Have you been behind the guy buying lottery tickets?

@TheHorse (235926)
Walnut Creek, California
January 31, 2026 7:59pm CST
I know I have joked about this many times, but it just happened to me again. All I wanted was a small bottle of Scotch, so I could have some with my yogurt, and live to be 107. The fella in front of me had a six-pack of beer, and I thought I was safe. Then it happened. "I'll have one Number 17, and three Number 6. Wait. Two Number 6 and two Number 12. I was glad he was finally done. I shuffled politely, staring at my work boots. "And a Number 3, and a Number 10." I dozed, a Grateful Dead song playing in my head. Eventually, I was able to buy my small bottle. Have you ever been in line behind someone buying Lottery Tickets?
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Steve Helmer
@srhelmer (7047)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
1 Feb
Our stores have kiosks that sell them now, so I rarely see people buying them in line anymore.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
Where do you live?
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (217219)
• United States
1 Feb
I have cousin #2 buying my lottery tickets now. I don't think in the past that I ever got behind someone like that. The problem I had was getting someone to man the window.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
You'd go to checkout and nobody was there?
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (217219)
• United States
2 Feb
@TheHorse At Giant Eagle you had to constantly look for someone because there was no one behind the counter.
Amber
@AmbiePam (116056)
• United States
1 Feb
If I have, I don’t remember it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
I have already forgotten more than most people know.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170554)
• United States
1 Feb
Yes. Most of them will politely step to the side while they scratch their tickets so the line doesn't stop moving... I'm sorry you get caught behind a rude person. I would have asked them to let me reach the register while they scratched their tickets off and gone on about my day.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170554)
• United States
1 Feb
@TheHorse IF they are scratching tickets off, then they aren't "in the middle of a transaction" anymore. Their transaction is finished and they're just blocking the register.
The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
I cannot ask them to step aside while they are in the middle of a transaction.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (131696)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Feb
I have and I have also been that person
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The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
The Horror.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (375467)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Feb
Only if I were buying lottery tickets which I never do. Vince sometimes does.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
What would you do if Vince won a billion dollars? Hey, maybe there's a post there.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (375467)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Feb
@TheHorse I'd buy one son a house and pay off the other one's house for starters.
Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52404)
• Mojave, California
1 Feb
Haha, my store is good, get your crap and go, there is like no one in line but me, They be like to long.... hi sir, how are you doing this fine day ?Its so funny, huh? Customer service, I do dread it every time but they do it the same way every time. Its funny. I should take a video to show you, dammit this fool is playing the lotto, its cool watch this.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
I'd watch the video.
Anna
@LadyDuck (496458)
• Italy
1 Feb
It happened to me when I stepped inside the store to pay for the fill up of our car. It took 10 minutes before I could pay and get out.
Anna
@LadyDuck (496458)
• Italy
1 Feb
@TheHorse - Some people are annoying, they do as they were alone on this earth.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
@LadyDuck They are missing the joy of interacting collaboratively with other humans.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (235926)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Feb
It's just a poor tax here.
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Winterishere
@thedevilinme (5031)
• Northampton, England
1 Feb
Mostly women that buy them in the UK
Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (24006)
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1 Feb
No I don't go to any store which sells lottery tickets. I avoid lottery tickets I was a gambler a long time ago with a bad addiction I will not risk starting to gamble again