Perspective?

Yesterday while delivering mail, I had a small padded envelope that required the addressee's signature. I arrived at her address, knocked on her door, and informed her that I needed her to sign for a piece of mail. She wondered what it might be that required her John Hancock and I informed her it was from a local casino. With that information now disclosed, she became elated, as it I now learned that she had lost her wallet on a recent gambling trip. I told her that I hoped her wallet contents had remained intact. Her response left me amused and confounded as well. She was concerned that someone may have taken the booklet of "forever stamps" she had just purchased out of her wallet.

Hmmm, let me get this straight. You go to the casino and are willing to LOSE money, money that you probably can NOT afford to lose. You end up losing your wallet and upon it's safe return, your first concern is as to the possible disappearance of a book of stamps, retail value $8.80?

Such is the mindset, I'm afraid, of far too many folks who go to the casinos on a regular basis. File this one under "Sad but True" I guess.