#24 Cashin’ In On Trash
I was working maintenance at McDonald’s during the time that they had a Best Buy bucks promotion. Large sodas and large fries had scratch-offs worth at least $1 at Best Buy.
I would go through the trash daily and pull out all the discarded scratch-offs that were never scratched.
I was able to buy myself a free computer that year using only the scratch-offs that I collected. I felt bad for the cashier at Best Buy, though. She had to manually scan each scratch-off and verify the dollar amount.
Credit: Artanthos