pick 3 and pick 4). She must have been using some kind of system because she had 40 dollars worth of combos. Fine, if she wants to spend that much, be my guest, but lady please use the PLAYSLIPS to fill out your numbers before you make us wait an eternity. It not only makes it quicker, but I'm sure it makes it easier for the cashier who has type in the numbers individually on the computer system. I'm pretty sure the computer system is there in case a slip won't go through, but I have a hard time beleiving that out of 8+ playslips, none of them would go through.
The second one was at a grocery store. I'm pretty sure I only wanted a mega millions easy pick, but the elderly woman in front of me wanted her tickets checked. Fine, she had some scratchers and they were checked. I think she won 10 bucks on one of them because she wanted some more tickets afterwards. After getting those tickets, she proceeds to scratch them off at the counter! I mean, this must have been taking 10 minutes. The woman behind me was rolling her eyes at me, rightfully annoyed that this broad couldn't just scratch her tickets elsewhere and then come back to pick up her winnings (if any at all) No, she had to hold up everyone else, and waste the clerks time.
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