I’m a fan (or as those in the know say, Phan) of the Phantom Gourmet local restaurant television show. However, yesterday they had a show that I found utterly rediculous. The entire show was dedicated to a game of credit card roulette. Credit Card roulette, for those of you who don’t know, is when a bunch of people go out to eat, then put all their cards in a hat. The card drawn is the person who has to pay for the meal. This particular version was a bit more convoluted than that, but that’s the gist of the game. Now, this game is a pretty stupid, financially irresponsible idea, but I found this episode to be particularly distasteful. Among the competitors were a chef known as Louie Dihicari, who had no credit card and therefore had an envelope of borrowed cash, and Crazy legs Conti, a competitive eater who was the person who ended up paying, but closed by saying he wasn’t sure if he had enough of a free amount on the card. While I know this show was for entertainment value, blah, blah, blah, I still found it incredible stupid, and it bugs me that they were promoting financial irresponsibility for entertainment value.
Credit Card Roulette
August 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: current events
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1 nicholmom3 // Aug 4, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I don’t see the link, but I’ve heard of the game. I agree, it is in very poor taste, especially given our current state of economy.
I got myself in severe hot water with credit cards when in college, and I hate having that mark on my credit! It drives me crazy to see the shameless promotion of irresponsible spending on tv.
2 prudenceshops // Aug 4, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Any game with roulette in the title is probably best to avoid!
3 Aleksie // Aug 4, 2008 at 9:49 pm
That’a s really goofy system and terribly unfair.
4 Mdcaterer // Aug 6, 2008 at 11:06 am
Sounds pretty ridiculous. It sounds like a few of those in attendance really couldn’t afford to play the game!!
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