[GOP_Proud]

< or a smart business decision... > I vote for that. If I knew there was a convenince store or chain of convenience stores in my area that did not sell lottery tickets, I would make it a point to only stop there. My big issue with the lottery is not moral. If I drive up to a convenience store it means I only need a few things and I need to get out fast. Hmmm...maybe that's why they are called "convenience" stores. I am so tired of standing at a counter with milk and bread while people yell out "box 'em" or they stand there like a kid in a candy store trying to choose which kind of ticket they want. Worst of all are the people who stand at the counter to scratch the tickets off after buying them. I mean, can't a clerk just ask them politely to do it somewhere else? Heaven help you if you stop at a convenience store on Wednesday evening (our Powerball is announced on Wednsday nights). The lines are sometimes to the door. So, yes. If someone took a stand I would shop where they aren't sold. I'm afraid I would be in the minority, though. I've always thought there should be little kiosks placed around, like in parking lots (like film drop off and pick up kiosks). It would get these people out of the store. But that would defeat one of the purposes, wouldn't it? The object being to get people into the store. I've given up on convenience stores. They don't exist anymore. I just always stop at the grocery even if it's just a few items.

[GOP_Proud]

Wow. Sorry for the way that post came out. I did, indeed, have paragraphs. I guess I didn't check the preview carefully.

[TaxRelief]

Most of the gas stations in NC already have inadequate parking. Adding a lottery clientele has made it a little more difficult to "grab a gallon of milk" on the way home from work.

[billbears]

Since the lottery started last week here, the two times I have stopped in for gas I had to stand behind someone that wanted to scratch all five of their tickets right then and there. When I finally came to the counter, the cashier confirmed I had pumped gas and then asked and which type of lottery ticket would I want. I said none of them as I don't play. She looked at me like she couldn't believe someone in this state didn't want to throw their money away for 'education'

On a side note, the day the lottery started one of our local affiliates played an interview by the state superintendent. Now mind you this is the day the lottery started. She stated North Carolinians needed to realize the lottery won't pay for all that is needed for education but is just a supplement. Already setting the idiots up for higher taxes