Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Making a Deposit

I once interviewed a prospective patient for a video project in Cube City. The prospective patient told me all about herself in great detail, and I took copious notes. You see, with video projects, it's best to distract your audience with fluffy and completely unrelated topics -- like the patient's hobbies, dreams, and fears -- before you hit them with the product or service you're trying to sell.

Anyway, one of this prospective patient's hobbies was gambling. She said she would go down to the casino once a week. She viewed her gambling hobby as "making a deposit." She would only take enough money along to make a deposit. Whenever she got to the point where she had deposited all of her gambling funds at the casino, she'd call it a night. I loved listening to this woman. She could've sold me my own shoes because she sounded so realistic and sensible.

I think every day in Cube City is a gamble. That said, I think I'll make a deposit at the lottery ticket store tonight.

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