by Corona Man » Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:06 pm
Spargo wrote:I run a X-lotto syndicate at work a couple of times a year.
The Christmas mega draw being one of them, a system 14 with 21 shares @ $100 each.
I have a spare spot, there were 3 candidates who have hounded me in the past to go in. I’ve always resisted as on a scale of 1-10 in flogness, all of them hover around 9.
I relent, this is how my conversations went this morning. I am not making a word of this up...
#1 - “How much is a share again?”
Me - *sigh* “$100”
#1 - “Can I have a half share?”
Me - “If you organise someone else for the other half, then yes”
#1 - “Shouldn’t that be your job?”
Me - “No”
#1 - “That’s a bit rough, what if I can’t find someone?”
Me - “You’ve got 20 mins to find someone to go halves in a share, if not I’m asking someone else”
He never got back to me.
#2 - “How much do you think we’ll win?” (this was asked seriously)
Me - “Hopefully a million each, but I can’t guarantee anything”
#2 - “How will you give me the money that I win?”
Me - “Like I said, there’s no promise we will win anything. If we do, you will have your own ticket with an individual barcode for you to go and collect your share of any dividends we may win”
#2 - “What if I lose my ticket, or it gets stolen?”
Me - “You’d have to go to SA Lotteries & fill out a lost ticket claim form. If it’s stolen then the police”
#2 - “This worries me, can I think about it?”
Me - “No”
I walked away.
#3 - “Can I pay it off in weekly instalments?”
I’m thinking $25 over the next 4 weeks, it’s a bit of a pain but compared to the first 2 arseclowns I spoke too...
Me - “Sure”
#3 - “Great” - reaches in to his pocket and pulls out* a ten dollar note & tries to give it to me. “$90 to go”
Me - “Um, noooo. The draw is in less than 5 weeks. I’m not chasing up money into February!”
#3 - “F#cken’ hell, that’s a bit rough - I thought we were mates!”
Me - “No it’s f#cking not - and no we’re f#cking not”
I bought the remaining share for my wife.
Did she ask any similar questions?
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