Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding......
Every time I close my eyes, I hear that sound. It's the sound of of that 25 cent slot machine at MGM Grand Detroit Casino.
It was summertime 2009 and I was so happy to have just turned 21 years old. I couldn't wait to go to the casino. Of course, it was my first time there and something like this happens...
It all started with a few cocktails to celebrate my birthday. Well, 1 led to 2, 2 led to 3, 3 led to 4 and 4 just led to a big back door. It was all down hill after that.
I started gambeling, just dumping $20 here and there like no big deal. I sat at one slot machine and it was hot! So I played it next to an older man who had been playing for hours. We started talking and I found out he had just been laid-off from GM, had 3 kids away at college, and finances were a problem for him.
So long story short, he lost all of his money in about 3 hours. Being that it was a 25 cent machine, the deminsions of how much to bet ranged from 25 cents to $1.25 a spin. Well he was playing different demensions and when he hit "max bet" on what he though was his last spin, it did not spin because he only had $1.00 left in the machine. So he said "good luck hunny, take care and have fun." Then he walked away. My luck was running out so I decided to play the next machine over (the one the old man was playing on). I noticed there was still that $1.00 left so I just put in $20 and started playing. Well wouldn't you know it? Bam..... Triple 7 Triple, $725 winner!!
Wow, I jumped up and screamed. Sure enough the old man from before appeared. He was so happy for me that when I printed the cash voucher I told him that he still had $1.00 in the machine and I wanted to give him a few hundred dollars to help him out. So I gave the old man $200 of my winnings and later went home.
Would it have been morally wrong to have kept all the money without telling him? Probably not but being that it was my birthday and given his situation it only seemed right to be generous. What do you think? What would you have done?
5 comments:
Probably the same as you since as I read it, you won playing his $1 right? May need to tweak a bit more though to tell us what this says about you.
I actually think this says a lot about you! I know know your age, what you like to do and how kind you are, how social you are,and I know that you have decent morals because you gave the man some money! I like this story, it flowed well, and was very easy to follow. You did a great job on entertaining your readers while revealing some of your own personality traits!
Thanks De'ja!!! I was hoping someone could figure out what I was trying to say about myself :)
I would have probably took a couple of hundreds and gave him the rest, honestly, being that I don't have a family to take care of and he just basically lost his lifeline of income. That can be tough on someone. And after all, it was HIS dollar you played off of. But, yeah, I agree with Deja. This post tells me that you are a young lady that likes to hang and have fun and that you are kind-hearted...even when drunk..lol! It's a very personal post that also shows that you are honest and down to earth. I like that you spaced the paragraphs and that you posed a question at the end...great strategy to engage readers.
Ps. I know you're not in my group this time, but I couldnt comment on one of my group members post for whatever reason. So, I chose your post...:)
Hey Tiffany, I appreciate the comment. Thanks... I ran into the same problem with my group member too. :)
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