Raffle

Every year the bookstore collects toys for the Salvation Army for the holidays. We also do a raffle for just the employees. Usually the gifts are backpacks, Clark mugs, etc. Nothing too exciting. This year I noticed there are ten boxes for us to put our raffle tickets into. So I read the prizes and go whoa. We have one for bird watching binoculars and a nature walk with our resident bird watcher. Cool. So I am thinking this is the one I would like to win. Then I scan the next box. OMG. It is a ride along with Alan. Don't I sound like I am in the know. It is a ride along with one of our sheriff deputies. I would love love love to be on the other side of that. So I teased that maybe I needed to hide the box. Or I need to buy a lot of tickets to make sure I win.
So today I look at the boxes again. Every box is empty except the bird watching box. So I take a sneaky look at who bought all those tickets. It was Marti. Marti is the wife of Alan. So I go to her office and say either I need to hide my box or buy something like 25 tickets. She finally realizes what I said and says...you want the bird watching? I said nope, I want to ride with her husband. She admitted to buying 30 tickets trying to get that bird watching.
Anybody can do a ride along as long as you can pass a background check. So she told me that if I don't win she will help me arrange it and get the background check done a lot faster than if I just called up myself. And then I could ride with Alan for sure either way. I'll still put all my tickets in that box, as the purpose is the fundraising for the Salvation Army.