The Importance Of Quitting While You’re Ahead
May 9, 2008 by Darren Alff
The other night I took a stroll along the beach here in Aruba and wandered inside the Riu Palace and Casino (A monstrous white building on the island’s northwest shore).
I had a couple bucks in my pocket, so I wandered into a small room filled with slot machines and card tables.
I’ve never gambled before, so I thought I ought to start small.
I found a nickel slot decorated with the Munsters TV show theme, so I sat down and pulled out a crisp one-dollar bill.
It took me a couple spins before I figured out what I was actually doing, but before I knew it, I was up to $6.00 and feeling good.
I cashed out, thinking I would walk away with a $5.00 profit and feel good about myself for the rest of the day. But as I stood to leave the room I spotted the twenty-five cent slots.
“If I won $6.00 on nickel slots, I wonder what I could win on the quarter slots,” I thought to myself?
So I sat down at a machine and subsequently lost my six-dollar winnings.
Sometimes it’s difficult to quit when you’re ahead.
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