Quote: billryanI blame society. For most of history, Aaron could have bought his bride when she turned 13. A 16-year-old bride would bring less; she'd have wasted three childbearing years.
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In some Countries there are still 13 year old brides to this day I believe. 😵💫🤐😱😳
After exactly SIX biscuits, I was tired of them and asked my Waiter for a to go box. Remember, SIX biscuits is what I wanted in the first place, not TWELVE. My Waiter said,"Sure," and brought out a HUGE Red Lobster bag. I assumed this was for the other six biscuits when I was craving them again. I didn't look inside the bag. 💡
After my meal, I got the check and was SHOCKED that the bill was around $60 before tax and tip! 😱😳😵💫🤨☣️ The Waiter charged me for about SIX BOXES of biscuits! 😱😳😵💫🤨☣️ I ONLY wanted SIX biscuits! 😱😳😵💫🤨☣️
I immediately said I didn't want SIX BOXES of biscuits, I only wanted SIX biscuits. My Waiter mistakenly heard,"SIX BOXES," and not SIX biscuits. I also questioned WHERE the SIX BOXES were as I ONLY saw TWELVE biscuits, the SIX I ate, and the SIX that were still on my table. 😵💫🤨
Remember the bag I DIDN'T look in? Well, the bag was filled with FIVE BOXES of biscuits! 😱😳😵💫🤨☣️ I told the Manager I ONLY wanted SIX biscuits, and was baffled on WHY I received TWELVE biscuits in the first place.
The Manager acknowledged that he DID question why I would ask for SIX BOXES of biscuits when I was dining alone. The Manager removed the SIX BOXES off the bill and took back the bag and I only paid for the fries and Coke. 😀
I mentioned this anecdote on another Website and a Poster responded something like,"You're lucky you only had to pay for the fries and Coke. If I were the Manager, I would have charged you for the SIX biscuits that you ate." I responded something like,"The SIX biscuits were FREE if you dine in which I did." 💡
On one trip, it was busy but not packed. We ordered our dinner, and the waitress brought us our drinks and appetizers. I asked for some biscuits and was told she was waiting on fresh ones. A few minutes later, she walked by with a tray of biscuits and seemingly gave them to every table but ours. As she walked by, I asked her about the biscuits, and she gave me an annoyed look. Our dinners arrived, but no biscuits. Twice more, I ask, but nothing. Finally, when our meals are almost finished, she brings us a basket with six biscuits that aren't even warm.
Back then, you didn't pay the server; you paid a cashier, so I left $5 on a $30 tab, and at the cashier, I asked if a manager was available. I'm told he is not, but to leave my phone number, and someone will call tomorrow.
The next day, I received a call from a gentleman who told me he was the customer relationship executive for all of NYC and Long Island. He half-listened to my story and interrupted me several times to gather seemingly useless information—what sides my Mom ordered and things like that.
In the end, he apologized and said I didn't get the level of service I should have. He'd like to make it up to us. He offered me my choice of a refund of my $30 dinner or a $50 gift card. I took the gift card, and when it arrived, there were two $10 off a $25 bill coupons as well as the gift card.
Quote: billryanYears ago, I took my mom to Red Lobster about once a month.
On one trip, it was busy but not packed. We ordered our dinner, and the waitress brought us our drinks and appetizers. I asked for some biscuits and was told she was waiting on fresh ones. A few minutes later, she walked by with a tray of biscuits and seemingly gave them to every table but ours. As she walked by, I asked her about the biscuits, and she gave me an annoyed look. Our dinners arrived, but no biscuits. Twice more, I ask, but nothing. Finally, when our meals are almost finished, she brings us a basket with six biscuits that aren't even warm.
Back then, you didn't pay the server; you paid a cashier, so I left $5 on a $30 tab, and at the cashier, I asked if a manager was available. I'm told he is not, but to leave my phone number, and someone will call tomorrow.
The next day, I received a call from a gentleman who told me he was the customer relationship executive for all of NYC and Long Island. He half-listened to my story and interrupted me several times to gather seemingly useless information—what sides my Mom ordered and things like that.
In the end, he apologized and said I didn't get the level of service I should have. He'd like to make it up to us. He offered me my choice of a refund of my $30 dinner or a $50 gift card. I took the gift card, and when it arrived, there were two $10 off a $25 bill coupons as well as the gift card.
