I went into 7-11 today for my slurpee fix, and got stuck behind the Lottery Queen.
LQ get to the till, and pulls four envelopes from her purse. First envelope contains at least five lotto tickets, and she hands them to the cashier to check (we won't mention that the self scanner was RIGHT beside her). The cashier checks them, no winners. LQ then pulls out a $20 bill from the same envelope, and asks the cashier what all her options are for tonight's Lottery 6-49 (Canadian lottery). Turns out she has several options, such as four regular tickets, three tickets with the Bonus "Extra" numbers, etc., etc. LQ hums and haaas, finally makes her choice and cashier rings them up. Those tickets go back in first envelope.
Second envelope comes out. Lather, rinse, repeat with the rest of her envelopes.
A line of customers begins to form behind LQ, so a second cashier comes up, as there are two tills. Problem is, LQ has her stuff spread over the entire till area, so those behind her have to lift their purchases over their heads so the second cashier can see them to ring them in, then dance around LQ to pay. LQ seems oblivious to the situation.
When I finally got by her, LQ was on the third envelope, and I noticed that she had names written on each one, so I'm thinking that maybe she runs the lottery pool(s) at work. Seriously, though, why would she do it for four groups, and why didn't she know what ticket combinations to buy? I think if I was trusting someone to buy my lottery tickets, I'd prefer it was someone who was a bit more "with it."
LQ get to the till, and pulls four envelopes from her purse. First envelope contains at least five lotto tickets, and she hands them to the cashier to check (we won't mention that the self scanner was RIGHT beside her). The cashier checks them, no winners. LQ then pulls out a $20 bill from the same envelope, and asks the cashier what all her options are for tonight's Lottery 6-49 (Canadian lottery). Turns out she has several options, such as four regular tickets, three tickets with the Bonus "Extra" numbers, etc., etc. LQ hums and haaas, finally makes her choice and cashier rings them up. Those tickets go back in first envelope.
Second envelope comes out. Lather, rinse, repeat with the rest of her envelopes.
A line of customers begins to form behind LQ, so a second cashier comes up, as there are two tills. Problem is, LQ has her stuff spread over the entire till area, so those behind her have to lift their purchases over their heads so the second cashier can see them to ring them in, then dance around LQ to pay. LQ seems oblivious to the situation.
When I finally got by her, LQ was on the third envelope, and I noticed that she had names written on each one, so I'm thinking that maybe she runs the lottery pool(s) at work. Seriously, though, why would she do it for four groups, and why didn't she know what ticket combinations to buy? I think if I was trusting someone to buy my lottery tickets, I'd prefer it was someone who was a bit more "with it."
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