Living the Dream
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Friday, July 18, 2008
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Playing the Lottery
I went to Wegman's Supermarket yesterday to pick up a few items for the weekend. With a full house, supplies can run short around here pretty quickly. I was picking out some fresh fruit for a basket I was putting together and I selected a Chicago Cutlery paring knife. It was a gorgeous knife with a black handle for only 6.99. I rarely look over my receipt in the store. I usually wait until I get home to find out if there an error. But for some reason, I decided to check it before I left the store. Well, wouldn't you know it, there was on overcharge on my paring knife. So back in the store I go straight to customer service.
"May I help you?" the gal behind the counter asks.
"Yes, thank you, I think I may have made a mistake, but I thought the knife I bought was 6.99 and I was charged $7.99," I reply.
"Do you have your receipt and the knife?" she asks.
"Yes," I say, as I hand the receipt over to her and begin searching the bag for the knife.
As I hand it over to her, she says, "Just a minute, I'll be right back," and off she goes to, I suppose, check on the sign I said I saw.
She is gone for a while. Two other associates ask if I need help. I say, "No , thank you. I'm being taken care of."
Finally the gal returns and goes immediately to her register. "Was I mistaken?" I ask.
"No, you are correct," she responds.
She puts $2 and change on the counter. I pick it up. Now I can do math and $6.99 from $7.99 is not $2.00 and change. I'm standing at the counter and the gal is already onto another task. "Excuse me, I think you made a mistake."
The gal looks on the change. "No, that's right. It's the difference in price plus $1 for the scanning error.
"Wow!" I say. "Found money!"
The gal laughs. I look up and see a sign for the New York State Mega Millions. The pot is up to $105 million. The sign next to it is for the New York State Lotto. That pot is up to $15 million. "How do I play that and how much does it cost?" I ask.
Another girl on another register comes over to talk to me. "It's a dollar," she says.
"For each one?" I ask.
"Yep."
A younger girl joins us. "I don't play," she says. "I need instant gratification so I only plan the scratch offs."
All this talk is making my head spin. I don't gamble and I don't play the lottery. "So how do I do this?" I ask.
"We can sell you tickets right here," the other girl says.
I slip my $2 back onto the counter and the girl takes it and begins punching buttons on the machine. The lottery machine, I guess. Out pops a ticket. On it is says NY Mega Millions. $105 million! That sounds very inviting. The younger girl is punching buttons on her machine and out pops a similar ticket. But this one says NY State Lotto, $15 million. I look at the tickets. "Oh my God!" I say. All three girls look at me. "Oh my God! I say again. "Will you look at this?" I show the girls the tickets. "Tomorrow is my birthday and the drawing is tomorrow! And look at this one. It has my birthdate in the numbers."
The girls are smiling. I'm sure they heard this one before. The gal says, "We'll be able to say we knew her when..."
I laugh, "You never know." I leave the store smiling.
When I get home, I tell RJ all about my escapade in Wegman's with the girls and buying lottery tickets.
"You bought lottery tickets? I don't believe it," he says.
I show him the tickets. "See?" I say.
"You never buy lottery tickets," he reminds me.
"I know," I say. "But it;s $105 million."
He laughs. "That's exactly why people buy lottery tickets. They plan what they are going to do when they win all this money."
"You watch," I say. "I could win. Someone has got to."
Today NY State lottery was drawn. I look online for the post. I call out to RJ, "I guess I won't be quitting my day job."
He laughs.
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