I recently had the misfortune of paying to speak with a fortune teller. At first, I thought it might be a fun way to pass the time and perhaps get a glimpse of what was to come.
Little did I know, I was in for a rude awakening.
When I arrived at the fortune teller’s place of business, I was met with a flamboyant and colourful setup. There were signs advertising readings for “love”, “career”, and “spiritual guidance”. Thinking this would be a fun experience, I decided to take the plunge and booked my appointment.
When I sat down with the fortune teller, they asked me a series of questions about my life, my hopes and dreams, and my future. I answered as honestly as I could, feeling a bit silly but still confident that I was going to get some interesting insights.
But then the fortune teller began to give me their “reading”. It was the most generic and predictable advice I had ever heard. They kept repeating the same phrase over and over, telling me that I needed to take risks, follow my dreams, and believe in myself.
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I was beginning to get frustrated. I had paid good money to hear something original and insightful, but instead I was just being fed a line of cliches. I asked the fortune teller to give me a specific example of how I could make my dreams a reality, but they simply shrugged and said I should just “believe in myself”.
At that point, I knew I had been scammed. I had paid good money to hear a fortune teller talk rubbish, and that’s exactly what I got. I realized that I had been taken for a ride and I was feeling pretty foolish.
But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this experience was not that uncommon. There are many people out there who think they can find answers in fortune tellers, and they pay good money to be told what they want to hear. It’s no different than the people who pay scammers to tell them they’re going to win the lottery or get a big inheritance.
In the end, I learned an important lesson. Fortune tellers are not a reliable source of information. They are simply people who are getting paid to tell people what they want to hear. They may have some interesting insights, but it’s important to remember that they’re not giving you any real advice.
So, if you ever find yourself tempted to go to a fortune teller, just remember that you’re likely paying them to talk rubbish. It’s better to take your hard earned money and invest it in something meaningful.