The three states of casino visitation
#2. The steamers. Inured to the spectacle, they hustle to their destinations muttering frigging gawkers at those impeding their progress.
#3. The veterans. Obsessed with patterned carpets, they meander leisurely, heads down, scrutinizing the paisley for small disks of green, black, purple, orange and gray.
#1. The gawkers. Fresh off the rutabaga wagon, they are staring at the "spectacle". They are either standing transfixed in the center of a traffic path, oblivious to the ambulatory needs of others, or walking while staring off into the distance, oblivious to the ambulatory needs of others.
