Take a Chance on...

I went to the newest casino in town yesterday, Lumiere. It was in fact all shiny and new and well not that busy. There were whole rows of slot machines with only one or two suckers plugging in there cash. This sucker lost the requisite $20 and then an additional $10 for good measure.
I don't really begrudge the money, I had a nice time and it was interesting to check out the much hyped casino. Yet, in the end it was just that a new casino, nothing that special. I especially enjoyed that after all the brouhaha over the only pretty people apply policy when they were hiring was a joke. Trust me on this the staff was not all that much more attractive than any other casino I have been too. And the patrons were pretty much interchangeable as well. So much for marketing strategies.
The real jackpot came for me when I ran into a former co-worker from my days at the Collector of Revenue. It came out that despite administrations need to lie about the specifics as to why I left, the common story among the staff is that TV was ignorant to me and I resigned. And that was worth money to me especially since every time TV tells someone why I left it is a different story. The golden moment at the casino was I truly for the first time felt happy to not be on that bus bound for glory at the Collector's Office. It is nice to move on. I may have left a little lighter in my pocket, but also and a little lighter in my heart. A fair exchange if you ask me.