Sometimes not giving a damn pays off—literally.

You know what’s better than getting into a shouting match with an angry stranger in traffic? Winning $600,000 because you didn’t.

That’s what happened to one chill (and now much richer) New Jersey resident earlier this month. The unnamed hero was just out running errands in South Orange, stuck in the kind of traffic that makes you question all your life choices, when a car ahead refused to budge. Most of us would’ve leaned into the horn and prepared for battle. But not this guy.

Instead of going full Jersey, he said screw it, pulled into a nearby 7-Eleven, and decided to buy a lottery ticket. Because nothing cures the rage of human incompetence like scratching colorful paper with a coin and hoping for magic.

And magic, my friends, is exactly what he got.

He picked up a Pick 3, a Pick 4, and a $30 “Colossal Crossword” — because clearly, this person enjoys chaos and irony. The first two tickets won him a humble $100, which is enough for, like, a tank of gas and maybe half a sandwich in Essex County. But then came the scratcher.

At first, he couldn’t even make sense of the thing. “I couldn’t see the words,” he said. Then he saw three. Then four. Then seven. “I couldn’t breathe,” he said.

That’s because he had just won six. hundred. thousand. dollars.

Let’s pause and reflect here: If the guy in front had just moved his damn car, none of this would’ve happened. The universe is weird like that. Sometimes avoiding drama pays. Literally.

And get this — this wasn’t even the first time this person got lucky with the lottery. Apparently, he’s been racking up smaller wins for months. He even had a dream about this exact game a while ago and started playing it regularly. Either this guy has a psychic hotline we don’t know about, or he’s a living, breathing middle finger to probability.

“In chaos, there's a blessing,” he told lottery officials. And yeah, that sounds like something you say after collecting a six-figure check and realizing you don’t have to deal with your debt anymore.

Now he plans to use the money like a responsible adult — paying off what he owes and helping his kids. Which, let’s be real, is probably more shocking than the win itself.

Moral of the story? Next time you’re tempted to lose your cool in traffic, take a breath. Maybe buy a scratch-off. You never know when life’s going to drop six hundred grand on your lap because you decided not to be a jerk.