Originally Posted by
Spikey M
It's made me sad rather than angry, but I've just nipped to the Co-Op for some bread and the guy ahead of me in the queue was buying £56 worth of scratch cards. He explained to the woman behind the till that he's started doing takeaway deliveries for the Chinese next door. £50 for 4 hours work (plus tips) and he uses the money to "make his millions". He lost all of last weeks (£200) at the casino, so this week he's trying this.
She laughed and wished him well, but I think this might be one of the sadest things I've ever heard. He's selling it as a cooky weirdo having fun, but this is just a man at the bottom of a deep, deep hole, isn't it?