My broke ass friend and the money grab

Today my broke friend wakes up and is walking to the subway when dollar bills start to float by him. Someone is running down the street grabbing the dollar bills. He notices that other people are in pursuit of the floating cash as well, and yet makes no attempt to get it. Finally it sets in that nobody is claiming the money, and that his broke ass should make a run for it. He sees a dollar bill lying farther away from the people who have continued to run down the street and takes it. He thinks, “Well I might as well use this dollar bill on a lottery ticket since it’s free.” He walks into the deli, and picks up a $1 scratch off. He takes a penny and scratches away to reveal it is not a winner. He thinks to himself, “Yup. I spend it on the dream of making more and then it fails.”