It does annoy me when the raffle ticket seller doesn't know what the prize is

Raffle ticket sellers at folk clubs are invariably volunteers (or volunteered!) and are doing it for the good of the club. They often do not know what the organisers have in mind for the prize apart from it is usualy a CD or a bottle of wine. The raffle is usualy supplimenting the meagre door money and it is the giving that is important, not the winning.

Curmudgeonly is the word that springs to mind for some reason:-)

DeG