- Joined
- Jan 12, 2018
- Location
- Uk
By the thread title you are probably thinking why didn’t they use stronger carrier bags etc. Anyway I live in an area that has 5 shops that belong to one of the best known chain of bookmakers. Everybody knows everybody pretty much by sight and my friend manages one of the shops. I called in on Saturday and to my amazement I see a manager from one of the other shops placing bets and playing the FOBTS. When I questioned another friend about this he explained what happened. A mystery shopper had called into his shop and was the only customer present. The manager had asked him to keep an eye on the shop while he popped to the cash point. Of course that was probably enough to land him in deep trouble anyway but because it was reported they had to check the cameras to prove it was true and saw that when the shop was empty he was spending his time playing the FOBTS. He had been there as long as I can remember. As far as I know in these situations they don’t take it any further as long as you agree to walk. It just shows how strong the addiction can be when you are prepared to run a high risk of losing your job just to play FOBTS. Of course the company wouldn’t want this being made public for obvious reasons but over the years I have known so many stories of employees losing their jobs in betting shops because they couldn’t resist temptation in several different formats.