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What a nice Red Lobster anecdote! It started off as BAD, ended up being even BETTER. You got an apology, coupons, and the gift card! 😀 Also I know what you mean about cheddar bay biscuits that aren't warm. I had a birthday come up this month and Red Lobster sent me an Email saying I would be getting a free birthday dessert. 😀 I chose Brownie Overboard. 😀
I got free unlimited cheddar bay biscuits and they weren't warm. Luckily I had melted butter to dip them in and they tasted decent. WARM cheddar bay biscuits with melted butter are TRULY devine, cold cheddar bay biscuits with melted butter are just decent. I also ordered a Coke and to my pleasant surprise, the Restaurant gave me the Coke free and wished me a happy birthday! 😀
This banning is a much deeper banning than the "Go away for 24 hours, temporary ban," this time I got a letter stating that I am BANNED from my local Casino for using the advantage loophole using old Bingo cards. The letter states that it is a ONE YEAR BAN! 😱😳
At least I didn't REALLY care about that Casino, I came PURELY for Bingo. 💡
Now you are banned for 2 years. I would avoid going near the premises since they could escalate and charge you with cheating. What you have done is not ap-play; it is cheating.
Quote: QuadrigaYou're lucky not to get charged with fraud or cheating the casino. They had barred you from the bingo room pending an inquiry, and you were not charged since they didn't have all of the old bingo cards you used to cheat on as a pattern of behavior, only the one they caught you with. If you are caught once, you can plead ignorance, claiming that you were unaware the card had been used.
Now you are banned for 2 years. I would avoid going near the premises since they could escalate and charge you with cheating. What you have done is not ap-play; it is cheating.
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That is not cheating or fraud. If it was, the casino would be co-conspirators in the crime.
For it was the bingo hall that printed the cards, gave them to the public to use, created the promotion, trained their employees how to implement the promotion, received the used cards, inspected and accepted the used cards, and awarded the payout based on them. This is all stuff they did themselves. Why would you say the person who just walks up to the counter with the cards is the one cheating?
The game operator is, at best, foolish for not checking the paper properly.
Quote: DieterI would say it is a form of cheating to present an expired gamepiece as a contest entry.
The game operator is, at best, foolish for not checking the paper properly.
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What if it was an expired coupon presented at a store checkout?
Sometimes they honor them, sometimes they don't, but in either case I'm not going to be charged with theft for presenting them. At worst the clerk will say "I'm sorry this coupon is expired, I cannot honor it." If they do honor it they are not going to charge me with theft when I walk out with a discounted purchase either. If they did they would have to arrest the clerk too as it couldn't have happened without her willing cooperation. I would have to alter or counterfeit a coupon to be guilty of a crime, as a customer. The real crimes in that area are when store owners acquire manufacturer's coupons and submit them to the clearinghouse without having sold the product or without them having been presented by a customer.
Quote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: DieterI would say it is a form of cheating to present an expired gamepiece as a contest entry.
The game operator is, at best, foolish for not checking the paper properly.
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What if it was an expired coupon presented at a store checkout?
Sometimes they honor them, sometimes they don't, but in either case I'm not going to be charged with theft for presenting them. At worst the clerk will say "I'm sorry this coupon is expired, I cannot honor it." If they do honor it they are not going to charge me with theft when I walk out with a discounted purchase either. If they did they would have to arrest the clerk too as it couldn't have happened without her willing cooperation. I would have to alter or counterfeit a coupon to be guilty of a crime, as a customer. The real crimes in that area are when store owners acquire manufacturer's coupons and submit them to the clearinghouse without having sold the product or without them having been presented by a customer.
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A few points.
While neither may be "illegal", both cases (expired coupons or bingo paper) would seem to be outside the terms of the offer, and refusable. Repeated attempts at either might reasonably get someone declared a nuisance, and banned from the property. (Yes, I have certainly heard stories of aggressive "extreme couponers" being banned, especially when they repeatedly present stacks of expired coupons.)
I don't fault you for arguing on the player side, I just don't think that coupon argument is a clear justification. I think anyone at the casino is going to say it's "shot taking" at best, and they'll choose to exercise their happy privilege to exclude the nuisance player for any or no reason.
Nathan, If you come back in a year for a real play, don't try this sort of nonsense, as they surely have a note on your account to trespass you from the property first, and not give two hoots later.
Quote: DieterQuote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: DieterI would say it is a form of cheating to present an expired gamepiece as a contest entry.
The game operator is, at best, foolish for not checking the paper properly.
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What if it was an expired coupon presented at a store checkout?
