LV Hilton-Reason for Mindplay?

I can't even begin to get my arms around the kind of mentality a person would have to have to actually sit down and play at one of these tables.

It's laughable. It's nothing short of the dealer, or his aid, standing there with a pencil and paper recording -and presumably counting -each card as it came out.

Unbelievable that people would stand for that.

Stealth Bomber -bear in mind these are the very same people you are gonna try and educate about the evils of the game. If they can't sit there, and with their own eyes, see what's going on .. they just don't want to.

Yes. For each unusual procedure that this dealer utilized, I would ask an innocent sounding question. Like for the pref shuffling, "Oh, is it time to shuffle already?" Imagine other such questions for the procedures for constantly entering data into her computer screen before the start of another round, or the number of spots played or the continual massaging of the discards in their scanning 'trench'. Not once in response to any of my questions was a plausible answer offered. Only ridiculous whoppers, but I was unable to determine if the dealer actually believed any of these fabrications or was merely repeating what she was told. I played this table heads up and with one other civilian.

Slim

In my experience dealer replies are a true case of "consider the source". Some have no idea of the ins and outs of the game, just deal, many do not know the why of different procedures, just that they are required.
Two good recent examples:
Playing green, I go from three to six chips and hear checks play. 10 minutes later I go from three green to two black and hear nothing. This happened several times, so I guessed that checks play to this dealer was based upon the size of your stack and not the amount you bet.
Last time in Vegas, said to a dealer who I knew for years, that 6/5 is a horrid game and I would never play it. Her reply, it really does not matter because you do not get that many naturals anyway. Broke it down for her that with an average bet of $100 and 5 naturals per hour, she would be charging me an extra $150 per hour for the seat and if I played 20 hours it would cost me $3,000. Her reply, "it's only 1 1/2 bets per hour"
What I would love to have is an off property candid conversation with the pit boss about Mind Play, but that is unlikely. Now some dealers really do understand but they also understand that complete honesty with you at the table would cost them dearly. In that situation, for their personal survival, they will take the I do not know or I just work here attitude.