Peer Pressure
I rarely buy lottery tickets.
As a matter of fact, I can probably count the number of times I have fallen for the fairytale dream taken the plunge, on one hand.
However in the past few weeks I have been under incredible pressure. Peer Pressure at it's worst.
"C'mon, Maureen.... join us. We're ALL doing it."
I tried to resist; really I did. But week after week the stupid jackpot continued to grow to ridiculous proportions and lottery fever was running rampant in the hospital. One floor below us, a group of staffers had just scored $ 6,000.
I caved. The pressure was too dammed much.
I flipped them my loonie and wandered back to my office, baa-ing like the sheep I am (under my breath of course, as I am not only a follower, but a sheepishly-timid-follower to boot).
After all, if they won, I'll be dammed if I was going to be the only fool to show up for work the next day.
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Ha! We've bought them too for the last couple of weeks against my better judgement hoping to at the very least win one of the million dollar prizes;-)
I think peer pressure is even harder as an adult;-) there's a name for it though, "sucker".
I hope you win!!!
Hey wait! This was anti-climactic! I thought we'd find out if you won! I guess it's not the scratch off kind that you know right away...
Good luck at any rate! :-)
You did the right thing. A group of people in an office where I work won about a million dollars each in a lottery some years ago. There was one guy who used to be in their pool who didn't give his dollar because he wanted it for a soda pop.
We don't think he ever recovered.
I think you would be a tad sad if they won a huge amount of money and you hadn't chipped in :)
I'm like you - I rarely buy lottery tickets, which probably explains why I never win!
Cute post! We are always buying lottery tickets at work too. I keep thinking, "It's only a dollar". But goodness, those dollars sure do add up fast!
Good luck--I hope you strike it rich!
That's exactly why I was part of the lottery club at work last year: I didn't want to be the only one to show up at work the morning after the big win! This year it's different: the guy who ran the club no longer works with us, and no one took over, so I've saved my hard-earned dollars (for other frivolous pursuits) and haven't bought a lottery ticket ever.
Hey no body minda a quick shot to fame and money, right!
What's a loonie again? It sounds like a real funny kind of moneys! I would worry that if the group won, there would be no agreement on how to handle everything.
Maureen:
What's a loonie?
I have never purchased a lottery ticket. Stupid. I know. Nothing ventured and nothing gained. No pain, no gain. I've heard it all. But now I'm beginning to think that maybe I should get on board. After all, if other folks, even poor folks, have been suddenly transformed into gazillionaires, maybe the same can happen to a lonely swubird. Plus, if I do this thing, my queen will be infinitely happy. And that always comes with great benefits.
Good luck, and happy trails.
AH, I'm still dreaming of winning one myself, Maureen!
I Have a "little" award/pat-on-the-back for you over at my site! Have an AWESOME 4th!
Peace,
Pam
My hubby buys one a week, and I tease him about it. But if he won, I'd shut up, no doubt. Haha!
New follower, glad I found your blog.
Cheers!
Michele Chastain
I've done that too...how can you be left out of the offic pool? What if they won and you didn't? That thought alone is a killer. BTY...as a new blogger I'd like to say, nice blog! Nora http://Back2Brooklyn.blogspot.com
I need to commit to playing the lottery more often too.
I hope you guys win. The last pool I was involved in was in the 1980's, back in Massachusetts. While we didn't win the first place jackpot, we did win 2nd prize which was $500! Unfortunately there were so many people in the pool that we only ended up getting about $30 each. So not worth it.
Well, dammit, we didn't win.
Quell surpreeze....
Sucker indeed Kisma!
OMG Kathy... I would never drink soda pop again.
Exactly, Babs, exactly.
Daisy and Swubird: a Loonie is our Canuck nickname for a Canadian dollar coin because it has a loon on one side. And the queen on the other... (insert joke here) ;)
We also have a two-dollar coin we call a "Toonie". Yep, we're just crazy like that.
Aw, Pamela, thank you! I must update my Bling page sometime!
Welcome Michele and Nora! So glad you found your way here!
Thanks Jet and Jo-Jo, you are SO right.
I always buy one when the jackpot goes past 100 mil. Had a neighbor that won a couple years ago. Didn't believe him till he showed up the next day with a Range Rover..
lol So did ya win???
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