Okay, just a quick clarification: this blog post has nothing to do with losing weight, as there is a popular thread here about a weight loss competition. I was trying all last week to think of the most upsetting thing for me that other people do when I'm out in public and I finally figured out what it is.

The most annoying thing a person can do in this entire world is hold up the queue at a gas station or convenience store because they have a stack of lottery tickets and scratch-offs they want checked. It seems like every time I stop where lottery tickets are sold; there is someone ahead of me with a ton of tickets and it takes the store clerks forever to check them through the machine. -Every time, I'm stuck watching these gamblers take up my time for no-more than ten or fifteen dollars in winnings. -What a crappy investment!

Oh yeah, then it gets to the point everyone standing in line is observing this kind of stupidity: maybe thirty to fifty dollars in lottery/scratch-off tickets gets checked and although they lose their butt, what happens next? The pull out their billfold or wallet and start taking their time picking out more tickets in the glass case at the counter. And to think, I have somewhere more important to be other than watching idiots part with their money.

I really don't understand this kind of behavior. It's not right and personally, I feel this breed of gamblers deserve to be tied to rockets and launched deep into outer space. Moreover, the State of Minnesota ought to be ashamed of themselves for basically evolving such an enterprise: saving wildlife by taking a giant leap backwards into humanity. The only loons I ever see are the ones hooked on cardboard crack and wasting my time. -How pathetic is that? I just don't see the logic in gambling no matter how it's organized or where the proceeds benefit. Now, I have to put up with this when I stop for gas?