Sometimes they honor them, sometimes they don't, but in either case I'm not going to be charged with theft for presenting them. At worst the clerk will say "I'm sorry this coupon is expired, I cannot honor it." If they do honor it they are not going to charge me with theft when I walk out with a discounted purchase either. If they did they would have to arrest the clerk too as it couldn't have happened without her willing cooperation. I would have to alter or counterfeit a coupon to be guilty of a crime, as a customer. The real crimes in that area are when store owners acquire manufacturer's coupons and submit them to the clearinghouse without having sold the product or without them having been presented by a customer.
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A few points.
While neither may be "illegal", both cases (expired coupons or bingo paper) would seem to be outside the terms of the offer, and refusable. Repeated attempts at either might reasonably get someone declared a nuisance, and banned from the property. (Yes, I have certainly heard stories of aggressive "extreme couponers" being banned, especially when they repeatedly present stacks of expired coupons.)
I don't fault you for arguing on the player side, I just don't think that coupon argument is a clear justification. I think anyone at the casino is going to say it's "shot taking" at best, and they'll choose to exercise their happy privilege to exclude the nuisance player for any or no reason.
Nathan, If you come back in a year for a real play, don't try this sort of nonsense, as they surely have a note on your account to trespass you from the property first, and not give two hoots later.
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I am completely done permanently with this advantage loophole
scheme. I threw away all the old Bingo cards and will NEVER be doing again. 💡
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FnPsxMc8eVF9xzka9
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Quote: NathanHere is the letter stating my Casino banning
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FnPsxMc8eVF9xzka9
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Banned from ALL related properties?
I must have missed that.
Tread lightly on your return.
Best of luck. -D
Quote: DieterQuote: NathanHere is the letter stating my Casino banning
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FnPsxMc8eVF9xzka9
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Banned from ALL related properties?
I must have missed that.
Tread lightly on your return.
Best of luck. -D
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When I first read the letter, I had skimmed it and thought," I REALLY didn't care about that Casino Property, I was just there for Bingo. Their closest Sister Casino has MUCH better games anyways, I'll just go to the Sister Casino. 💡😀 I then read the ENTIRE letter and realized I am BANNED from ALL PROPERTIES, despite the incident ONLY happening in ONE Casino! 😱😳
Quote: billryanRemember that this letter is now in your permanent record and will follow you for the rest of your life.
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I was actually wondering if the Casino Banning means I am now in OSN despite OSN being based in Oregon. I remember someone saying that they stole big money from an accidentally abandoned slot in VEGAS (Victim had $500 in a slot and suddenly had to pee REALLY badly so they rushed to the restroom and peed and forgot they left $500 in the slot. Thief cashed out the ticket and ran to the nearest Kiosk and cashed in the ticket and ran with the $500. When the Thief came back about a week later, the Casino permanently banned him for theft and he ended up in OSN despite the incident happening in Vegas, a different state. I wonder if I am now in OSN for the Bingo fiasco banning. 🤔💡
You've been handed a second chance. Please don't waste it.
Quote: billryanUse the year to your advantage. Hike the Camino de Santiago or the Appalachian Trail. Feed the poor, go back to school.
You've been handed a second chance. Please don't waste it.
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I'm using the banned year to take my money VERY seriously now that I don't have the advantage loophole Bingo thing anymore. For example, I won $300 on my final Bingo game day for at least a year and blew it frivolously knowing I had A LOT of Bingo cards left. In fact, I won $600 on the Bingo card that I got caught on. I was FULLY planning to take the $600 SERIOUSLY and I instead got caught , didn't get the $600 and got a one year ban. My Bingo net being gone for a year got me to take my money VERY seriously, and not blow it frivolously.💡
Quote: billryanI hate it when I use my casino bankroll frivolously!!!!!
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Technically, I used the CASINO'S money frivolously my last Bingo game day, not MY hard earned money frivolously. 😉
Quote: NathanQuote: billryanI hate it when I use my casino bankroll frivolously!!!!!
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Technically, I used the CASINO'S money frivolously my last Bingo game day, not MY hard earned money frivolously. 😉
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If it's yours to use frivolously, it is your money.
You can take it and go buy groceries, pay the electric bill, pay rent, pay a phone bill, put it in the bank, buy stocks, buy new clothes, go out to eat at a restaurant, send flowers to your mother... or, if you want, you can buy a few turns at a casino game, and maybe lose it.
Quote: DieterQuote: NathanQuote: billryanI hate it when I use my casino bankroll frivolously!!!!!
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Technically, I used the CASINO'S money frivolously my last Bingo game day, not MY hard earned money frivolously. 😉
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If it's yours to use frivolously, it is your money.
