People gambling away their Christmas bonus

[Dave1]

This is what happens when you have money that comes easily without hardwork. So am not surprised that people are gambling away their Christmas bonuses you are only looking at those who are gambling with their bonuses, there is also the class of people who also use their bonus for the purpose of luxury and so use the salary for parties and enjoyment this period. This festive period is a season full of events and so if you are not careful enough to have a budget you may end up wasting your all your money.

It is still hard earn money though, I mean you have work very hard in the past 11 months and then in the 12th month your company gives you that Christmas bonus. But regardless, there could really be thinking ahead that once they got their bonuses, the first thing that they do is to gamble.

So this could be the case for gambling addict, as for casual gamblers, we all know that their priority is their family in this holidays and it might have crossed their mind to gamble. But then again, it's hard earn money so at least they could have come to their senses to keep the money or just spend it to buying gifts and putting good food in the table.

[passwordnow]

I get your point ,this has been noticed by so many people and because the money came as extra income, and  they end up thinking that's not part of their real salary. They didn't see the money as free, so plans were not made for is and that makes it easy for them to use it for gambling.

It's easy to spend the money that we didn't worked hard for. That's what they think it is but, the reality it's their money from their hard work. If they consider it like that which gives them more funds to gamble. They have all the rights to do whatever they want with it. Even if we try to ask and please them not to spend it all, they will have to do what they want to do. There is no harm in spending that free money to anything we want. But let's keep it in our minds that we've got limited money and with gambling, it's not going to be the same for everyone that it will multiply and make us win, it only happens for some.

[summonerrk]

Where I'm from we still have 14 salaries mandated by law and on Christmas every private sector worker that has been with the same company for over a few months receives a full salary extra in full.

What I've noticed recently is that many people tend to go gambling and some even gamble away their full salary.
It used to be that this extra salary was given to gifts and some was saved.

But now people don't take it into account for their budgeting and instead use the whole of it as if it was a random small windfall.

Do you have similar experiences with your colleague that gamble knowing they will almost certainly waste away their Christmas bonus?

I've raised similar issues in gambling discussions many times, because if a gambler receives easy money (like this bonus), they'll treat it as something unexpected and happily risk it. And even if they win with this easy money, it's not a guarantee that it'll last. Especially if it's around Christmas, when gamblers are most likely to believe in miracles. In any case, for me, the thirteenth salary, as we call it here, is part of the budget, not outside money, and I take it seriously.
Under no circumstances should I gamble with this money.

[imthegreat]

Where I'm from we still have 14 salaries mandated by law and on Christmas every private sector worker that has been with the same company for over a few months receives a full salary extra in full.

What I've noticed recently is that many people tend to go gambling and some even gamble away their full salary.
It used to be that this extra salary was given to gifts and some was saved.

But now people don't take it into account for their budgeting and instead use the whole of it as if it was a random small windfall.

Do you have similar experiences with your colleague that gamble knowing they will almost certainly waste away their Christmas bonus?

I might be expressing a mercenary or envious point of view, but it's better not to gamble with this supplement to my annual work income, because if I lost this salary, it would definitely significantly worsen my mood. And if I also found out that one of my colleagues won something at an online casino by gambling this salary, I would become sad because I would envy them.
Therefore, I would rather keep this money in my pocket than deposit it.
Yes, it's boring, but it's better than being left without this money. And it might be needed for gifts and other living expenses next year.