" good job--wink wink "
happened after playing an 8-deck A.C. shoe game which I had wonged on to just as everyone else at the table was bailing out.
" good job "--I know what you're up to.
" wink wink "--see if you can fool us again.
In a way, it's the subtle back-off which ends up being the most effective IMO, and the most skilled bosses understand the psychology of throwing the BJ role-player off his game in this regard.
The game is as much about fooling the pit as it is about getting the money, because if you fail to do the former you will not succeed at the latter. And make no mistake about it--you are a WANTED man.
If a boss can get into your head immediately--it's curtain call time, before even Act 1 has had a chance to lull the audience into relaxed submission.
And the " best " boss is like an appraised critic at a play who, with mere knitted brow, and down set chin, is enough to send chills up the spine of Sir Lawrence Olivier.