Casino
2022-07-21, 2:10 p.m.

This morning was unbearably hot so Jimbo scrapped his outdoor plan and headed for the casino after running errands.

It was early and I figured a daytime outing would be much safer than a nighttime one. Better to see the danger than let it be cloaked in darkness no?

So much for seeing the danger because I promptly ran over the curb as I pulled into the parking lot. Lol

As I melted and walked up the driveway I saw the parking lot was already 3/4 full. People were flooding in as if they were giving away free money.

I can't imagine this place at night the throngs of people must be suffocating.

There was a security duo near the front door so I walked up when it was my turn and said, “it's my first time what do I do?”

The first guard asked for my license scanned it and as I put it away told me to walk up to the 2nd guard.

There I was told to look up at the camera where my temp was taken.

When that was done I asked a few dumb questions about how and where everything was and then off I went.

What I noticed right away was there were a lot of old people. Maybe, I should say older people? A sea of gray hair how's that?

I found a spot out of the way at one of the slots and tried to figure out what was going on. I figured the best way to do that was to feed it 20-dollar bills.

I had a small wad of loose twenties in my left pocket to work from so when it ran out that was my cue to leave.

In the cab business, they always say separate your money so you know what's your cut I saw no reason to change that practice here.

Besides, do you think it's a good idea to pull out your wallet full of cash? It's like hanging a sign on yourself “rob me.”

Anyway, as the slot machine was sucking down my twenties a lady sat next to me.

She had a piercing in the left side of her nose and wasn't bad looking. She wasn’t grey-haired if anyone is curious. Lol

I introduced myself and professed my ignorance of all things gambling.

Her name was “Angela” and she sounded West Indian? Maybe, somewhere in the Caribbean. Not that it mattered because all I wanted was to stop losing.

Angela was no stranger to slots and in between playing her machine, she taught me some of the basics of mine.

Soon after her tutorial, I cashed out five different times. Since I go by blessing strangers when I win the lottery I followed that same code here.

I handed Angela one of my payout slips and thanked her for being a good coach.

It’s just good Karma people what is 24$ anyway? that’s nothing.

I bid Angela farewell and briefly explored the first floor of the casino. Sensing I might get weak and gamble my winnings away I decided to go cash out.

The rest of my slips totaled about 140 bucks which I consider pretty good for my first time.