As a follow-up to the tale of Genius's lottery ticket misfortune a couple days ago, I can now reveal how he's coping. He contacted me Friday morning, concerning another, more joyous matter, and I was able to determine his Post Loser Stress Syndrome status.
Genius is coping.
He is not, however, one to blindly turn the other cheek. I gingerly delved into the incident, and heard the edge in Genius's voice.
"I guess you're over the lottery ticket incident..."
"Actually, I'm not! I'm still mad! But what am I gonna do? I can't demand the money."
"Heh, heh. I bet you're not gonna let Friend scratch one of your two tickets I'm getting ready to mail with your letter this week."
"NO! In fact, I still had my letter last week after we scratched the Easter tickets. They came on the same day. I opened the letter, and snatched up my two tickets. 'YOU HAVE LOST YOUR TICKET PRIVILEGES!' He just laughed."
"So you're both going to the wedding? You're not THAT mad..."
"No. Everything's okay for the wedding trip. I've got a half day of work, and then we're leaving. The rehearsal and dinner is tonight. I'll be there late. The good thing is, it's at a winery, with a hotel."
That's a VERY good thing. I'm pretty sure Genius will be mellow after a few glasses of wine.
When Genius ticks you off, send a few tickets directly to his roommate. See how he likes that...
ReplyDeleteSioux,
ReplyDeleteThat is so tempting! It's not like I don't know the address...
I often tell Genius that Friend treats me better than he does. And Genius's actual text about his best man speech making me cry was: "Hah! I'm glad it made you cry!" Any other time, he shows no sympathy, and says, "EVERYTHING makes you cry." Friend would never say that to me!
Kind of sad that friend has lost ticket privileges, but that may be temporary. I hope Genius isn't driving home after the winery rehearsal, or is it a winery wedding?
ReplyDeleteRiver,
ReplyDeleteI give it a few weeks, then Genius will probably reinstate the ticket privileges. The scratching part, anyway. I think the awarding of any wins has always been arbitrary. He might let Friend keep the small amounts, but a big one would be claimed by Genius on those weekly tickets.
River,
ReplyDeleteThat's the first thing I said about the winery wedding! Genius and his crew have always had a designated driver, or use Uber, but I still ask. Genius said it's great, because they all got rooms and are staying there at the winery hotel.