"You Need To Stop Asking!"

[ralerin]

Side note: At Aid of Rite, we are running the Children's Miracle Network fund and also having to push the new "Healthiness + " card that's basically like "BVS"'s card except with the addition of coupons for free blood tests and health screenings at a certain diagnostics center. Our card works on a point based system. For every dollar they earn a point; for a prescription, they earn 25 points.

125-375: free screenings for blood glucose and cholesterol at each 125 they spend.

500: free health screenings and 10% off all front end purchases excluding tobacco, alcohol, gift cards, money orders/transfers/Western union and prescriptions.

1000: 20% off all front end purchases with the exception of the stuff included above.

So far I've got people bitching about why they haven't gotten their discounts yet, why didn't I tell them about this, why didn't you scan my card, what do you MEAN I need to give you my phone number, screw you I don't want your card, etc, etc, etc.

DM has forced us to ask everyone for both CMN and the "Healthiness +" card, and apparently one of our regulars got annoyed when I asked and started bitching at me to stop asking about the fscking children and the fscking card, why do I always ask him, stop asking him! I told him that the orders come directly from corporate.

"I don't care! You need to stop asking!"

"I can't, it comes from corporate!"

What part of "I can't" do you not get you old crab?

[Exaspera]

How dare you ask them an extra question in order to interfere with their important and very busy lives with something for free!?

[ottid]

Could you not just skip it for this one customer, who doesn't appear to care about corporate? On lotto we are to wish everyone "Good luck" in some way or another when they purchase tickets. At my old store we had a regular customer who would ask for new tickets if you wished him good luck. I have no idea why, the tickets have been determined before I said anything, but I guess maybe he won a sizeable amount one time the person didn't wish him good luck...

[Andara Bledin]

At my old store we had a regular customer who would ask for new tickets if you wished him good luck. I have no idea why, the tickets have been determined before I said anything, but I guess maybe he won a sizeable amount one time the person didn't wish him good luck...

For the same reason you tell actors to "break a leg." Three of the most superstitious groups in the world are actors, athletes, and gamblers.

And there are some who subscribe to a more Shroedinger belief that nothing is determined until whatever it is has been revealed. Of course, if you're logical about it, it doesn't matter which one you have, if you're meant to win, you'll win regardless of the ticket you pick.

^-.-^

[Pagan]

For the same reason you tell actors to "break a leg." Three of the most superstitious groups in the world are actors, athletes, and gamblers.

Or you never say the name of the "Scottish play".

And there are some who subscribe to a more Shroedinger belief that nothing is determined until whatever it is has been revealed.

First encountered his cat in a Douglas Adams book. And now they keep mentioning it on "Big Bang Theory".

[Andara Bledin]

First encountered his cat in a Douglas Adams book. And now they keep mentioning it on "Big Bang Theory".

I have a t-shirt that says "Schroedinger's cat is dead." on the front and "Schroedinger's cat is alive." on the back. I'd rather it were the other way around, but as it is, it suits me very well.

My first introduction was as the titular character in a Heinlein novel.

^-.-^

[draco664]

First encountered his cat in a Douglas Adams book. And now they keep mentioning it on "Big Bang Theory".

I was always fond of Terry Pratchett's version.

Three states. Alive. Dead. Or bloody furious.

[Marmalady]

I generally find that Terry Pratchett's version of anything is pretty much accurate. Bless him.

[MetalSeagull]

On lotto we are to wish everyone "Good luck" in some way or another when they purchase tickets. At my old store we had a regular customer who would ask for new tickets if you wished him good luck.

I'd never be so ridiculous as to ask for a new ticket, but I do cringe a little when someone when someone wishes me good luck on a lottery ticket. Inside my head I hear it as, "Good luck. You idiot. You just threw away a dollar and we both know it."

[Seshat]

Nope - you spent the dollar on entertainment.

Budget a set amount for entertainment. Never spend more than that amount on gambling (and if you DO blow it all on gambling, well, you can't go to Blockbuster either).

[draco664]

I'd never be so ridiculous as to ask for a new ticket, but I do cringe a little when someone when someone wishes me good luck on a lottery ticket. Inside my head I hear it as, "Good luck. You idiot. You just threw away a dollar and we both know it."

Yep. I've never bought a lottery ticket in my life. I see it as a tax on people who are bad at elementary mathematics.

[Teefies2]

Yep. I've never bought a lottery ticket in my life. I see it as a tax on people who are bad at elementary mathematics.

My Dad used to call it "the weekly stupid tax"

[ottid]

Sorry for the hi-jacking that's happened

I say good luck because I truly want to give someone deserving all of that money, I love giving away stuff, especially when it isn't mine

Bonus, my store recently sold a ticket worth $10.8mil

[AccountingDrone]

Yep. I've never bought a lottery ticket in my life. I see it as a tax on people who are bad at elementary mathematics.

We buy them because [theoretically] part of the money goes to the school system in our state, and we do get the occasional small win. I think over the past 10 years probably $300US or so.

What I don't understand is casino gambling. That has never attracted me.

[ralerin]

Threadjacking my own thread.

I'm actually going to my first casino trip soon. Mum's been telling me about it. I haven't gone yet and what strikes me as sad already is the horse racing room (where people sit attached to computer monitors for hours watching the horse races) and also that you can gamble using your credit card.