You can call yourself a comper if…
– you can happily skip your morning coffee but you can’t start the day without checking out the latest competitions on your favourite website
– the words ‘win’ and ‘congratulations’ set your heart aflutter
– you don’t like weekends as there is no post
– you like Mondays as the post resumes
– your shopping trolley is filled with all kinds of obscure products all with WIN somewhere on their packaging
– you carefully place all your shopping dockets and receipts neatly in a box marked ‘proof of purchase’
– you put off buying something you need just in case you win one
– you check your calendar regularly for the closing dates of the very best competitions
– your inbox is starting to fill with a lot of spam
You are truly addicted to comping when…
– you keep your passport up-to-date just in case you win that overseas trip you have always dreamed about
– your husband thinks you are having an affair with the postman
– you keep a notebook and pen by the bed in case you think of that great 25 words or less answer in the middle of the night
– your friends stop calling because they are sick of you telling them about all the prizes your have won
– you have a special box filled with potential presents for the next round of family birthdays and Christmas
– you rush to your email inbox as soon as you get home to check if you have won anything
– Facebook friends start un-friending you because of the all competitions you have to ‘share’
Only a comper understands…
– what WOL means
– the anxious wait for a prize you won a few weeks earlier
– that putting 25 words together creatively can be such a challenge
– the RSI in your wrist from filling out hundreds of entry forms
– the pain of an empty mailbox
The freeloader in you has been activated when…
– your kitchen cupboard is filled with samples of new grocery items
– your bathroom cupboard is filled with samples of new cosmetic items
– your desk draw is full of free pens and scribble pads
– you can’t resist the sign ‘buy one and get one free’
– the word ‘free’ sets your heart aflutter
You need to take a break when…
– you are prepared to wade through pages and pages of fine print of the terms and conditions for a very minor prize
– your children start asking you to get off the computer and take them to the park and you think you might have forgotten where the park is
– your partner threatens to leave you
