# Office wins huge lottery, what about that one guy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-wins-huge-lottery-what-about-that-one-guy/834993 "2019-06-04T02:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-wins-huge-lottery-what-about-that-one-guy/834993/81 "2019-06-07T02:07:11Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > So Jerry is even luckier than you. He gets something for nothing just for being in the right place at the right time. He didn’t take any risk, in fact pooh-poohed the risk you were taking. OK. A lot of people are luckier than me. I’m luckier than a lot of people. It doesn’t burn my balls either way. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-wins-huge-lottery-what-about-that-one-guy/834993/82 "2019-06-07T02:52:00Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Jerry’s been getting on my nerves for a while now. He’s always microwaving that stinky broccoli casserole in the break room. His little Civil War factoids are not nearly as interesting as he thinks they are. And just last week he didn’t hold the elevator for me. I know he heard me yell “Hey, Jer, hold it, willya?!” because he made a half-assed move toward the button. But I _know_ he was never planning to push it. > > Jerry sucks. He gets nothing. Yeah I forgot about the broccoli. Fuck him. I’m keying his car on my way out. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-wins-huge-lottery-what-about-that-one-guy/834993/83 "2019-06-07T03:42:05Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Yeah I forgot about the broccoli. Fuck him. I’m keying his car on my way out. He never buys the crap other workers’ kids have to sell for band camp, but pushes his kids’ stuff on the office. He’s always been a jerk like that. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-wins-huge-lottery-what-about-that-one-guy/834993/84 "2019-06-07T07:17:29Z")
> [@MarvinKitFox](#): > > Jerry chose to not participate in the lottery, so he does not deserve a share of the winnings. > > On the other hand, having all his co-workers jump ship and effectively get Jerry fired in the process is a DICK move. > Each of you should compensate his for his lost job. A year or so should do. It’s not a “DICK” move. A DICK move would be to purposely excluding him from the lottery or, getting away from the lottery, do something such as jump ship to another company and intentionally not bringing him along. Those are examples of intentionally screwing someone over. If it were a case where everyone put in $500 and he didn’t have the money, or there were legitimate reasons to not participate then it would be more ethical to share some of the money, but this was only $2.00. People could pitch in and give him some money if they really wanted to, but this isn’t a case of should”. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-wins-huge-lottery-what-about-that-one-guy/834993/85 "2019-06-07T14:17:48Z")
I voted give him a few thousand. But i’m probably a chump. Caveat: This seems to be explicitly NOT the case in the OP. But… if it were a scenario where the office (including Jerry) bought lottery tickets every week for some extended period of time, and for one reason or another Jerry didn’t give his 2 bucks that particular week, i’d vote that he gets an equal share. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-wins-huge-lottery-what-about-that-one-guy/834993/86 "2019-06-08T01:00:01Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > For a big lottery win, with that many people, I’d say everyone should toss in for some high-stakes catering at lunch. Like arranging a shooting of an episode of master chef at your place of business. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-wins-huge-lottery-what-about-that-one-guy/834993.md?page=4)