I’m not. If there’s a stack of something, I can always be counted on to knock it over, or spill it, or stand stupidly by as its carried off by the wind. I like to take precautions to prevent such unwieldy mishaps.

When I’m overseeing a big raffle, I always take a moment to check the “booklet stapling” box on the ticket template. One fraction of a second of your life can help you avoid the typical pitfalls of the accident-prone. Just have your tickets stapled together in little booklets. It keeps them safe and secure and it’s just one benefit to printing your own raffle tickets.

Stapled booklets are easier to carry around than loose tickets, and they look more professional, too. You’re less likely to bend, crease, or loose a booklet than you are an individual ticket. It’s a matter of simple fact.

When you sell the tickets, it’s easy enough to pull them away. Your tickets are most likely perforated, so when you detach the stub, the customer keeps his or her half, and you end up with a neatly stapled stack, which is much easier to keep track of before the drawing.

So don’t ask what booklet stapling is meant to do. It’s meant to make your life easier!