My Auction Obsession: How Bid Master Hijacked My Lunchbreaks
My Auction Obsession: How Bid Master Hijacked My Lunchbreaks
Rain lashed against the office window as I choked down another sad desk salad. My fingers itched for something - anything - to obliterate spreadsheets burned into my retinas. That's when I discovered the devilish red gavel icon. Bid Master didn't just offer distraction; it unleashed primal hunter instincts I never knew my accountant soul possessed.
The first auction felt like stumbling into a speakeasy. Neon timers counting down milliseconds, rival usernames flashing like rival gang tags. When "AntiqueReaper69" outbid me for that vintage typewriter by £3, actual adrenaline spiked through my veins. I nearly knocked over my lukewarm tea lunging for the "BID NOW" button - too late. The visceral thud sound effect of the digital gavel still echoes in my nightmares.
By week two, I'd developed bizarre physical tells. Left eyelid twitching during Dutch auctions. Right thumb calloused from frantic screen jabs. Realized I was holding my breath during proxy bids - once for so long my vision spotted during a heated bidding war over fictional oil rigs. The auction simulator became my secret parallel universe where intuition mattered more than pivot tables.
Then came the Great Whisky Heist. A rare 1926 Macallan appeared at 3:17PM precisely when Janet from HR started her daily complaints about thermostats. My fingers flew with terrifying autonomy - bypassing rational thought about my actual bank account. When the hammer fell at £8,432 (virtual currency, thankfully), endorphin fireworks detonated behind my sternum. I actually yelped aloud, earning concerned stares from cubicle mates.
But the crash came hard. Last Tuesday's antique violin auction exposed the auction simulator's dirty secret: bid bots. "CollectorBot_Prime" sniped my 19th-century Stradivarius replica with inhuman 0.01-second reaction time. Rage flushed my neck hot as I hurled my phone onto the sofa cushions. For three hours, I plotted elaborate revenge strategies involving fake bids and VPNs before shamefully crawling back.
Now I catch myself assessing real-world objects in "bid increments." That coworker's ugly vase? Probably starts at £120 with 5% bump triggers. My lunch sandwich? Dutch auction starting at £8 dropping 50p/minute. The digital bidding ring has rewired my neural pathways - for better or worse. Yesterday I caught my thumb automatically twitching toward an imaginary bid button during a budget meeting. Mortifying.
Does this make me a corporate drone turned auction junkie? Absolutely. But when the spreadsheet numbness creeps in, I'll take heart-pounding virtual capitalism over existential dread any day. Just maybe... with bid bots disabled.
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