Personal Narrative: Powerball Tickets

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Turns out during one of Shaun and I’s nights out in Boston I had purchased a Powerball tickets. I had completely forgotten about this ticket in my back pocket of my jeans. I put them through the wash and my mom had found the ticket and gave it to me and said “Joey, do you want this Powerball ticket still? You just put it in the washing machine.” With the odds of winning the Powerball being so low. I thought about just throwing it away. I decided to take it to the local gas station and have it checked out. I walked in with my hood on, and handed the clerk my ticket. I was in the back grabbing a Red bull before my 6 hour shift. I came back to the counter and looked and the clerk was in complete shock. He couldn’t even speak, but he did
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We were still taking home over 300million dollars. We waited a week for the check to clear and for our lawyers and accountants to figure out a financial plan so that the money did not potentially ruin our lives. With our new found riches we realized that we can nearly afford whatever we wanted and how much of whatever we wanted. It was almost as if we were experiencing culture shock, a culture where we were no longer poor and no longer had to fight just to pay bills at the end of the month. A culture that will definitely take some getting used …show more content…
I had to hire more employees. I sent out an ad in the local newspapers and car forums online. I had over 12 interviews in the next week. All of the guys and gals who showed up for their interviews were highly qualified and passionate about what they were doing; therefore I decided to hire them all. Our inventory of cars that needed mods and adjustments made was through the roof. We had 8 jobs that needed to be done in 2 weeks. The amount of work was going to be extraordinary. Luckily I had some highly skilled workers that I knew could get it

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