Thank you for posting. Comments
I am one of the players who is frequently critical of casino personnel. However, I do so on these boards, and not in person. I am always pleasant and polite to casino staff in person, and many times have interceded on behalf of dealers who are being abused by rude casino patrons.
� spend a majority of my time off the clock researching blackjack�
This puts you in a distinct minority, as I�m sure you�re aware. In listening to thousands of dealers dispense advice to players, it is obvious to me that the vast majority of dealers either, (1) don�t even know simple basic strategy, or (2) are deliberately lying and misleading the public by giving false advice. I think it is (1).
I do not hold casino personnel in high regard in general, because they have chosen employment in an industry that is morally and ethically bankrupt. I have no particular contempt for entry-level employees, such as dealers, unless they go out of their way to make life miserable for me -- pref shuffling, unsolicited comments to the pit about my play, commiserating with rude ploppies who think I "took the dealer's bust card" or similar nonsense, etc. As entry-level employees, they are no different than car salesmen, telephone solicitors, or entry-level people in many types of businesses that try to get the best of their customers. They usually are just there to get a paycheck and go home, until a better job comes along and they leave.
However, when it becomes a "career," rather than temporary employment until a better job comes along, then I feel they have crossed the line and become human ciphers. The casino industry preys upon the ignorant, stupid, weak and addicted. I won't even get started on dissecting the many things it does wrong, as they have been well documented, over and over.
Suffice to say that casinos are one of the few places in America that are virtually lawless territories, where the usual laws of society do not apply, and what goes on is at the whim of whoever happens to be in charge at a particular moment in time. Fairness, ethics, and the morals we expect in everyday dealings are not present in casinos. One only has to look at the cheating schemes hatched by high levels of management, such as at the Venetian, and the violent crimes committed by casino employees against legal, honest, skilled players, and lied about afterwards, to show that casinos have no respect for fair play or the law.
Cheating devices such as Mindplay also show just how far some casinos will go to try to ensure that no one has a fair chance to win. Fabricating false criminal charges, such as Caesars Palace, El Cortez, and Mandalay Bay have done against legal, law-abiding patrons that they don�t like shows the mindset of the typical casino boss.
Nutmeg21 said:
�dealing with people that are so drunk they can't remember their own name �
Such people should not be playing. To allow them to play violates gaming regulations, at least in Nevada and Mississippi. Again, the moral vacuum you work in is clear. How did they get so drunk? The casino continued to ply them with �free� liquor, despite regulations to the contrary. Penalties by "regulators"? Yeah, right.
�giving away thousands of dollars�
How did Nutmeg21 �give it away� --- did he reach into the rack and steal it? A player winning is not the same as you giving the money away. You know, full well, that you take in far more for your employer than you �give away.�
� I don�t want you to feel I am flaming your boards �
I don�t think anyone here will think that. Your post is welcome and appreciated. Though we are on opposite sides of the fence, civilized dialogue and communication is a good thing. Thank you for your post. I sincerely hope you will continue to post. If more casino employees would try to independently learn things related to their jobs rather than simply listen to the falsehoods frequently fed to them by their bosses, we would all be better off.