Dumb Ones Have All the Luck
I had a roommate who was about 6 months late on rent. It’s a 10 month lease and we’re in month 8. They’re threatening to sue us. He got a tuition refund. $700. (2 months rent). He goes to play poker with it, despite our constant pleas not too. DOUBLES UP.
He shows us the $1,400 (because he’s dumb like that). This is Saturday night. Office is closed Sunday. I go to work Saturday night, and then work a long shift Sunday, feeling good. Monday after classes, he comes in. First question, “did you pay the rent?”
Bumbling stumbling excuses, “I paid off some credit card balances and some other money I owed my parents.” “So how much did you give the complex?” “None.”
Blew my lid, almost punched him right then and there. I will bet every penny to my name that he went back to the tables Sunday night and lost it all. Somehow he came up with the money though…
Story credit: Reddit / dsjunior1388