You can take it and go buy groceries, pay the electric bill, pay rent, pay a phone bill, put it in the bank, buy stocks, buy new clothes, go out to eat at a restaurant, send flowers to your mother... or, if you want, you can buy a few turns at a casino game, and maybe lose it.
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Hmm. Thanks for putting this into perspective. I blew the money frivolously because in my mind it was free money that the Casino gave me, but I was planning to take the $600 that I never ended up getting seriously and not blow it frivolously. 💡
Best WOV April Fool's Day joke ever! 🤣🤭
Quote: NathanIn honor of April Fool's Day, I personally think that the greatest WOV April Fool's Day joke in WOV History was when Axelwolf claimed that a Casino in Las Vegas had a VERY lucrative promotion going on at the moment, a $1,000 in free play for every dollar played. Posters said something like,"This DOES seem like a VERY lucrative casino promotion, but since it IS April Fool's Day, I will take this promotion claim with a HUGE grain of salt. Axelwolf admitted it was an April Fool's Day joke. Another Poster replied about five hours later saying he did a last minute impulsive flight to Vegas to do the Promotion and the Casino had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. He then saw Axelwolf's admission that the Casino promotion claim was an April Fool's Day joke and the Poster responded something like, "That was a good joke and I not only completely fell for it I made a last minute impulsive flight to Vegas for the Casino Promotion that didn't exist! You owe me round trip airfare, LMAO! 🤣🤭
Best WOV April Fool's Day joke ever! 🤣🤭
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It was a double fool. The real fool was the person who believed someone actually flew to Vegas to get the promotion!
Quote: vegasQuote: NathanIn honor of April Fool's Day, I personally think that the greatest WOV April Fool's Day joke in WOV History was when Axelwolf claimed that a Casino in Las Vegas had a VERY lucrative promotion going on at the moment, a $1,000 in free play for every dollar played. Posters said something like,"This DOES seem like a VERY lucrative casino promotion, but since it IS April Fool's Day, I will take this promotion claim with a HUGE grain of salt. Axelwolf admitted it was an April Fool's Day joke. Another Poster replied about five hours later saying he did a last minute impulsive flight to Vegas to do the Promotion and the Casino had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. He then saw Axelwolf's admission that the Casino promotion claim was an April Fool's Day joke and the Poster responded something like, "That was a good joke and I not only completely fell for it I made a last minute impulsive flight to Vegas for the Casino Promotion that didn't exist! You owe me round trip airfare, LMAO! 🤣🤭
Best WOV April Fool's Day joke ever! 🤣🤭
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It was a double fool. The real fool was the person who believed someone actually flew to Vegas to get the promotion!
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I honestly read your post as ,"Fool ACTUALLY went flew to Vegas!" And I was going to respond something like,"Wouldn't it have been a REALLY good April Fool's day joke if the guy didn't actually fly to Vegas and was pulling an April Fool's day joke right back? 🤣🤭 And then I read your message completely and saw you already wrote what I was thinking. 🤣🤭
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lmv6Xk1ywnADxunA6
Quote: NathanHere is my win/loss statement for Seminole Classic Casino and Seminole Hard Rock Casino for 2024! 😀
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lmv6Xk1ywnADxunA6
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Why would you post that?
Quote: billryanQuote: NathanHere is my win/loss statement for Seminole Classic Casino and Seminole Hard Rock Casino for 2024! 😀
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lmv6Xk1ywnADxunA6
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Why would you post that?
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To show that I got the $3,000+ in free play from the Bingo thing. 😀
Recently, a VERY shady Customer gave me about $2,000 and then KEPT TRYING TO TOUCH THE MONEY. HUGE RED FLAG. 😱😳😵💫 I immediately remembered the $800 theft pulled on me and absolutely refused to have it happen to me AGAIN. 💡
I said ,"Sir, you REALLY need to stop trying to touch the money. I've got this, I don't need you to touch the money after you've already given it to me. A Cashier got scammed a couple of years ago by a Customer who did something similar. So please STOP. " 😐
He STILL kept trying to touch the money even AFTER I said all of this! 😱😳😵💫 HUGE CRIMSON FLAG! 😱😳😵💫I called a Manager to approve the transaction and.... When the Manager came to verify the money, he STILL KEPT TRYING TO TOUCH THE MONEY THAT WAS NOW IN HER HANDS And questioned WHY WE KEPT COUNTING the money! 😱😳😵💫DARKER CRIMSON FLAG! 😱😳😵💫
My Manager found this guy shady as hell and the guy said something like,"I don't want to do this transaction anymore. $2,000 is VERY steep for a Western Union transaction! My Manager said something like,"So you KNEW it was EXACTLY $2,000 when you were doing the Transaction and now you're questioning it?" He responded something like,"I just came to my senses and realized that $2,000 is a LOT for a Western Union transaction! Please void this, I don't want to do it anymore!" My Manager voided the entire transaction and gave him back all his money.
