Watauga Road Bingo

This bingo hall I played at this evening was absolutely pathetic… I sat in there for almost 6 hours to play a speedball tournament and 2 sessions of bingo… way tooooooo many dobbing pull tabs… I will never go there again… very few bingo games… and playeed at least 30 pull tabs…

There are a few things that are stereotypical American: NASCAR, anti-​gay/​pro-​life rallies, gun shows, obesity, stupidity, diesel trucks and Friday night bingo. At any of the previously mentioned events, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ali G/​Borat/​Bruno walk in and every participant not know who they were because they don’t have or watch BBC-​America because they don’t watch «that sissy crap.»
That being said, last night we went to our first Bingo experience ever. We have a friend that handles the accounting/​book keeping for a series of bingo halls and she said she’d get us all set up. We grabbed the wifey’s grand mother and off to bingo we headed. When we got there 1984 smacked us across the face with a smokey hand and a raspy, smoker’s lung «welcome to Bingo!»
I guess Watauga Road Bingo is good… I have nothing to compare it to. It is cheap, new, easy to find and there are some nice folks working there. But the game of Bingo itself ain’t what you played as a kid with M&Ms and a single sheet. But, all in all, we had a good old time. (Note: Bingo is HARD.)
It’s a business. They are going to make money. And as a half-​way intelligent college educated dude, I saw right through that. The speaker system is quiet, the announcer calls out the numbers late, there are guys walking around slinging side sale cards right behind you distracting you, and it is all very, very fast, a whirlwind of crazy-​town. And to boot, every patron is smoking Marlboro Reds right in your face blurring your vision and giving you a devil of all headaches.
Would I go again? Maybe. It was a bit stressful but they sling out some money there. I am sure I can win something some time.
Is it the best way to experience «America» (or would it be ‘Murica’?) in all its glory? Pretty darn close.