Sometimes, Cheaters DO Prosper

Growing up I continually heard the phrase cheaters never prosper, as I’m sure many of you have also. Usually I was told this by teachers in order to guilt trip me into doing my own work, or studying without writing anything on my desk.

Now I’ll be honest I still did the occasional ‘write everything I possibly could in minuscule writing on my desk or hand’. But for the most part, I agreed, cheating doesn’t actually help—it may have instant gratification, but in the long run it’ll do more harm than good.

Be that as it may, I’m more than happy to use my cheating skills when it comes to several things:

            -board games

            -ping pong

            -and when it comes to free stuff

Wayne has been having a bi-weekly event called Willy Wednesdays, these include a variety of free stuff for no apparent reason other than the desire to use our student dues in very strange ways. I have gotten a fake tattoo, ice cream, and photobooth photos. Along with these, every two weeks since mid-October there has been a new question posted at the information desk in the student center. Students can put in an answer with their name and number—with the potential of getting FREE STUFF.

Yesterday I read the question:

What Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?

I guessed several times, until I was told Jingle Bells was the correct answer. So. I went over to the box. Wrote my answer, name, and number and popped that puppy into the guessing box.

Then I repeated this action six more times.

Today, after returning from class I had a voicemail, telling me that I had WON A FREE TSHIRT AND COULD PICK IT UP IN THE STUDENT CENTER.

So basically this entire post was meant for me to brag about my new We Are Wayne State t-shirt, and so I can proudly say:

Sometimes, Cheaters DO Prosper.