Lottery

[RadicalModerate]

I am not about "shaming" people, but maybe I need to rethink my counter strategy . . .

If the "roadblock to commerce" is wielding one of those EBT Cards, I think I will grab it from them and say "Yes" to the Lottery Ticket purchase offer from the cashier.

This is almost guaranteed to ensure one's picture appearing on that colorful "Arrests O' The Week" tabloid on the same counter!

[ctchandler]

Thunder,
You don't know me. I don't buy lottery tickets. I go to Las Vegas and don't gamble (not one thin dime). Lottery tickets a hardship? Hardly, it's not something that I enjoy. Please don't call me a liar. I know quite a few people that have never bought a lottery ticket. Do you want names? By the way, my comment about betting on horses was not a fact, I live five miles from Remington Park and have never been there, but I do like to support my local beer suppliers. I think I will buy a lottery ticket tomorrow so I'm not a liar.
C. T.

Brian, everyone buys lottery tickets. Those that say they do not is simply a liar. I buy once in a while and it doesn't bring me hardship.

[rcjunkie]

Brian, everyone buys lottery tickets. Those that say they do not is simply a liar. I buy once in a while and it doesn't bring me hardship.

Wrong, I never have and never will.

[ljbab728]

I have seen several people in stores that were dressed very nice and had nice vehicles but for some odd reason qualified for an EBT card.

I don't want to change this into a food stamp thread because we have had a number of those in the past. Don't, however, make assumptions about people based on the way they are dressed or the kind of car they are in. You have no idea what their situation may be. And that goes both ways. You may see people that you swear are paupers based on the way they look who could buy and sell you.

[Ginkasa]

I don't want to change this into a food stamp thread because we have had a number of those in the past. Don't, however, make assumptions about people based on the way they are dressed or the kind of car they are in. You have no idea what their situation may be. And that goes both ways. You may see people that you swear are paupers based on the way they look who could buy and sell you.

Fun story (well, two, but they go together). One time walking through Bricktown in just a t-shirt and jeans a hobo walked up to me and asked me for money, but before he finished he asked, "You're not homeless, are you?" I guess my shirt a little farther gone than a realized.

A few months later, ish, I was walking around Bricktown, but this time I was dressed up a bit. It was winter time, too, so I had on a nice new coat I had bought that winter. A hobo walked up to me and asked me for money. I said I didn't carry cash (its true!) and he gave me this horrible look and said, "Yeah right."

My financial situation was the same on both occasions.

[BBatesokc]

In the area I live, if you go into a convenience store in a suit they ask you, "so, you got court today?"

[MDot]

Fun story (well, two, but they go together). One time walking through Bricktown in just a t-shirt and jeans a hobo walked up to me and asked me for money, but before he finished he asked, "You're not homeless, are you?" I guess my shirt a little farther gone than a realized.

A few months later, ish, I was walking around Bricktown, but this time I was dressed up a bit. It was winter time, too, so I had on a nice new coat I had bought that winter. A hobo walked up to me and asked me for money. I said I didn't carry cash (its true!) and he gave me this horrible look and said, "Yeah right."

My financial situation was the same on both occasions.

Hobo's should be the last people on earth to judge how much money a person has by looking at the clothes they have on. Lol