So I did something a bit (maybe) silly last night. The 20p bandit in the club, as I’ve mentioned before, always lets the gamblers know when it’s ready to pay. Last night, it was ready to pay. So a big gambler I know and used to gamble with a lot decided he’d go for it. So he did, and quickly ran out of cash. I know he’s good for it, so I was happy to lend him the money till he dropped it. The thing is, it took him ages, and when I was clearing up at the end of the night, he was still there! Quite often he’d be the only person left and he’d be so sick of playing it, he’d let me take over. Last night was no exception and before I even had chance to think about it, he’d gone to the toilet and asked me to play it. I found myself right back in the groove like I’d never stopped. Took about 10 minutes before I dropped the £250 for him.
Two things I can take away from this though.
1) It wasn’t my money, so I had no financial gain or loss.
2) I haven’t had a single temptation to do it again.
Is this progress, I like to think so…
