Would you quit your job if you won the local jackpot?

[Parker51]

If I ever got a big windfall, I have contemplated offering every peer (non-supervisory TM) a modest amount, either directly to them, or donated to their favorite charity. Don't know if I would need or get management approval, but it might help my peers with tuition or transportation or indebtedness, or at least head off being asked for money if anyone found out I was "rich."

 

[Parker51]

Where can I find some more feedback?

Scam Alert: You're not going to make a living at gambling. Or you can make a hard, stressful, living at poker if you are very good, have very deep pockets, and can absorb deep losses over the medium-term.

Most games, including slot machines, are totally random, with the odds slightly tilted in the house's favor. Even "high rollers" slowly lose money, sometimes a lot. Former Secretary of Education William Bennett spent over a million dollars a year gambling at Vegas casinos (of course, he made much more than that a year with speaking fees, book royalties, and such, but the point is it's not a profit center).

Even games where there is some element of skill involved (like card-counting at blackjack), if the house finds that you're winning long-term, they will find a way to ban you. Also, forget what you saw in the movie "21." The potential advantage at blackjack is so slight that you would essentially wind up being close to an itinerant minimum-wage worker, without benefits, moving from casino to casino, and city to city, developing a vast wardrobe of disguises and fake identities, as you try to stay one step ahead of casino management.

Experts who have found holes in games like badly designed state lotteries point out the irony that if you're smart enough with math and statistics to find such advantages, you can make a much better, and less stressful, living being a professional mathematician or statistician.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

Or you can make a hard, stressful, living at poker if you are very good, have very deep pockets, and can absorb deep losses over the medium-term.

Agreed. Although I did have an uncle who played poker and made a living off it. This was many, many years ago though and he was single with few financial obligations other than keeping a roof over his own head. Plus, I think he liked the adrenaline rush of the occasional big win. His was not a lifestyle many would find attractive. I sure don't.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

Normally, I'd say that I'd still keep working just for the social contact and having some structure to my schedule. Set up trust funds for nieces and nephews, donate to favorite charities, pay off debts. Now though? With all the stress I feel with working around guests who refuse to wear masks, I'd quit. If I could afford to retire now, I would. But I hardly ever buy a lottery ticket. Maybe I should start buying 1 per week....

 

[idkwhattodo]

Gonna jump in to add: I always said if I won the lottery (and could remain anonymous for a little), I’d stay on for like a week, maybe 2 just to work it out. Maybe be a little snarky to some guests I dislike and maybe call out my ETL for something without fearing for retaliation. Also, I always said I’d gift a few coworkers that have been wonderful to me with some money or something. My list is a lot shorter than it was when I initially said that lol.

 

[Shani]

Pre-pandemic I would have answered that I'd stay, but right now I would take an LOA since I wouldn't have to worry about money and I could just stay home.

 

[TheCartGuy]

I would still choose to work.

 

[redeye58]

I would still work but only part-time.

 

[Planosss]

Has this been said yet “ If I win the jackpot, I’d barely break even” 😎.

 

[NotCynicalYet]

If I chose to stay, I'd take the fraternization policy far less seriously.

 

[boringClerk03]

Yes, in a heartbeat lol who wouldn't. Like why would you stay working at target if you won the jackpot?

 

[seasonaldude]

I might stay for a bit just to say to every ridiculous leadership request, NO! Being coached as a millionaire would be fun.

 

[happygoth]

Yes, in a heartbeat lol who wouldn't. Like why would you stay working at target if you won the jackpot?

I think a lot of the people who say they would stay will have one bad day and be like:

 

[PiersciClark]

No way! That's a foolish idea, and it's awful that most people who actually win a freaking jackpot, they do it like that! I think you should keep your job as it would be the only source of income that you'll have! I mean, the money out of the jackpot will end, and if you quit your job, you won't have any other source of income. However, I don't believe that I would ever win a jackpot. I have browsed a List of the best online casino sites, and I have tried to win the jackpot at every single one. Well, as you can understand, I never got it.

 

[starmaster1000]

I wouldn't. I would go On Demand or reduce my availability dramatically, and just keep the appearance that I need this job.

No bragging to anyone. No flashy car in the parking lot.

Belize and Trinidad and Tobago for the week; OPU shift on Saturday .

 

[RunForACallBox]

💯

 

[dannyy315]

It always seems like the big powerball tickets are sold in California

 

[IhateOPmodel]

I'd put in my 2 weeks and tell everyone I got a new job. In my state you aren't able to remain anonymous but I highly doubt anyone would be looking. I wouldn't want anyone knowing I won. If a guest pissed me off I would let them know about it without fear of being fired.

 

[countingsheep]

In less than a breath i would

 

[60SecondsRemaining]

I would retain legal counsel and set up the right legal structure, collect my money, and then poof.

No two weeks, no goodbyes, no thank yous, no nothings.

Just gone, like a fart in the wind.

 

[DC Diva]

I know I honestly couldn't keep working cause the first time I got really pissed I would walk just because I could. Nothing would be making hold my temper any more. Think about that for a minute. It just would no longer be worth any of the BS cause you know you don't have to put up with it.

Word.