If you were people-watching at the Paris in Las Vegas last night, I gave you some inadvertent entertainment.

My wife is a fan of Martha Stewart, who has a restaurant at the Paris. Since my wife was born and raised in Vegas, while we're in town we're seeing some of her family, and we decided to have dinner with several of her relatives at that restaurant (The Bedford).

Simple enough.

We used the Curb app in the taxi to pay our fare. We paired our account with that taxi as soon as we sat down. But when we arrived and it came time to pay, the screen froze. The circle just kept spinning. (I also realized I had an expired card on that account, but that shouldn't have caused this problem.)

We didn't have enough cash for the fare, and since the screen was frozen there was no way to pay with a credit card.

Now, I could have been the world's biggest jerk and demanded of this helpless guy who was in no way at fault that the drive he took us on should, under the circumstances, be free, and he shouldn't be compensated for his time. I've never been that guy, am not that guy now, and will never be that guy.

So I ran inside to find an ATM. Should be a breeze at a casino, right?

Couldn't find one. So I asked someone. "Near the restrooms," I was told.

Sure enough, I found it. Put my card in. Nothing happened. An employee walked by: "We've been having trouble with that machine all day. There's another machine by the cashier."

So I sprinted to the cashier. JUST BEFORE I got to the machine another gentleman sauntered in front of me and very leisurely inserted his card.

Eventually the screen said his transaction was canceled because he'd entered the wrong PIN.

Are you %#&@$ kidding me?

So he starts the transaction all over again. This isn't promising.

I get in line at the cashier and ask: any other ATMs? The cashier gives me several options.

I can't find the one that's supposed to be near registration. So at this point I'm just walking around looking. And I find one: out of order. I find a second one: out of order. I find a THIRD ONE: out of order.

I regret to inform you, dear reader, that at this point I said a bad word loudly, something I never do.

So then I thought: maybe that guy by the cashier has figured out his PIN by now. But that's not an option: there's now a line at that machine.

Well, I finally found a functioning ATM, and requested $200. Do I accept the $11.99 fee? Well, I guess I have no choice. And a minute later, out pops my money -- in the form of two $100 bills.

I obviously can't give the driver a $100 bill. So I ask the bar: can you change this?

No, you have to go to the cashier.

At this point the line at the cashier is crazy.

Meanwhile, my wife is sitting in the taxi wondering what on earth has happened to me.

So I thought: I guess the driver is getting $100, because we have a dinner to get to.

Moral of the story:

Register to hear Jay Abraham speak tonight, because it sure beats running around the Paris like a chicken with his head cut off.

In fact, I'm in Las Vegas in the first place for my mastermind, which I doubt I would have started at all without Jay's encouragement.

The guy absolutely transformed my life, at least the business end of things, with the insights he gave me in our call, and he can do the same for you.

Reserve your spot, and be there tonight:

https://www.tomwoods.com/abraham

Tom Woods

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