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    ArchetypeCaity Weaver
    6/12/13 5:42pm

    This is the shit I think about when I have lottery fantasizes. Random acts of kindness and flying first class for always.

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      macaaronArchetype
      6/12/13 6:07pm

      You win $370.8M and you're going to treat yo' self by flying first class on a commercial airline for always? Psssst: your 99% is showing.

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      Archetypemacaaron
      6/12/13 6:11pm

      Heh, private jets aren't my (fantasy lotto winner) style.

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    Missypoo50Caity Weaver
    6/12/13 7:45pm

    An 87-year-old man by the name of Robert Montgomery used to buy Beth Anderson lunch every Friday while she was a college student at BYU.

    When she graduated with a degree in business administration in 2005, she never had to look for a job or "rough" it as a woman looking to enroll in the workforce.

    No, Beth Anderson and Robert married at the same drive-thru Las Vegas wedding chapel made famous by Michael Jordan and Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, and she became very, very wealthy.

    Robert died 10 years later, and every Friday Beth brings soup to his graveside and they "sit" and remember the good times, all while Beth holds the hand of her 25-year-old pool boy Pablo.

    Love is real.

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      liz.lemonadeCaity Weaver
      6/12/13 7:51pm

      Raise your hand if you tried to say "Schmoria SchmacSchmenzie" five times fast.

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        brdliz.lemonade
        6/12/13 10:34pm

        Hand.

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      pricekxCaity Weaver
      6/12/13 6:30pm

      A few times in the past year I've been caught in the 'pay it forward at the drive-thru' game at Starbucks (first car pays for the car behind it which then causes ripple effect until you get to the poor college kid who can't afford to pay for the car-load of Frapachino's behind him).

      So my new lottery-win dream will be to walk into my local coffee house, drop $10k or so on the owner with the request that every person who walks in gets their order comped until the money is gone. And I'd put at least $5 in the tip jar.

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        I Still Dreampricekx
        6/13/13 3:56pm

        It seems so Grinchian to admit, but I'd be a bit pissed if I wound up in one of those. I'm relatively poor, and my tastes are cheap—plain drip coffee, with the short-size cappuccino on especially nasty rainy days. I know it's a really nice gesture, but I budget to be able to afford *my* coffee intake, and even that's a bit of a stretch from time to time.

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        pricekxI Still Dream
        6/13/13 4:12pm

        Nah...don't get pissed. Just don't keep it going. The first time it happened to me I was a little tickled by the whole thing so wanted to be a part of it. But the second time when they told me my order had already been paid by the car in front I set the mental limit that I'd only keep it up if I could cover it with my cash on hand...there was no way I was going to put anything on my credit card just for giggles.

        My only hope is the last car that stops the chain gives what they thought they would pay into the tip jar. You don't have to pay anything above what you planned and the final goodwill goes to the barrista.

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      macaaronCaity Weaver
      6/12/13 5:42pm

      It was a nice gesture to pay for 180 meals, but we all know that bitch didn't tip.

      It's 4 p.m., she's 84, and this is Florida...let's be realistic.

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        Alexander_Crouton-SkitchCaity Weaver
        6/12/13 6:39pm

        Did Granny Lottobux play her own numbers or did she do the "quick picks?" Also, same question for the woman who she cut off. What would have been the outcome if she hadn't cut in line or they played their own "lucky" numbers vs. randomly generated numbers?

        The world may never know (unless it was covered in the original story, and my fat hand is too busy pushing pie in my face to do a few extra clicks to find out.)

        Maybe this has been asked before, as in 'what are the odds,' etc. It's not like she was the 1,000,000th customer to buy a light bulb at Uncle Crazy's Hardware Store, with the balloons coming down and noisemakers going off where she wins light bulbs for life. To me, that would have been a clear case of "that pushy old biddy just cut in front of me and now I have to buy my own damn lightbulbs!"

        I kind of want it to be that Granny played her fixed numbers, so she could say "The numbers represent the ages of all my ...

        cats.

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          ChiminyCherooAlexander_Crouton-Skitch
          6/12/13 10:11pm

          I think I read that she did a quick pick. I'm wondering if the computer uses the time in the random number algorithm. If it does, then the odds of her catching it at the exact second would have been astronomical (kinda like winning the lottery!), otherwise, those numbers may have just been sitting there waiting for her!

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          F. D. Bryant IIIAlexander_Crouton-Skitch
          6/13/13 9:15am

          It was a quick pick. The real question is how does the quick pick generate random numbers. I'm inclined to think that if Granny hadn't cut in line the factors would be different and generate a different set of numbers for the lady she cut in front in.

          That said - I really hope the granny gives the lady she cut in front of a portion of the money - guarantee 5-10% would be a family changing event for them.

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        BeeaybaysCaity Weaver
        6/12/13 7:11pm

        It's true. If someone else picks up your meal tab, you should throw in for the tip.

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          ScissorsBelleBeeaybays
          6/12/13 7:59pm

          I'm freaking out right now because I am watching this movie on my computer and it is literally paused at this exact second. The exact same second. QUIT SPYING ON ME, NSA!

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          BeeaybaysScissorsBelle
          6/13/13 1:29pm

          I don't know what you're talking about. Also, your fly is down.

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        rmric0.wedding.photographerCaity Weaver
        6/12/13 7:35pm

        As a point of dining out etiquette:

        Even if you are comped, you should based on the full value of your meal. Heck, even if you're dining out on a groupon (are those still a thing?). At least until tipping is abolished and the bost of serving your food is folded into the cost of your meal.

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          Normcore Rockwellrmric0.wedding.photographer
          6/13/13 9:07am

          relevant hyperlink

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        Cletus Van DammeCaity Weaver
        6/12/13 8:08pm

        Don't worry about the staff. This was the early bird, and they had each been planning to take home a smooth $1.65/each.

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          Normcore RockwellCaity Weaver
          6/13/13 9:05am

          HOWEVER, these calculations only hold if no one but Schmoria left a tip. Hopefully, tippled off their—now free—half dozen or so iced teas (unlimited refills at Buddy Freddy's) and the general aura of largesse in the air, all the patrons tipped generously.

          You realize we're talking about a bunch of octogenarians in Florida, yes?

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