Lessons for lottery winners
Don't eat the card
By A.B. | LONDON
IF YOU'RE having a bad day, consider this:
A man flying from Krakow to East Midlands Airport with Ryanair on February 25th won €10,000 ($13,550) on an in-flight lottery scratchcard. But so annoyed was he, apparently, to discover that the money was not immediately available on the plane that he ate the winning card. Not the most logical of next steps. As a result he lost out on the winnings all together.
A company spokesman gave a typically Ryanair-ish response:
Passengers have always been delighted to claim their large cash prizes after returning home. Unfortunately our latest winner felt that we should have his 10,000 euros prize kicking around on the aircraft. Crew tried to stop the air Gourmet Scratch Card eater by offering him one of our great tasting sandwiches, pizzas or snacks instead, but clearly he had much more expensive tastes!
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