ny lottery retailers looking for handouts

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thefirstbite — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:40:21 GMT

mademan83, first of all, congrats on your win!

It's ridiculous that the guy did that to you; I wonder if he can get fired for that transgression. Poor customer service and unethical.

I usually go to lotto retailers that are always friendly to me anyway, so if I ever get a big win, I think it's nice to give them a gift. But some random schlub demanding a handout? No way

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TheGameGrl — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:10:36 GMT

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mjwinsmith — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:35:32 GMT

TIP = To Improve Service

You don't owe anybody a TIP the waiter, waitress, gas stattion attendant and yes lottery store clerk / machine operator. You give a tip to someone that has gone out of their way doing their job to give you exceptional service. That is where the tip comes in.

I use to play the daily games when I worked it New Jersey, the clerk at the store knew me well and at times when I had a hit and she could'nt pay me out from the register during lunch time she told me she would... [ More ]

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Ralph762 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:15:47 GMT

ITA Jeff!!

The same thing has happened to me in NY! I cashed in $500 scratcher and the guy behind the counter paid me, but then he stood there with a look on his face as if I was supposed to give him 10 percent!

I guess if you're friendly with the clerk then it's a personal decision between you and the clerk, but if you don't really know the person, well.....anyway, those who are behind the counter should not expect to be given a tip

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simmonsjeffreya — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:11:59 GMT

See, I personally never understood the whole retailer gets awarded thing. Why? They're doing their jobs. I don't get awarded at work for giving a patient the right food. If they want to win, they should wager their own money and give it a go, not wait for one of their customers to be successful and then beg for a tip. If it were me, I'd have called the lottery hotline while standing right there and reported the incident claiming that he asked for a tip (not allowed to) and that he basically thre... [ More ]

ny lottery retailers looking for handouts

mademan83 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:07:39 GMT

hi everyone today i brought a $500,000,000 exstravaganza ticket its a $20 ticket when i was in the supermarket grocery shoping..i went home and put all my grocerys away..i sat down with a cup of coffee and scratched the ticket at the table i revealed a star symbol with $50.00 under it. the star means 10times the amount shown so i realized i had a $500 hit and went down the road to the corner gas station to cash the ticket..after the clerk scanned the ticket he was like no tip for me??.. i said i... [ More ]