The Pony has a new vice, and it's scratching scratchers. I can't imagine where he picked up such a habit! Anyhoo... his new favorite ticket is a $3 BINGO scratcher. It has six games on it, and takes about 5 minutes to play.
He's done fairly well, and reinvested his winnings into more tickets. Of course I'm the one who goes to town and picks them up. I wouldn't mind, except for the odd amount. I like to deal in fives and tens. The Pony has yet to hand me a 3-dollar bill!
When he's finished, The Pony uses the phone app to scan the barcode, and make sure he won what he thinks he won. I always scan mine as well, to make sure I didn't miss anything. There's also an option to enter the points for some rewards that are pretty undesirable. They used to be good things, but now it's mainly drawings.
Anyhoo... after scratching five of the BINGO tickets a couple days ago, The Pony had one winner, for $6. He had his tickets stacked on the coffee table that he's determined to destroy.
"I'm not scanning my losers today."
"WHAT? I always scan my losers, and I'm a PROFESSIONAL! Three times I've found a number I missed."
"Out of how many tickets, Mother?"
"Well. A lot. Years' worth. But I would have thrown them away! You should scan yours."
"Nah."
"You don't have to enter them. Just check for winners."
"Nah. It takes too long."
"You are already logged in! That takes the longest! Here. Give them to me. I'll take them down, and scan them with mine later."
"If you want."
So I took The Pony's four losing tickets with me. I was half paying attention, scanning the barcodes, with one eye on my conspiracy video while I waited for the little noise that signifies the scan is done.
WAIT A MINUTE!
Where I was expecting to see NOT A WINNER, I saw $6 WINNER!
Of course I sent The Pony a text, telling him that I'd won $6 on his trash. Heh, heh. Can you believe The Pony still thought it should be HIS?
I let him have it. You know, since I'm already a Future Pennyillionaire, and a recent FOURTEENTHAMPION.
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The title is from THIS, at :32 seconds
Down with the lazy scanner
Do as I please
Down with the lazy scanner
Not MY family
If you are all done
I won't be wrong
Give me that ticket, I won't be long
Down with the lazy scanner
You will soon be thanking me
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4 comments:
Is that little Donny in the background? On keyboards?
Who put Donny in the corner?
You are too nice of a mom. I think I would have kept the $6, thinking it would teach him to not just throw away unchecked tickets next time. You know, just being extra thoughtful...
Sioux,
My sister the little future ex-mayor's wife was a HUGE Donny Osmond fan. She even asked for PURPLE carpet in her bedroom as we were building our house, since that was Donny's favorite color!
I should have kept it, but I'm choosing my battles wisely. The next one might be worth a LOT, and he'll THINK he's getting it! I can afford a lengthy set-up to ramp up the disappointment. I DID win $8,600 at the casino, you know...
I always scan my losing tickets too, just in case. There was that one time where I thought I'd won $11.90 or some such low figure and walked out of the agency with $49.90 instead, because of numbers I'd missed. This week I don't even have any tickets, since I had to buy cat food.
River,
I know that I can miss a number in my frenzy to scratch! At least you had a winner, so you didn't discard your ticket without knowing of your additional prize.
Lola is more important. I'd even forego my own scratchers to buy our peeing pooping cat his food, despite the fact that he likes me about as much as I like him!
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