Lottery Winner to Boss: I’m out of here!
Saturday April 05th 2008, 10:59 am
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Filed under: news
I love stories like this perhaps a bit too much for my own good.
David Sneath has worked at a Ford Motor Co. parts warehouse for 34 years, but it didn’t take him any time at all to walk out once he discovered he had won a $136 million Mega Millions jackpot.
“I yelled to the boss, ‘I’m out of here,’” Sneath said Thursday after going to state lottery headquarters in downtown Lansing to pick up his first $1 million check.
He plans to buy a cottage on the lake and a new fishing boat. Possibly get laser surgery for his vision. Maybe go back to school and finish his degree. He’s 60 years old.
Yep, that’s awesome.
Comment by Chalicechick 04.05.08 @ 2:31 pmI particularly like the part where he’ll never buy a foreign made car. Talk about loyalty!
Comment by Ms. Theologian 04.05.08 @ 5:21 pmYay - someone who is for real. I’m always puzzled by those stories of lottery winners who say they are going to keep their job at the factory otherwise they’d be “bored.”
Comment by h sofia 04.06.08 @ 10:07 amThere are definitely things I would do for “work” if I won the lottery, but I think part of what is so scary for lottery winners is that the world sort of opens up to them. Also, the divorce rate for lottery winners (and people who inherit a lot as a surprise) is higher than normal. It’s all that change and coping with it.
Comment by Ms. Theologian 04.06.08 @ 10:56 amYAY for him!
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