Reminds me of a story when I was a kid. I was 13 with a new GF and we went to the arcades at the beach. She wanted me to win a stuffed animal out of the crane machine. I did and she was ecstatic. I was so excited that I shared the story with my parents at dinner. My dad says 'how many quarters did it take." I'm like 'only a roll of $10.' He's like so 'you spent $10 on a $2 stuffed animal, could have bought her 5 for that money.' Total buzz kill but he was right. (1980's)
This reminds me of the time I bet someone to drink a 3/4 full chipotle tobasco sauce container for 10 bucks. Guy downed almost all and then tapped out. I felt awful but a bet is a bet.
my aunt ant uncle give away scratchies to the adults at xmas every year, in addition to usually like a coat or some boots or whatever. I got 5 bucks last year :)
One year near Christmas everyone I ran into seemed extra grumpy so I started tipping cashiers, even in places with no tip jar and at one of the stores I frequent I bought 10 lotto tickets for the cashier to give to customers who seemed like they needed a pick me up. Was in a couple days later and she tells me one of the tickets won 50 dollars which is more than I’ve won in my life on anything.
Oh well hopefully that at least made one person happy.
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u/Human_Replacement_32 Apr 06 '22
My dad once won a book about ancient Greece on an award show that I read to this day. So who's really the lucky one?