You’re Lucky I Picked At Your Hot Dip
This story is from a few years ago, when I worked in a newsagent’s, and when the National Lottery was operated by a company called Camelot.
A customer comes up to my till.
Customer: “Can I have a Hot Dip?”
I’m confused, because the customers have combined the names of two DIFFERENT games together:
Me: “A Lucky Dip?”
A lucky dip is just random numbers for the main game.
Customer: *Irate.* “No! A Hot Dip!”
Me: “Oh, a Hot Pick!”
A Hot Pick is where you pick how many numbers you want, between 1-5 numbers, and then either pick the numbers or randomise them.
Customer: “NO! A Hot Dip!”
Me: *Getting annoyed.* “Okay, what does that entail?”
Customer: “It’s five random numbers plus the jackpot number!”
Me: “That’s a Lucky Dip.”
Customer: “Whatever you call it!”
Me: “That’s not what I call it. That’s what Camelot, the owners of the Lotto, call it. You just came up with a random name, and expected everyone else to understand your meaning, and got angry when I didn’t understand what you wanted.”
I printed him a ticket, told him the price, and glared at him. He bought it and slunk away.
