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    '$1 million lottery winner won't quit waitress job'

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    Post by Chris Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:03 am

    http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/02/10301988-1-million-lottery-winner-wont-quit-waitress-job

    '$1 million lottery winner won't quit waitress job' 120202-alex-chaar-1110a.380;380;7;70
    $1 million lottery winner won't quit waitress job
    By msnbc.com staff


    One 21-year-old Florida waitress has no plans to quit her day job – even after winning a $1 million lottery prize.

    "No way," Alexandra Chaar told Florida Lottery officials on Wednesday. "I love where I work."

    Chaar, who works at a Mexican restaurant in Clearwater Beach, Fla., said she bought her ticket in the state's $1 million Monopoly Scratch-Off Game at a local food mart.

    "I kept going back to the same store to buy them; the people who work there got to know me," Chaar told the lottery commission. "They said that up to this point, their store had never had any big winners, but I just had this lucky feeling."

    Chaar chose the one-time, lump-sum payment for her winnings in the amount of $700,000.

    According to Tampa Bay Online, Chaar told lottery officials she was a straight-A student at St. Petersburg College and planned to use the money to pay for college.

    Until then, she’ll keep working for tips.
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    Post by Cheaps Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:11 am

    I wouldn't quit my job either, $1 million doesn't go too far these days.

    I'd keep working, while putting myself through the schooling of my choice, then open up my own business.

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    Post by Nystyle709 Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:13 am

    Well, I'm inclined to say she crazy, but in reality, 700k isn't a whole lot of money to live the rest of your life on....unless you had some extreme budgeting. But being a waitress, that job would've been bye bye for me. I would've used to money to set myself up for something else
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    Post by CeCe Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:54 am

    She can pay off a lot of bills with that & have some security but she's smart to keep working. I'd get some training or education to get a better job too.
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    Post by Rainmaker Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:58 am

    I'm thinking that she probably likes her waitressing job. 700k isn't enough to set someone for life, but it is more than enough to use as a stepping stone to help arrange a bigger and better career.
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    Post by Bluesmama Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:08 pm

    She appears young, so a million dollars wouldn't be enough to live on.

    What she can and should do with it is to buy good health insurance
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    Post by Marc™ Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:09 pm

    It's good to be practical, but I would be out of there like I just won 20 million. That 700k would stretch out a long time if she kept her previous lifestyle and didn't try to jump into a higher class.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:28 pm

    $700,000 divided by 20 years is $35,000 per year. She should be able to afford a better life style (if she wanted) and a comfortable retirement but she's wise not to just kick back and live off that money. Our state lottery has an instant game with a top prize of $1,000 per week for life. I wouldn't stop working for that either. There are (were) some games for $5K per week. Then I would retire.
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