He left and she commended me on how well I handled that Transaction as that guy was definitely trying to pull something shady. 💡
The guy ended up going to another Walgreens and tried the same thing there and the other Walgreens Staff was onto him and didn't fall for it and also voided the entire transaction and gave him back his entire money. That guy definitely was shady as hell! 😱😳😵💫
Quote: billryanI hate it when I use my casino bankroll frivolously!!!!!
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That is funny.
Quote: avianrandyNice job protecting yourself and Walgreens. Some people will try anything to make a buck.
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Thank you. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me..💡
Quote: avianrandyYou have any predictions for the first mega millions drawing Tuesday with the ticket prices going up to $5? Remember the mega ball now goes to 24 and not 25. Multiple is included in ticket price. Are you going to buy any tickets
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Your question reminds me of when I was looking at old Nathan's Corner posts yesterday or Thursday and I had made a bunch of lottery predictions such as ,"I predict that either 863, 500, 297, 432, or 696 for Florida Pick 3 is coming up within two weeks. " 😀
I find it ridiculous that Mega Millions is $5 a ticket. I remember when it was first being announced that MM was going to go up to $5 starting in April 2025. I remember replying something like," That's more than double the price MM is today. I could get a Grouper and get a Jackpot Triple Play, a lotto ticket, a FREE Play 4 ticket, fantasy 5 ticket, and a Cash Pop ticket for $5 . 💡WHO is going to pay $5 for MM? " 🤦♀️
MM has ALWAYS been one of my least favorite lottery draw games to play. I have NEVER won more than $10 on MM. 😐😵💫
Quote: Nathan[... I could get a Grouper and get a Jackpot Triple Play, a lotto ticket, a FREE Play 4 ticket, fantasy 5 ticket, and a Cash Pop ticket for $5 . 💡WHO is going to pay $5 for MM? " ...
I'd pay more than $5 just for a grouper! Maybe $5 for a red snapper.
Quote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: Nathan[... I could get a Grouper and get a Jackpot Triple Play, a lotto ticket, a FREE Play 4 ticket, fantasy 5 ticket, and a Cash Pop ticket for $5 . 💡WHO is going to pay $5 for MM? " ...
I'd pay more than $5 just for a grouper! Maybe $5 for a red snapper.
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I haven't seen a Grouper sandwich for under $15 in a long time.
BTW, Grouper and Red Snapper are my two favorite salt water fish to eat.

Quote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: Nathan[... I could get a Grouper and get a Jackpot Triple Play, a lotto ticket, a FREE Play 4 ticket, fantasy 5 ticket, and a Cash Pop ticket for $5 . 💡WHO is going to pay $5 for MM? " ...
I'd pay more than $5 just for a grouper! Maybe $5 for a red snapper.
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LMAO! 🤣🤭 I don't know why the Florida lottery combo deal is named after a FISH. 🤣🤭 Maybe just calling it a Combo Deal would have been more accurate? 😀💡🤔
Quote: QuadrigaYou're lucky not to get charged with fraud or cheating the casino. They had barred you from the bingo room pending an inquiry, and you were not charged since they didn't have all of the old bingo cards you used to cheat on as a pattern of behavior, only the one they caught you with. If you are caught once, you can plead ignorance, claiming that you were unaware the card had been used.
Now you are banned for 2 years. I would avoid going near the premises since they could escalate and charge you with cheating. What you have done is not ap-play; it is cheating.
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I wonder what would have happened if I didn't leave the Bingo card with them and had just thrown it out myself after they mentioned that Bingo cards have to be from THAT day's Game. 🤔💡
Clair responds,"Rich is when your money works for you. We work hard for our money."
To me, it seems that Clair us confusing rich with wealthy. 🤔💡 To me, rich is when you work hard for your money. Wealthy is when your money works for you. 🤔💡
Quote: billryanYou need to teach your money to work for you. Otherwise, everything else is just white noise.
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Many people just need to learn to save some money. It is shocking how many adults do not have a few thousand dollars saved up for emergencies. If someone is over 30 years old and doesn't have a few thousand dollars saved makes me question everything about them.