Last night I drove all the way to the Hard Rock in Hollywood. The Seminole Hardrock Hotel & Casino is on a Seminole reservation, so technically you're not in U.S. territory when you're there, which I've always thought is kinda cool. It's a big casino and hotel, with a big area full of restaurants, shops, bars and clubs. But I digress.
I was dumb and agreed to drive all the way up there. Traffic was slow - it took me an hour. Yeck. Anyway, I met #13 and we were having a lot of fun! We had a drink, then lots of delicious sushi. It was going really well. Until his credit card got declined. Over and over again. And then he says, "Is something wrong? You're not laughing anymore."
Er, yeah, something was wrong. He also proceeded to tell me that his father had "confiscated" all of his other credit, debit and ATM cards because he's financially irresponsible. Since he opened the door, I asked if he carried a balance. He said yes, because if he paid it off his dad would be on him to invest. I pointed out that it's not worth 12% a year to stick it to your dad. This seemed like news to him!
Eventually he paid in cash (he couldn't get AmEx to let him pay by phone enough, and shockingly, they had lowered his limit). The cash that he had wanted to gamble with. I didn't care, cuz I was going home! I didn't just leave him at the table. That felt weird. I thought we'd walk out. But then he stopped at a poker table on the way out. I said I was tired. He said, "It's only one hand." I said I was going and left.
What a doofus.
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so glad i am not alone in the meeting of the doofuses arena
lol
is it doofues or doofi??
thank u for not sleeping with him
Gee, thanks! Now we're assuming that I'll just go for it with any random guy? Sheesh.
I think it's doofuses. Doofi would imply some sort of sophistication - and that goes against the inherent nature of a doofus.
You did the right thing bailing on that dude.
Hey-you took a gamble and didn't lose anything! :)
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